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Graham32031388l5t2
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September 17, 2023
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LR classic fails to launch on Macbook Pro M1

  • September 17, 2023
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Hello,

 

Last night I worked a bit in LRC, then backed up my laptop to one external drive and separately backed up lightroom folders and catalog to a different drive for redundancy. Attempting to open LR Classic, I get a spinng beachball. The system load goes to 100% but the app doesn't open after an hour.

 

I'm running LRClassic 12.5 on a Macbook Pro M1 with 32GB of memory running Ventura 13.5.2, plenty of room on my hard drive, etc. Other than the backups nothing else has changed.

 

So far I have tried:

- resetting app preferences on launch, then rebooting the laptop

- reinstalling LRC 12.5 and rebooting

- reinstalling LRC 12.5 and rebooting, then updating and rebooting

 

I would appreciate any advice. Thanks....

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    Correct answer Sean McCormack

    Try holding down the Option key while opening and see if you get the catalog selection dialog. This will check if it's the catalog or something else at fault. 

     

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    Graham32031388l5t2Author
    Participant
    September 18, 2023

    Thank you very much. It opens if I create a new catalog. I will get to work on un-f-ing the old one. Appreciate it very much!

      Sean McCormack
      Community Expert
      Sean McCormackCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      September 18, 2023

      Try holding down the Option key while opening and see if you get the catalog selection dialog. This will check if it's the catalog or something else at fault. 

       

      Sean McCormack. Author of 'Essential Development 3'. Magazine Writer. Former Official Fuji X-Photographer.
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        Graham32031388l5t2Author
        Participant
        September 18, 2023

        Sorry, should read:

        - resetting app preferences on launch, then rebooting the laptop

        - reinstalling LRC 12.5 and rebooting

        - reinstalling LRC 12.4 and rebooting, then updating and rebooting

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