Lightroom Classic not reading raw files suddenly

Question

I had built my library of around 8,000 photos with an old version of Lightroom that I had the license for. Images all came in via the "import" function from camera SD cards. Somewher along the line, Adobe rendered my version of Lightroom useless and so I ultimately paid for this "Lightroom Classic" subscription. I updated everything and it was all working just fine.

Something is now off and Lightroom says "file cannot be found" when I try to develop photos. I have checked the location and everything is still there. When I click "view in finder" it takes me to the correct RAF or CR2 file or folder. When I "update folder location" to the correct folder, nothing changes in lightroom. It's bizarre beacuse I can point lightroom to the correct raw file, and it will not read it.

Also, somehow, a bunch of my old raw photos have been converted to JPG format, essentially destryoing the images.

So far, I am not pleased with Lightroom Classic.

On Version 11.5

MacOS Ventura 13.1

TheDigitalDog · Accepted Answer

Let's try this first since it's a new version under Ventura.

In System Preferences ((System Settings in Ventura), >Security & Privacy, >Full Disk Access, do you see Lightroom listed? If not, do add it and try again.

See: https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/quick-tips-how-to-give-full-disk-access-to-lightroom-classic-on-macos/td-p/12913413

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