Why is my iPhoto so slow?

Why is My Iphoto so slow when I open it a use it? It takes forever to open and utilize.

Because something's wrong?
There are 9 different versions of iPhoto and they run on seven different versions of the Operating System. The tricks and tips for dealing with issues vary from version to version and OS to OS. So before anyone can help, they need information to work with. Things like:
- What version of iPhoto.
- What version of the Operating System.
- Details. What were you doing when the problem arose?
- Did it ever work properly?
- Are there error messages?
- What steps have you tried already to solve the issue.
Anything else you can think of that might allow someone else to understand your issue.

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Why is my iPhoto very slow?

My background: have been in the graphic design business for 10+ years now. Have been working on Macs for about 13 years, so I am familiar with how things should feel/work in programs.
My questions:
1. My iPhoto is VERY slow. I have friends who have it and they say it does not feel slow to them. I have only a few hundred photos in it, not that many...but it takes literally up to 30 seconds sometimes for me to navigate throughout different buttons. If I click on an event, it will take 10 seconds for the page of photos to pop up (and there may only be like 25 photos in that event). If I click on the scroll bar to scroll down, it'll take like 15 seconds for it to kick on before doing it. I was hoping to get very organized with all my photos, but it is discouraging me because I don't have the patience or time to sit and wait 10-30 seconds each time I click on something. Why is this?? Can it be fixed?
2. How can I see the actual "raw" files of each photo? When I go to iPhoto folder in my applications, it doesn't show me a folder with all the files. I can only view them through iPhoto. Is there a way to actually SEE all my raw files? If so, where?
Thanks

Libuse
Welcome to the Apple user discussion forums
1. My iPhoto is VERY slow. I have only a few hundred photos in it
How much free disk space do you have? What else is running? have you run activity monitor (in the utilities folder in your applications folder) to see memory usage and CPU usage by various programs?
Just to comfort you iPhoto is not inherently slow - in fact it is fast - and yours can be too
I have a slower iMac than you (2.1 GHz) with about 22,500 Photos in 230 events and it is quick
The largest cause of slowness in iPhoto is lack of hard drive space. Other things that can slow iPhoto down (although with virtually no photos they should not be the issue) are web galleries being updated (set them to manual and not to allow uploads) and opening iPhoto in Photo view with event titles turned off
How can I see the actual "raw" files of each photo?
Are you talking about RAW files, photos shot in RAW on your camera or accessing the files inside the iPhoto library?
If you are talking about accessing your photos, click here for a discussion on accessing your photos safely and correctly.
If you are talking about RAW format photos you can access them as noted above and you can access them in an external editor by setting iPhoto to edit in an external editor and clicking the edit in RAW checkbox
LN

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It seems iphoto gets slower and slower everytime I use it? anyone have a solution to this problem
sperlmeter

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How many items in your Library?
Have you tried rebuilding?
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Why is the library so slow to upload to iCloud?

Hi there,
After a bit of hassle getting Photos to accept all my pictures from iPhoto I thought it was all fixed and ready to go to cloud storage so that I can have the same library on iMac, Macbook Pro and my iPhone.
My photo library isn't that big, about 40Gb (4607 items) but it seems to be taking forever to upload to iCloud.
My broadband speed isn't great (Around 6.5 MBPS download and around 0.7MBPS upload) but after several days my Photo library states that it is uploading 4570 items. When i try to run photos from my macbook there are only a few photos on there.
At this rate I'll probably die of old age before all the photos are in the cloud and bounced back onto my macbook & phone.
Other than slow broadband speed and apple being busy with people like me uploading, are there any other reasons why this is taking so much time? Bad settings anywhere?
As another example my iMac has been on for a couple of hours today and the Activity monitor states that 887.2MB has been sent to the cloud. That's pretty damm slow isn't it?
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Why is my finder so slow to update. For example, if I
download a file (using Safari), I can't find it on
the desktop. If I use Find at the Finder level, it
says it's there, but I can't see it.
Same thing happens with Mail, trying to attach a PDF
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I love all the wondrous glitz of OSX, but wouldn't it
be nice if it could do the basic stuff as well as
System 6? At the rate Apple's going, we'll probably
get a breathless announcement about a spanking-new OS
called Snail, which doesn't do anything but look
pretty.
Stu,
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3. In iPhoto, similar thing ... when I go to add music to a slideshow it says to "Open iTunes to populate this list".
It is shocking to me that Apple would let something as simple as a pathway link to associated library files get this messed up on an upgrade, but what's even more surprising is that with the number of people who seem to be having this particular issue (and I can tell from all the research that I've done for weeks online that there are a lot of them) that there doesn't seem to be a single clear answer to fixing it anywhere on these community support forums. Most of what I've seen is rehashed advice from outdated issues. What I need is a simple answer to how do we get these programs to look for the correct location of the photo and music files because I sure can't seem to find any logical place to do that through the programs' preferences files or the system preferences window?
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Mac OS X
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iTunes 11.0.4 (4)
iPhoto '11 9.4.3 (720.91)
iMovie '11 9.0.9 (1795)
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Pages '09 4.3 (1048)
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hi
why is the refresh rate slower in lab mode?
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Open the "desktop"
Open "file explorer"
Go to the "view" tab
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- Restore from backup. See:
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With the amount of information you've provided it's impossible to offer a potential solution. We can't see your computer so we need to know the details of your problem and setup, i.e.:
what version of iPhoto are you using?
what system version are you running?
does this only happen when you try to quit iPhoto?
what fixes have you tried?
where is your library located?
did you apply any updates or upgrades just prior to the problem occurring?
are you running a "managed" or "referenced" library?
what type of Mac?
how much free space on your boot drive?
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Why are the iPhotos not listed in the finder?

why are the iPhotos not listed in the finder?

There are many, many ways to access your files in iPhoto: You can use any Open / Attach / Browse dialogue. On the left there's a Media heading, your pics can be accessed there. Command-Click for selecting multiple pics.
(Note the above illustration is not a Finder Window. It's the dialogue you get when you go File -> Open)
You can access the Library from the New Message Window in Mail:
There's a similar option in Outlook and many, many other apps. If you use Apple's Mail, Entourage, AOL or Eudora you can email from within iPhoto.
If you use a Cocoa-based Browser such as Safari, you can drag the pics from the iPhoto Window to the Attach window in the browser.
If you want to access the files with iPhoto not running:
For users of 10.6 and later: You can download a free Services component from MacOSXAutomation which will give you access to the iPhoto Library from your Services Menu.
Using the Services Preference Pane you can even create a keyboard shortcut for it.
For Users of 10.4 and 10.5 Create a Media Browser using Automator (takes about 10 seconds) or use this free utility Karelia iMedia Browser
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Drag and Drop: Drag a photo from the iPhoto Window to the desktop, there iPhoto will make a full-sized copy of the pic.
File -> Export: Select the files in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export. The dialogue will give you various options, including altering the format, naming the files and changing the size. Again, producing a copy.
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b: On iPhoto 11 and later: Select one of the affected photos in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Reveal in Finder -> Original. A Finder window will pop open with the file already selected.

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