Hi Rosemary, did you really mean 263 mb free? You need about 10% of your HD free for things to work. Hopefully when that big library finishes deleting you will have at least 10% free.
Sent from my iPad > On 4 Jul 2019, at 3:51 pm, Rosemary Spark <arkaysp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Susan, > The imac has 1 T , of which 263 mb is currently available I it will be more > when my large library finally finishes deleting!i) > Processor 2.8 Ghz Corei5 > Memory 8GB > I'll try making a trial library and see what happens. > > Rosemary Spark > PO Box 781 > South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia > Phone: + 61 8 6397 6822 > Mobile: 0414268043 > > > > >> On Thu, 4 Jul 2019 at 15:31, Susan Hastings <susanhasti...@mac.com> wrote: >> Hi Rosemary, sounds like your five year libraries might still be too large >> for Photos to easily handle. It could possibly be related to the specs of >> the iMac as well. It would be useful to know the size of your photo >> libraries and how much RAM and hard drive space you have. >> >> I upload my photos to the Mac using adobe Bridge, which allows me to set up >> albums and import photos into folders in date order. Then, I import to >> Photos and Lightroom, starting a new library each year. >> >> I’ve found both Apple Photos and Lightroom don’t like large photo libraries. >> Even with the Photos libraries set to optimise storage on my Mac meaning >> that most of the files are in the Cloud. With Lightroom, I add photos >> without moving them into the catalogue. >> >> Have you tried setting up a new Photos library and just putting a few photos >> in it to see how it runs? This would clarify whether the problem is the size >> of the libraries. >> >> Cheers, Susan >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On 4 Jul 2019, at 1:15 pm, Rosemary Spark <arkaysp...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Both my husband and I have macbooks which had run out of space because of >>> large Photos libraries. We inherited an iMac so decided to move both >>> libraries on to it. I've spent the last month with PowerPhotos creating >>> separate libraries in 5 year blocks, trying to maintain albums etc. However >>> now I've done this the Photos libraries still are extremely slow to do >>> anything at all. Moving, changing titles, editing etc. Even opening the >>> info pane can take 5 minutes. >>> >>> Has anyone found a better program ( quicker!!) to organise and edit photos. >>> >>> >>> iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2015) running Mojave 10.14.5 >>> >>> Rosemary Spark >>> PO Box 781 >>> South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia >>> Phone: + 61 8 6397 6822 >>> Mobile: 0414268043 >>> >>> >>> -- 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> > -- 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>
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