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jonh78144183
Participating Frequently
December 5, 2020
Question

addresses of all photos in catalog corrupted.

  • December 5, 2020
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I went to open an older, 3 months old, catalog and the sytem needed to upgrade the cataloge.  I said yes.  When done the links to all my photos was ccorrupt.  Tried a different vaalogue, same results.  Upgrades OS, same results.   Running LRÇ.

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Just Shoot Me
Legend
December 5, 2020

Not sure what you mean by Addresses are Corrupted.

jonh78144183
Participating Frequently
December 5, 2020

Every photo has an !.  I say go find photo in finder and it does so.  the ! appears for every photo  in multple cataloges

Just Shoot Me
Legend
December 5, 2020

That means LrC can't find the images on the drive and or in the folders they were in when they were Imported into that catalog file.

 

That happens if you move them from one drive and or folder to another drive and or folder Outside of LrC with the File Manager for the OS you are using Or if the drive they are on, and External Drive, is not connected and or the Drive Letter or Name (for MacOS) has changed.

 

Please Note that there are NO Image Files In the LrC Catalog file. That file is a Database file that only holds a Record, A Reference, to where the images are stored on your computers hard drives.

dj_paige
Legend
December 5, 2020

Your old catalogs are still intact and sitting on your hard disk somewhere. Try reverting to Lightroom Classic 9.4 and see if those catalogs will open correctly. If they do open correctly, this rules that the catalogs were already corrupted before you upgraded them.