New MBP 16" M1 Max- Not impressed.

[carfac]

Not major editing..... not cutting video.

Just importing images.

I realize that Lightroom is one of the worst written modern programs, but I honestly expected more out of a MBP.... I bought a 32 gig M1 Max EXPECTING it to be able to handle simple things like image import.

#NotImpressed

 

[CalMin]

Take it back. It’s not going to work for you until the software is better written to take advantage of the new architecture.

 

[ASX]

Yep, i saw also high memory usage if you open a lot of tabs. And is slowing massively down. It's very slow compared with my 5900X desktop and 11800H laptop. If im a regular Apple user with only Apple hardware for years, maybe i hadn't noticed it.

 

[fa8362]

I'm not impressed with your evaluation.

 

[carfac]

I'm not impressed with your evaluation.

I guess expecting a pro machine to act like one is not something I should expect apple to be good at?

 

[chabig]

Lightroom is the problem, not the Mac. There is another thread about extraordinary Lightroom RAM use.

 

[fa8362]

Thanks Fanboi. I guess expecting a pro machine to act like one is not something I should expect apple to be good at?

You shouldn't expect it to run your outdated, poorly designed software.

 

[Quackers]

You're judging the Mac by how Lightroom performs (a well known poorly written programme).
Doesn't seem fair to me.

 

[ASX]

Yep, poorly written for M1 chips. But if he pays such amount of money (arround 3850 Euros) he wont use another Intel/AMD system, because m1 can't handle even arm apps well.

 

[tormac21]

Yep, i saw also high memory usage if you open a lot of tabs. And is slowing massively down. It's very slow compared with my 5900X desktop and 11800H laptop. If im a regular Apple user with only Apple hardware for years, maybe i hadn't noticed it.

You seem really unhappy with your purchase. I suggest you return your MacBook and go back to your 5900x desktop and 11800H laptop. Those are clearly better for your workflow.

 

[metapunk2077fail]

Guy is running three different browsers at the same time on top of Lightroom which is intensive on every system. If Lightroom is consuming all that RAM you need to blame yourself for doing something abnormal or Adobe.

 

[tormac21]

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Not major editing..... not cutting video.

Just importing images.

I realize that Lightroom is one of the worst written modern programs, but I honestly expected more out of a MBP.... I bought a 32 gig M1 Max EXPECTING it to be able to handle simple things like image import.

#NotImpressed

This feels like a memory leak and a problem that Lightroom should absolutely fix. Are you seeing similar slowdowns in other programs?

I use Capture One Pro and it's working pretty well, I haven't run into any issues on my 16GB 14in Pro

 

[ASX]

@tormac21

But i need a laptop with good hdr screen and good battery life.

I thought a Macbook Pro could handle such baseline apps much better.

@metapunk2077fail

A Zen 3 will laugh about it.

 

[metapunk2077fail]

@tormac21

But i need a laptop with good hdr screen and good battery life.

I thought a Macbook Pro could handle such baseline apps much better.

@metapunk2077fail

A Zen 3 will laugh about it.

It's a bit obvious what you're doing. It's Sunday. Nothing better to do.

 

[tormac21]

@tormac21

But i need a laptop with good hdr screen and good battery life.

I thought a Macbook Pro could handle such baseline apps much better.

@metapunk2077fail

A Zen 3 will laugh about it.

Well, then why are you complaining about your MBP in every post? Just feels like you're shilling here. What you're saying makes little (or no) sense.

If you're not trolling, then I suggest you take a good look at what you actually need a laptop for, and get something that works for you and makes you happy.

 

[fa8362]

This feels like a memory leak and a problem that Lightroom should absolutely fix. Are you seeing similar slowdowns in other programs?

I use Capture One Pro and it's working pretty well, I haven't run into any issues on my 16GB 14in Pro

Lightroom is well known for poor memory design. It's been that way since inception. I dumped it years ago for Capture One.

 

[chabig]

I thought a Macbook Pro could handle such baseline apps much better.

"Baseline" or not, many apps probably need minor tweaks for Monterey. So this situation should improve over the next few weeks.

 

[War833]

This is a problem with Lightroom, not the laptop.

 

[jon9091]

That‘s embarrassing for Adobe…not Apple.

 

[alee]

Have had no issues with LR 11. How big is your catalog?

 

[chabig]

Memory issue with M1 Mac and Lightroom Classic 10.3

I am running into serious performance issues with LR Classic 10.3 on a M1 Mac with 16GB RAM and 2TB SSD. My LR Classic Catalog is about 15GB with approx 900,000 images. Yes it is a big catalogue. Opening the catalog is no problem, processing files is usually ok, but once I start to do other...

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[soupfm]

Send the machine back, it deserves better.

 

[alee]

Memory issue with M1 Mac and Lightroom Classic 10.3

I am running into serious performance issues with LR Classic 10.3 on a M1 Mac with 16GB RAM and 2TB SSD. My LR Classic Catalog is about 15GB with approx 900,000 images. Yes it is a big catalogue. Opening the catalog is no problem, processing files is usually ok, but once I start to do other...

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I don't have LR 10.3 to benchmark against, but on a clean install with LR 11 and a restored catalog, it has been fine. 4-5GB of memory use on average.

 

[IllIllIll]

@tormac21

But i need a laptop with good hdr screen and good battery life.

I thought a Macbook Pro could handle such baseline apps much better.

@metapunk2077fail

A Zen 3 will laugh about it.

So you need a laptop with a good hdr screen and good battery life but then come here and do nothing but complain about how poorly it actually performs for you. Tell us again why you haven’t returned it and bought something else?

Just take a look at every one of this guy’s posts and you can clearly see he’s trolling.

 

[adamk77]

Lightroom is using almost 35GB of memory....