MikWar wrote:
My MacBook Pro has less memory (8 MEG) and slower processor (Intel i5, 2.7 Gig) and not using an external HD. 5 seconds to open. Relatively instantaneous going from Develop to Library and back. I have to believe there is something going on with your computer.
Something is wrong here. I have a XPS 13 with a SSD and a 1T external and I am way faster than that. Once everything is in the catalog after the 1st download, everything is snappy.
Are you in 64 bit mode? What are your preview settings? Are you syncing with CC? Do you autowrite XMP data? What size is your cache?