2018 Mac mini: Adobe Lightroom Import/Export

MPG tested the 2018 Mac mini 15-inch 3.2 GHz 64GB 1TB UHD630.

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2018 Mac mini

Results

Import without moving 552 high resolution raw files with 1:1 previews as well as export to very high quality full-res JPEG.

Adobe has made progress in using CPU cores over the past several years, so this test shows that the 2018 Mac mini and its six CPU cores offer a substantial advantage of the 2017 iMac 5K with its 4 CPU cores.

TIP: a fast SDD for the Lightroom catalog is critical to Lightroom performance. store big photo and video files on an OWC Thunderbay and store Lightroom catalogs on a fast SSD.

Mac mini 2018: Lightroom import/export

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2018 Mac mini