Why is the beach ball always spinning?

I’ve used iPhoto from when it first came out. I’ve never really had any problems until iPhoto 5. Then I seemed to get the spinning beach ball every time I used the program. Concluding that perhaps my library had got a bit complex, I decided to start a new library and import all my photos. After hours of work, it’s now spinning once again. Usually it happens when I import photos. After importing I’ve got to force quit, then open up again in order to look at what I’ve just imported. Now it’s spinning even when I swap programs. I create a new folder or album, tab to another program, tab back again and off it goes. Force quit usually seems to solve the problem, but this can’t be right. All my programs are current via software update, I’m on the latest version of Tiger, and I’m running a 17 inch PowerPC iMac, with 1GB of RAM.
Has anyone else had similar problems? Any suggestions of a cure? Is iPhoto 5 just poor? Has anyone had this problem solved by iPhoto 6? I would be tempted to upgrade, but not to endure further frustration.

Hi wingnutt,
If your camera was one of the cameras that had the large makernote problem, then it seems that has been resolved with iPhoto 6. Read the next link and see what you think.
If you want to find out more about the large Makernote problem,Apple Macintosh iPhoto 5 slowness
If you do have one of the cameras that have large Makernote files you may wnat to try (iPhoto) Exif Cleaner
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    ☞ The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of which is irrelevant to solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
    Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
    Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
    ☞ Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

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    See these threads:
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    Copy the messages to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
    The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of it useless for solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
    Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
    Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
    Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

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