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penstabuzz
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February 11, 2025
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Entire LR Classic Images Missing after Catalogue Upgrade

  • February 11, 2025
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Hi Community, 

 

PLEASE HELP ...

I just went to open LR and it promoted me to upgrade the catalogue i wanted to open.

So i clicked on "upgrade" as i have done many times before without any drama, and when it opened there is no images in there whatsovever.

I took a pic of the upgrade message, before it actully did the upgrade. 

I tried to open the "previous" version (.zip file), but it just keeps duplicating the files. 

 

Pics attached 

I recently updated my mac to Sequioa 15.3, LR version is 14.1.1

Any help to get all the info back would be gretaly appreciated!!

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JohanElzenga
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JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
Community Expert
February 12, 2025

Sounds like the first time you upgraded the catalog, Lightroom Classic lost the connection and so it created a new catalog rather than the upgraded one. That is known to happen sometimes and that is why you did not see any images at all in that catalog.

 

If you open the old catalog again, then obviously you will have to upgrade that again. Are you saying that each time you end up with no images? If that case there could be some corruption that causes the upgrade to fail, so try upgrading a slightly older backup copy.

 

-- Johan W. Elzenga
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penstabuzzAuthor
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February 12, 2025

Hi Johan,

 

Thank you so much for your reply!

I did try and open the old catalogue that is a .zip file, and yes i had to "upgrade" it, and unfortunately get the same outcome, with no images at all in the upgraded version. 

I don't have a recent back up, so not sure what can be done from here.

Surely there is a way to recover the old version. I may try sending the .zip file to my laptop and open it there to see if that will regenerate with all the images. 

 

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