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Unexpected error when opening catalog on iMac

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June 10, 2017
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This has happened twice in the last few days. I have spent hours editing and now have lost it all, is there a way of getting these edited images back?

Also if I uninstall lightroom and reinstall it will I loose all my other catalogs?

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Geoff the kiwi

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Which OS version and Lightroom version are you using?
Also where is the catalog stored???

dj_paige

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Error: 'Unexpected error opening catalog' occurs in Lightroom after Windows 10 upgrade.

Geoff the kiwi

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Error: 'Unexpected error opening catalog' occurs in Lightroom after Windows 10 upgrade.

Windows 10 on an iMac????

Per Berntsen

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You will not lose anything by reinstalling, but it's not likely to fix the problem.

Also, your images exist completely independent of Lightroom - they are not in Lightroom - but the edits are in the catalog.

Can you quote the exact error message?

Do you have a recent backup of the catalog? If you do, can you open the backup?

The catalog could be corrupted (usually caused by hardware failure), or it could be (only guessing here) a permissions problem.

You could try to create a new catalog, and then try to import the original catalog into the new one. (File > Import from another catalog)

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rachelb54525681Author

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Hi

Im using OS X 10.9.5 on my iMac and lightroom is CC 2015.10.1. My catalog is saved on my external hard drive (which i do remove when I go into the studio). I do recall a few days before this... my computer completely froze so I had to force stop... maybe that is the problem??

When I try opening a new catalog and import from the original it comes up with this message?

How do I do an integrity check?

How do I set lightroom to back up every time I close it down??

Thanks

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my computer completely froze so I had to force stop

That probably explains the error message.

When Lightroom is running, a lock file is present next to the catalog. Because you had to force close, the lock file was probably not deleted.

With Lightroom closed, use the Finder and go to the folder containing the catalog. (the original catalog, not the one you just created)

Normally, this folder will be inside the Pictures or My Pictures folder, unless you decided to save it somewhere else.

Delete the file that ends with .lock Do not delete anything else.

Now double-click the catalog file (ends with .lrcat) to open it with Litghtroom.

Bearing in mind the Unexpected error message you received before, your catalog may be corrupted and fail to open.

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