


My raw photo processing workflow generally looks something like this first I import images, making first-pass selects while rating shots and marking bad shots for deletion. RAF images in a retouch session, so I was keen to speed up that workflow with this new 16″ Apple laptop. Exporting large numbers of photos can take a very long time.

Lightroom is particularly laggy when navigating between photos in Develop view, and can also be a bit of dog when brushing or spot-healing. I have always found Lightroom Classic on my 2017 Macbook Pro to be painfully slow while working with Fuji X-T3 raw files. Here’s my results with Lightroom performance on the 16-inch Macbook Pro.Īnd if you’re more of a video user, check out my companion writeup with video export performance tests for the 16″ MBP in FCPx and Premiere Pro. After upgrading to the new MBP, I was keen to see how it improved Lightroom performance.
