Aperture 3 with ridiculous performance

I started using Aperture on version 2 and I loved it. The main reason for that was that it was super fast in handling my 30 thousand photos.
After I upgraded to Aperture 3 though, the performance is pathetic. I can barely scroll through photos. Sometimes creating a simple Smart Album takes more than 60 seconds -- and I'm not exaggerating.
I really don't like Adobe, but I think I'll have to switch to LightRoom if I can get this fixed. I've read some posts about disk fragmentation being the cause for the problem, but I find that very hard to believe. Why wouldn't the same thing happen to Aperture 2?
Turning off Faces didn't help.
Any other ideas on how to fix?

First, are you using "high performance" for the graphics settings on your MacBook Pro? You definitely want to do that.
Second, some here have reported that deleting the Aperture preferences file has helped. I can't say as I had real performance issues so I'm not sure.
Finally, is Aperture 3 doing anything in the background still (updating thumbnails, etc.)? This can slow things down.
I'll note that I find A3 to be faster on Snow Leopard than A2 was. I also think the fragmentation discussion is a red herring. But I also have good performance... it'd be nice if there were a silver bullet for what the difference is between the machines but I'm not sure.

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I want to buy a new mac. Would a 21.5 inch Imac run Aperture 3 with 4GB or ram until I can upgrade to 8GB? And would the stock 512mb video card be fine.

davidfromdartmouth wrote:Would a 21.5 inch Imac run Aperture 3 with 4GB or ram until I can upgrade to 8GB?
Specifically, after you buy a Mac test for RAM needs by calculating page outs as described below. The good news is that RAM is cheap enough that every Aperture user who can should upgrade to at least 8 GB RAM.
And would the stock 512mb video card be fine.
All 2011 Macs will "run" Aperture, but lesser CPUs and/or lesser GPUs will provide lesser performance. What "fine" is depends on your workflow and how demanding you are. There are some folks here happy with the power of the box you suggest.
GENERIC UPGRADE ADVICE
Apologies in advance to those for whom this info is redundant.
Some general guidelines for operation of heavy graphics applications (specifically Aperture):
• Only the strongest Macs will provide the strongest operation. Owners of weaker boxes (CPU, GPU, i/o, RAM) or older boxes will experience lesser performance.
• There is a huge difference in hardware needs among workflows. A heavy pro workflow will only work best on a top well-equipped modern box.
• As RAM prices continually fall RAM needs will continually grow. This has been true since the beginning of computing.
OS X has enabled Photoshop, for instance, to take advantage of at least 32 GB RAM for many years even though 32-bit operation limited direct RAM access to ~3 GB RAM.
• All computers/OSs/workflows are different. Each individual user needs to carefully evaluate (meaning see what the early adopters report) workflow and hardware operation BEFORE upgrading any application or OS.
• Hardware upgrades should be planned for always-increasing future OS/application demands, not just for today. After all, a computer purchased today is used for the next 3 years, not last year.
• SSDs rock. All users, all apps will benefit from using a solid state drive as the boot/apps drive. Strongly recommended. RAM-challenged setups will additionally benefit from 10x faster page outs.
• All users should regularly evaluate their workflows by checking the Page Outs number under System Memory on the Activity Monitor app before starting a work session; then rechecking after working. If the page outs number increased significantly during operation the workflow is RAM-starved and steps should be taken, such as increasing RAM or restarting and running only one app at a time - - or switching from 64-bit operation to 32-bit operation. [Note: this is a manual calculation of any change in page outs. Ignore the cute pie charts, page ins, etc.]
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