Hi Ronnie Thanks heaps for your very useful reply. The link has led me to many others that describe what I need to do to improve performance.
On the purchase front, I rang Adobe and was directed to someone in India!! Couldnt really understand what was said, so not much happened as you can imagine. I think I will either need to download the program again and then get an email with a serial number as you have mentioned, or purchase a 'boxed set with dvd' and pay extra freight and gst. I will followup locally if possible to see someone can provide better advice. Best regards Chris On 28/08/2012, at 6:55 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: > Hi Chris, > > I was hoping people using Lightroom and Photoshop CS5 would reply as I don't > use either. > > On 27/08/2012, at 4:52 PM, Chris Burton <c...@it.net.au> wrote: > >> Hi Muggers >> >> I have a couple of questions I thought someone might know the answer to: >> >> I have been working with a downloaded demo of LR4.1 with my photoshop CS5 >> learning how to use both together with some of my photos. Each time LR4 >> loads a screen appears asking if I want to buy a serial number, which I >> actually do as the software is just amazing. This directs to an Adobe online >> store which asks me to select LR4 into the cart. It says nothing about a >> serial number so now Im a bit confused. How do I actually get a serial >> number so that I have a legal copy? > > I would imagine after you purchase they email you a Serial Number. >> >> As I have been use photoshop and LR my computer slows down substantially >> (with the coloured spinning wheel) and Im wondering if the 8gb or Ram is >> enough? I imagine that it is not, but also thought I may have the prefs of >> PS and / or LR set wrong? Can ram in this model mac be upgraded to 16 or >> more gb and would it make a difference? > > 8GB RAM should be fine to run Lightroom and PS CS5. > A search on Google brings up lots of performance issues with LightRoom 4.1 > > Male sure you are running LR in 64-bit mode. > You do need to optimize Lightroom, you can find details at this link below: > > <http://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/kb/optimize-performance-lightroom.html> > > <CS5 and LR4 slowing down Snow Leopard MacBook Pro 8GB RAM?> > > Cheers, > Ronni > > >> >> Im using a 2.2ghz i7 MBPro running 10.6.8 >> >> Many thanks for any advice >> >> Kind regards >> >> Chris >> >> >> Christopher L.K. Burton >> Director >> Western Whale Research >> PO Box 1076 >> Dunsborough WA 6281 >> Mobile: 0419 199 120 >> Email: c...@it.net.au >> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
