Aperture 3.03 Problem

I have noticed a serious slow-down in the Retouch function (repair & clone) after downloading Aperture 3.03. Has anyone else experienced this? Any solutions other than patience?

C5Z wrote:
interesting article on re-indexing:
http://blog.ginkgostudios.com/2010/04/aperture-3-running-very-slowly-a-fix-that- worked-for-me-that-will-hopefully-work-for-you.html
but it has no actual technical content on what the author believes this indexing is. I'm always wary of "voodoo" maintenance (just like the 'magic' ascribed to using "Repair Permissions" frequently.)
It is my understanding that booting in safe-mode might result in a complete disk check (an "fsck", or what Disk Utility calls a "Verify Disk" plus a "Repair Disk" if needed), and just maybe a rebuild of the Mac OS Extensions cache and the removal of font and dynamic loader caches. See http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1564 - the login items, and non-apple items are disabled purely for that single 'safe' boot.)

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Agree.
OP:
A quick review, just so we are on the same page.
Digital image files have two "sizes".
The actual image size is measured in pixels. The digital image comprises a grid of colored dots. Each dot is a pixel, which is short for picture ellement. The dimensions of the image are given as so many pixels in one direction (usually height) by so many pixels in another direction (usually width), e.g.: 600 x 800 pixels, or 4,000 x 6,000 pixels. The overall "size" of the image is calculated by multiplying the height by the width. In the examples given, the first image is (600 x 800 = ) 480,000 pixels. The second image is (4,000 x 6,000 = ) 24,000,000 pixels.
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Pixels themselves have no other unit of measurement. There is no way from the pixel count to know how many inches (or centimeters) an image will be when printed or shown on a screen. In order to determine that, you must have the pixels-per-inch (PPI) of the printer or screen (or projector, or any other display device). A 600 x 800 px. image, at 100 PPI, will be 6 x 8 inches.
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