After switching between a few photos I may get a stutter here or there, and the occasional beachball after zooming in to 100%.īut if I try to use it like I a computer with multiple things going - browsers open, a chat app or two - and switch back and forth between those while editing - it runs like a computer from 1995.Īctivity Monitor shows LR is using 9GB of ram sometimes - I don't know how that's possible if the computer only has 8. If I close all major apps (Safari, Firefox, WhatsApp, Signal, Photos.) and only have Lightroom Classic open - it runs okay. Samsung 2TB T7 SSD, formatted to APFS - photos and catalog (~8000 photos) on this drive.MacBook Air 8GB, 256GB storage, M1 chip - Lightroom Classic (Apple silicon/m1 native version).Seems like most people are having great results with the base macbook air, with 8gb of RAM. Please direct non-lightroom topics to the most appropriate of the following!

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