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malcolms34627286
malcolms34627286
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August 28, 2023
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Cannot back up to to current catalogue

  • August 28, 2023
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After updating to V12.5 I can no longer backup to the current catalogue.

Using Windows 10 on desktop computer.

When I go into the backup folder, all the backups are there up to the last one, but when I click on any of the folders it says 'No items match your search'.

When I try and backup I get: 'Lightroom was unable to backup catalog name "Lightroom Catalog-5-V12" '

Permiisions appear ok

Available space on disc 6Gb approx.

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GoldingD
GoldingD
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August 28, 2023

"Available Space"

So:

1. How much hard drive space does the catalog and the preview folders, etc (not the photos) take up (uncompressed)

2. How much free space is available on the hard drive you are placing the backup in?

 

Note, while the finished backup will be compressed, LrC will first copy the catalog and associated folders first, then it will compress the result. So you need more space than what you see when the backup is completed.

 

malcolms34627286
malcolms34627286Author
Participating Frequently
August 29, 2023

Created a new backup file on a virtually empty  2Tb drive

Checked permissions

Still a problem so came to the conclusion that the catalog was corrupt

'Repaired the Catalog' (maybe should have done this in the first place but hindsight is an exact science)

Everything now working as it should

Thanks for you help guys, with additional input from Google on how to do things, problem sorted.

 

dj_paige
dj_paige
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August 28, 2023

After updating to V12.5 I can no longer backup to the current catalogue.

 

I am having trouble understanding the phrase "backup to the current catalogue". Normally you just make a new backup, there is no such thing as backing up to a catalog. However, when this happens and it doesn't work, how are you doing this, step-by-step? What is the indication that it doesn't work? Is there an error message? If so please provide the exact word-for-word error message.

 

When I go into the backup folder, all the backups are there up to the last one, but when I click on any of the folders it says 'No items match your search'.

 

When you try to use the backups, do you unzip them first?

malcolms34627286
malcolms34627286Author
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August 28, 2023

When I close Lightroom at the end of the day it asks if I want to backup what I've done. I normally tell it to go ahead and it just creates a folder for that day in the Lightroom Backup File. Now it attempts to do that and I get the message 'Lightroom was unable to backup catalog name "Lightroom Catalog-5-V12". That is/was the current catalog that I was using.

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