When launching iPhoto on my iMac (late 2009) running OSX Lion there is a 25-second delay (rotating ball) when launching iPhoto. Is this normal?
My iPhoto library contains about 2,000 photos and is 3.42 GB in size. I am reluctant to add about 4,000 more photos, fearing that this will cause an even greater delay.
I just added 8 GB of system memory, for a total of 12 GB, with no improvement. The disk drive is 1 TB, > 90% unused.
If you launch iPhoto while pressing the <CMD> <OPTION> keys, a "Rebuild Photo Library" menu appears with the following choices:
. Rebuild the photos' small thumbnails
. Rebuild all of the photos' thumbnails (may take a while)
. Recover orphaned photos in the iPhoto library folder
. Examine and repair the iPhoto Library file permissions
. Rebuild the iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup
. Reclaim unused disk space form databases
Would rebuilding the iPhoto library help, and if so, which options? Apple telephone support talked me through doing this several months ago, but I don't remember which option was used. It helped on the next launch of iPhoto, but later the delay returned.
Any thoughts or suggestions?
My iPhoto library contains about 2,000 photos and is 3.42 GB in size. I am reluctant to add about 4,000 more photos, fearing that this will cause an even greater delay.
I just added 8 GB of system memory, for a total of 12 GB, with no improvement. The disk drive is 1 TB, > 90% unused.
If you launch iPhoto while pressing the <CMD> <OPTION> keys, a "Rebuild Photo Library" menu appears with the following choices:
. Rebuild the photos' small thumbnails
. Rebuild all of the photos' thumbnails (may take a while)
. Recover orphaned photos in the iPhoto library folder
. Examine and repair the iPhoto Library file permissions
. Rebuild the iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup
. Reclaim unused disk space form databases
Would rebuilding the iPhoto library help, and if so, which options? Apple telephone support talked me through doing this several months ago, but I don't remember which option was used. It helped on the next launch of iPhoto, but later the delay returned.
Any thoughts or suggestions?