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andys98318584
Inspiring
May 20, 2022
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Lightroom stability problems with imports, previews and maps

  • May 20, 2022
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I recently decided to switch from Bridge to LR and have come across a litany of problems with Lightroom and I'm not sure if this is me or LR is just buggy. I'm using the latest version of LR on an Macbook Pro M1 Max. Issues so far:

* "Too many requests" errors when putting search terms into the Maps search as I import lots of images without GPS data.

* A behaviour where dragging photos onto the Map does not geolocate them. Looking at the files they are being updated, but they aren't subsequently located on the map. This is sporadic and is cured by an LR restart and going through the process of dragging photos onto the map again.

* Standard size image previews not being built in a timely fashion when a large import has happened. I imported 500+ photos yesterday evening and LR was still creating previews this morning. I suspect it's not actually creating previews but is locked on some resource tbh. This happens to me frequently. 

* Previews being entirely lost after having to force exit LR when 'optimizing preview catalog' never terminates - which happens at least once every 3 days.

 

Is there some trivial settings I'm missing? Does anyone else experience the same instability? TBH I'm really shocked given how long LR has been out and the stability of PS and Bridge. 

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dj_paige
dj_paige
Legend
May 20, 2022

Your map issues may be (or may not be) that LrC 11.3.1 seems to have a bug in the Map Module. It has been reported that if you shut LrC down while in the Map Module, and then re-open LrC later, the Map Module behaves badly (or sometimes doesn't even function at all). The fix is to shut down LrC in Library Module (or any other module except the Map Module), and then later when you re-open LrC, the Map Modulew orks as expected.

 

What do you mean by "optimizing preview catalog"? I have never seen that. Can you show us a screen capture? (Please use the "Insert Photos" icon; do not attach files)

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andys98318584Author
Inspiring
May 21, 2022

I have the option set where every time I exit it optimizes the catalog and backs it up. One of those steps is called something like "optimizing preview catalog". It's the last step in the process is goes through and dissapears too fast for a screenshot unless it locks up (which is isn't at the moment - I don't have 100's more photos to import right now). 

 

The map tip worked. Thank you.

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andys98318584Author
Inspiring
May 21, 2022

Also version is 11.3.1 

dj_paige
dj_paige
Legend
May 20, 2022

Lightroom (Lr icon) or Lightroom Classic (LrC icon)? What version NUMBER?

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andys98318584Author
Inspiring
May 20, 2022

Sorry, that was very non-specific. Lightroom Classic. I'll look up the version number when I get home. It will be the latest release that CC Desktop auto updates.

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