Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/31

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Subject: [Leica] Computer Woes
From: jsmith342 at gmail.com (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 19:42:49 -0600
References: <Lejc1n0050AFV7C01ejeUT> <52EC4F78.2010102@cox.net>

Sorry! I got rid of my problems by throwing my Dell out the window (along 
with Windows). At the time I bought the iMac, I thought I would use it for 
Photoshop only (initially). After about 2 weeks using an iMac, I converted 
faster than a felon facing his first parole hearing.

Jeffery

> 
> On 1/31/2014 8:43 AM, Tina Manley wrote:
>> PESO:
>> 
>> I haven't commented on photos lately because I can't get to them.  My main
>> computer is tied up with LR.  After reading Peter Krogh's latest book on
>> digital management, I decided to divide my photos into two LR catalogs
>> instead of one huge one.  I made one for Archive photos and kept the
>> original catalog for Current photos.  That part went fine.  Then I had to
>> remove all of the Archive photos from the the Current catalog.  LR worked
>> on it for two days, I left it working when I went to Charleston.  When I
>> came back it was 88% finished, but I got a notice that my computer was
>> dangerously low on memory and was shutting down.  I had to start all over
>> again.  Now it's been working for three days and is 85% finished.  I have
>> shut down everything else on the computer, including e-mail.  I'm using my
>> little Acer netbook for e-mail.  LR is using 99% of the physical memory -
>> 8GB.  I had over 500,000 photos in the one catalog and am trying to remove
>> 175,000.  I guess I should have done it in smaller amounts.
>> 
>> The Acer is too small and slow to look at photos, but I'll catch up 
>> someday.
>> 
>> Any suggestions besides throwing the computer out the window would be
>> greatly appreciated.  I can't even download the photos I took in
>> Charleston!!
>> 
>> Tina
>> .
> 
> 
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