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douglasw12835965
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October 26, 2021

P: Catalog fails update from 10.4 to 11.0

  • October 26, 2021
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Updated Lightroom to 11.0 this morning. The first message I get is "Cannot convert catalog" and reference to an Adobe webpage.

I've checked and there is no LRCAT.LOCK file. All my other catalogs have converted with no problems. It's the big one (of course) that is an issue.

I'm running an Intel iMac 27in (2019) with 64GB Ram and about 300GB free on the main hard drive. Photos are stored both on the main drive and an external drive. This is a configuration I've used extensively for a few years now and have about 112000 photos in the catalog. The OS is macOS Big Sur v11.6.

Any suggestions are appreciated. In the interim I've started a new catalog and am "adding in place" the photo files. That means I'll lose the collections, but I guess there are worse outcomes possible.

Thanks.      ...Doug

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    Rikk Flohr_Photography
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    Rikk Flohr_PhotographyCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    November 16, 2021

    Lightroom Classic 11.0.1 was released on 11.15.2021 and contains a fix for this issue. Please refresh your Creative Cloud Application ([Cmd/Ctrl]+[Opt/Alt]+[ R ])and install the Lightroom Classic update. Thank you for your patience.

    Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
    lisab50241878
    lisab50241878
    Participating Frequently
    November 15, 2021
    None that I am aware of. Still holding my breath. But now when you convert back to 10.4, you lose the sky replacement option. It’s no longer there. 


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    lisab50241878
    lisab50241878
    Participating Frequently
    November 15, 2021
    Mine went through to upgrade to 11 but I couldn’t get it to work. It would give me errors

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    lisab50241878
    lisab50241878
    Participating Frequently
    November 15, 2021
    I am in the same issue. I have so much work that is delayed. Not to mention, reverting back to the 10.4 i now do not have the sky replacement which was previously in that version. 


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    milesdeelite
    Participating Frequently
    November 15, 2021

    Hi. Any news or tips on this one? I am still not able to upgrade the catalog from 10.4 to 11. I have delivered two catalogs for testing, tried renaming, optimizing, older backups, deactivating presets, nothing works. Switched back to 10.4 until a patch arrives.  

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    stefpix
    Known Participant
    November 8, 2021

    I ulpgraded to LrC 11. I tried to upgrade the catalog overnight and the progress bar had not moved much. The images occupy about 4 TB of space on an external drive. Is it normal that is taking so long? I don't remember previous major catalog upgrades taking so long. 

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    Tom Di Maggio
    Participant
    November 8, 2021

    I had the same issue, here is how I solved it: 

     

    - Optimized Catalogue in 10.4

    - Backup of said Catalogue

    - Close LR

    - Copy and Rename old Catalogue

    - Start LR with renamed Catalogue

    That worked for me, and if you are running LR in a synced folder (backup, onedrive, google drive) stop the syncing during the upgrade. 

    Þórdís Reynisdóttir
    Þórdís Reynisdóttir
    Participant
    November 6, 2021

    Hi - I'm experiencing issues. V11 update seems to have been automatic, and I might have exited the window asking me to update my catalog. I tried a few things before I found this post:
    1. I then moved the catalog file into a nother folder, as I thought that was the issue.
    2. I changed the name of the catalog as well as the preview files etc.
    3. I've removed the LOCK files 
    4. I reverted the update to 10.4 but still cant open my old catalog. This is very concerning as I'm working on a deadline! 
    5. I can open a new catalog, but not my old one.

    Please help or tell me where I can seek this help - this is business critical for me.
    4. 

    S
    stevermoore
    Known Participant
    November 5, 2021

    Ahhhhh !!!!!  For the second time Adobe have "Repaired" the catalogue but it still doesn't work!!!   I have repled to their email and wait for a third time lucky attempt!! GRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!! 

    S
    stevermoore
    Known Participant
    November 5, 2021

    Just roll the version back to 10.4 and it all works..... all you are missing are the new tools.

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