Test driving Aperture 2.1.4 on Snow Leopard. Is Aperture 2 running smoother & more efficient now?
Setup:
Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6) installed on a MacBook Pro 2.66 GHz, Intel Core 2 Duo, Memory 4 GB and the Graphics Card set to higher performance in the System preference (you find the Graphics settings in the Energy Saver)
Working with an average image size of 38MB in Raw format, plus I imported some 75MB scanned tiff files too.
Composite
Image: © Gunther Deichmann - Speed and much more
efficient...
running Aperture 2.1.4 on Snow
Leopard...a cool
New Cat!
1. Opening Aperture, much
faster now with Snow Leopard
2. Going
to full screen mode, no more delay, it is instantly
3.Selecting multiple images in
editing mode and then going to full screen, very fast
now.
4. Retouch Tools & Spot
Patch Tools have improved by 100% almost no more
delay when retouching using clone or repair
tools, this is a very big improvement.
5.
Opening from
within Aperture an External editor like Photoshop CS3
is super fast now
6. Opening Mail from within
Aperture also super fast improvement by at least X2
7. I
exported some 28 high res Raw images in one go as
Versions to full jpg size, wow, that went real fast,
again a huge improvement.
8. I also
experienced the same during import using a fire wire
800 Card reader, nice speed increase.
9.There
had been some delays before on some commands in
particular the Cloning and Repair but that has
disappeared now.
10. I
tried also the slide show with some 50 plus Raw
images, almost no delay very cool.
11. Edit
with: Dodge & Burn, very fast opening with the
use of the Tools, super fast on saving and closing.
12. Hitting the Z key (zoom) wow
again, it is instant; the bit sluggish Navigation
before is now very smooth, the same applies for the
Loupe much faster and so much more responsive on all
settings.
Aperture
2.1.4 performs very impressive
on Snow
Leopard,
a significant speed increase and overall smooth
performance. I think Aperture was ahead of its time
and was just waiting for the New
Cat….
Snow Leopard is made for Aperture 2.1.4 the perfect
combination. Not to mention the increase of disk
space after installation of the S.L.very cool. (see
my comments from my previous Blog Post)
Run like
you never run before… Aperture 2.1.4 is doing just
that; everything is just so much
more liquid and responsive.
I only used Raw and very large Tiff files, really
pushing it, editing has picked up another 100%.
So, if you’re using Aperture 2.1.4 go ahead and
install Snow Leopard, find out why I love Aperture
even more now, feel and experience the difference.
GD
Please note the above
information is based on my personal test only, and I
can’t be held liable if you experience different
results or performances.
