Lightroom Classic Stuck at Splash Screen

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September 29, 2022
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Dealing with a similar issue as others. Been running LrC 11.5 since August. Last used 4 days ago. Tried to open today and it gets stuck on splash screen.

I'm running MacOS 12.6. Eveything is up to date. I have deleted all preferences and renamed folders multiple times. I have allowed Full Disk Access. I have tried to uninstall/reinstall several times, even installing older versions. Each time on launch the app gets stuck at splash screen and states Reading Preferences.

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Chaz263617634p3qAuthor

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Screen-shared with an Adobe tech. Only 'solution' was to go back to Version 11.1, the last version that works without issue. Tech thought this would be resolved with next update. Unfortunatley, after upgrading to Version 12 today the problem still persists. Going to upgrade to MacOS Ventura and see if the problem is still there. My guess is it won't be fixed. Which seems to mean that I am paying a monthly subscription for an application I can never upgrade.

tenskwatawa

Participant

Hi,

i have the seme problem. Mac 27 Late 2014 and BigSur. Do you have some ideas?

Ian Lyons

Community Expert

Try the fix suggested in pinned post in this linked thread https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-bugs/p-lrc-12-2-1-fails-to-start-launch-or-is-extremely-slow-launching/idi-p/13673512

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Chaz263617634p3qAuthor

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Yes, and I tried it both ways with the keyboard shortcut and manually.

I seem to have got it working again by downgrading to version 11.0.1. Which IMO is not a great solution, or even really a solution at all, but at least I have access to my catalog again.