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Philip5CC4
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Mar 17, 2024 10:52 AM UTC
Question

Lightroom Classic will not open on my MAC

When I try yo open LrC the splash screen appears for a few seconds but the app doesn't open. I'm using a MAC running Sonoma 14.0. Incidentally Photoshop opens fine and I have checked my Adobe account to make sure that my subscription is still in place.

 

Any ideas?

 

Philip

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    act26946035kuhk
    Participant
    Oct 22, 2025 7:09 PM UTC

    Make sure your ~/Pictures folder is available and writable. I was using a removable drive and pointing to it with that folder, and LR and LR Classic were both starting but no windows would open.

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    RyanLongPhotography
    RyanLongPhotography
    Participant
    May 17, 2024 3:39 PM UTC

    I am having the same issue.

     

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      Philip5CC4Author
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      Mar 25, 2024 4:19 PM UTC

      I believe the issue was because, somehow, my Mac had deleted my Local Documents folder and the only way I could reinstate it was to rebuild my Mac completely from scratch!

       

      Grrrrrrr!

      Philip

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      DdeGannes
      Community Expert
      DdeGannesCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      Mar 17, 2024 12:04 PM UTC

      You can try updating your macOS and make sure you are running the latest version of Lightroom Classic.

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      Regards, Denis: Laptop Win 11, ver 24H2, LrC 15.4 PS 27.8;
      Philip5CC4Author
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      Mar 17, 2024 5:59 PM UTC

      Thanks, but both my Mac OS and LrC are up to date.

       

      Any other ideas?

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