Consistent Corruption of Catalogs

Question

Under OS X Sonoma, I was working on some catalogs. Everything was fine until I opened one catalog and it would not let me import new images or close properly (had to force quit). I tried optimizing it unsuccessfully. I tried moving it locally with no success. I tried importing JPGs instead of DNGs. Didn’t work.

I went so far as to do complete computer OS reinstall, upgrading to Tahoe. Didn’t work.

I eventually completely rebuilt the photo catalog using JPGs. The DNGs seemed to be the problem, but I’m not 100% convinced.

I moved on, but I am now realizing that as I work on more catalogs, the same problem is showing up on other catalogs. The big problem is that the catalogs are not fixable. I cannot optimize them. I have tried using the “check for integrity” on load, but it never finishes. It can go for hours trying with no success.

Having to completely rebuild catalogs is incredibly time consuming. This was never a problem before. I can open the source files just fine in Photoshop or other apps. No issues.

I personally think this is actually a Lightroom problem, not corrupt source files. I haven’t totally narrowed down the issue, but it seems to be DNG related. Specifically from DJI Mavic Pro 3.

Help! Anything else I can try?

dj_paige · Answer

Consistent corruption of catalogs is almost always caused by a hardware malfunction, and given your description, I would suspect the hard disk where the catalogs are stored is malfunctioning.

Try putting one (or several) of the catalogs on a different drive and see if the problem goes away. Run diagnostics on your hard drive. Strongly consider getting a new hard drive to replace the bad one.

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