IPhoto is taking TOO much cmd from my MacBook Pro !!

Question

Hello !
iPhoto is taking too much cmd from my computer. When im looking at photos the cpu jumps up to 80-90% of my CPU en when i'm editing photos it can jump up to 160% !!!! Thats just way too much. It *** to be on this good computer and cannot look or work with photos in a software which is specially built for this computer ! How can I fix this ? This is just NOT acceptable !
Please help me !
MacBook Pro
Mac OS X 10.5.8
2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

Answer 1

cmd?
Have you tried the usual simple troubleshooting steps?
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild.
trash the com.apple.iPhoto.plist file from the HD/Users/ Your Name / library / preferences folder. (Remember you'll need to reset your User options afterwards. These include minor settings like the window colour and so on. Note: If you've moved your library you'll need to point iPhoto at it again.)
*What's the plist file?*
For new users: Every application on your Mac has an accompanying plist file. It records certain User choices. For instance, in your favourite Word Processor it remembers your choice of Default Font, on your Web Browser is remembers things like your choice of Home Page. It even recalls what windows you had open last if your app allows you to pick up from where you left off last. The iPhoto plist file remembers things like the location of the Library, your choice of background colour, whether you are running a Referenced or Managed Library, what preferences you have for autosplitting events and so on. Trashing the plist file forces the app to generate a new one on the next launch, and this restores things to the Factory Defaults. Hence, if you've changed any of these things you'll need to reset them. If you haven't, then no bother. Trashing the plist file is Mac troubleshooting 101.
Regards
TD