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swduncan
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September 13, 2025
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Endless moving photos process

  • September 13, 2025
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So I wanted to move my library from one drive to another on my Mac (Mac mini M2 Pro, Sequoia 15.6.1) , and decided to let Lr do the moving. Since I have nearly a TB of images, there were a few times where I used the "Stop Until Next Launch" button which worked as expected, until the last time. Now I have it saying it's moving 0 of 261 photos, and it's been saying that for days, and it's persistent even after reboots. 

I used Chronosync to copy the remaining items to the new location, but every time I start Lr it wants to copy them. 

Anyone know how can I get it to stop?

 

Thanks!

Steve

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CMass
CMass
Legend
October 13, 2025

Hey 

Just following up to see if you're still running into the issue, or if the troubleshooting steps we shared helped. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you need any more assistance—we're happy to help!


^CM

Sameer K
Community Manager
Sameer KCommunity Manager
Community Manager
September 17, 2025

Hey, @swduncan. Welcome to the Lightroom Community. I'll help you figure this out. This must be frustrating.

 

Try these suggestions:

  • Ensure Lightroom has the required permissions on macOS: macOS:https://adobe.ly/3WfrQf2
  • Log on to Lightroom Web (https://adobe.ly/3XVZmIp) and ensure everything is synced and backed up before proceeding.
  • Choose Go > Go To Folder in the Finder window and type ~/pictures. Locate a bundle named Lightroom Library.lrlibrary.
  • Right-click or control-click this bundle and choose Show Package Contents. You'll find a folder inside it with a long cryptic string of numbers and letters (for example: d1a4f88d2b534c7d91022136fd182532). Open that folder.
  • In the folder, move out all the files named Managed Catalog.[anything] to the Mac's desktop. 
  • Launch Lightroom.

 

Let me know how it goes. Thanks!
Sameer K

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