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brucekorb
brucekorb
Inspiring
September 25, 2024
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Lightroom cannot access my home directory on MacOS

  • September 25, 2024
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This is the complaint:

And this is what System Settings thinks:

And this is what I think of Apple making it so difficult: 😠   😉

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Correct answer brucekorb

Thanks for trying. I hadn' t actually checked that because this was a fresh install of both the OS and LR.

I see the problem now, thank you. I have my catalog and files on a USB RAID array and when I re-installed, I changed my home directory name. The catalog is specifying the original name. /Users/brucekorb doesn't exist.

 

*Sigh*. Thank you.

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JohanElzenga
Community Expert
JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
Community Expert
September 25, 2024

The /Users folder is not your Home directory! It is the parent folder of your home directory, where the home directories of all users are stored. Lightroom Classic cannot and should not write to this directory, even if it has full disk permissions. 

 

Got to Preferences - Lightroom Sync, click on 'Choose...' and change the location for synced files to a folder that Lightroom is allowed to write to.

 

-- Johan W. Elzenga
    brucekorb
    brucekorbAuthorCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    September 25, 2024

    Thanks for trying. I hadn' t actually checked that because this was a fresh install of both the OS and LR.

    I see the problem now, thank you. I have my catalog and files on a USB RAID array and when I re-installed, I changed my home directory name. The catalog is specifying the original name. /Users/brucekorb doesn't exist.

     

    *Sigh*. Thank you.

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