Generating Thumbnails...

Each time I apply an adjustment, Aperture 3 starts processing and there is a fairly significant lag until I am able to apply the next adjustment (sometimes up to a minute). If I open the activity window, it says "Generating Thumbnails... 2." It gradually finishes one and then the other, and once they are both processed I can continue with the next adjustment. I did not have to deal with this lag in Aperture 2, so I'm wondering if this is a problem on my system or a new "feature" in Aperture 3? Are others having the same problem with processing after every adjustment?
As background, I am using 18MP Canon 7D RAW files with Aperture 3.0.1 in a brand new library which only contains the 9 test files I imported for testing. I also had the same problems with 3.0 and even tried making adjustments to much smaller with JPG master images as well, but that did not change anything.

kakgungor wrote:
Thanks for the suggestions. I have de-selected "Enable faces" and the "New projects automatically generate previews" check boxes in Preferences. The "Processing..." lag still occurs, however now it only shows 1 thumbnail being generated between each adjustment being applied instead of 2. Am I missing something else in order to stop the thumbnails from being re-generated each time?
I have the same issue, though it doesn't put AP3 on its knees.
It has nothing to do with previews (as they are generated when importing images), only with thumbnails generation. As far as I can see, there is no option regarding to the generation of thumbnails. I, for one, would appreciate an option like "generate updated thumbnails when quitting Aperture" or something. Did a report to Apple.

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