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Library broken after 15.6 MacOS Update

Forum|Forum|10 months ago
August 6, 2025
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So i updates my MacOS and no when i open lightroom and want to filter for Stars for example, it just gives me a loading circle over the picture and doesnt filter. Also i cant see any edits in the photos.
Hope you didnt mess up my catalogue and fix this asap. I need to work on photos asap.

macOS

JohanElzenga

Community Expert

What version of Lightroom? You posted in the Lightroom ecosystem forum, but you talk about 'library' and a 'catalog' which is Lightroom Classic.

-- Johan W. Elzenga

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MaxTakesPhotosAuthor

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Hey, sorry i used LrC many years, but i do mean Lightroom. Version 8.4 with no updates available.
Main issue is the filters dont work, but also i dont see the edits in the photos. Yesterday before the mac update it worked.

Anything else seems to work as well.

Do you need any more information?

Thanks!

Sameer K

Community Manager

Hey, i dont sync all the RAWs; it's just too many.
CC is running, but ofc the Web-Test doesn't apply.

And for the Screenshot: I apply the filter and then the black and blue circle is spinning forever.

Happens only in one folder though. 2k Fotos, 30 Gigs.

Smaller folders seem to work.

I will try to move all the video from that folder; maybe that helps.
My m3 pro 36gb Mac should handle that though..

Thanks for the support.

Lightroom-Version: 8.4 arm64 [ 20250603-0500-10f89fb ] (Jun 2 2025)
NGL-Version: 1.41.0.11
WF-Version: 7.4 a9dfbad
VF-Version: 1.0.154
HIL-Version: 40501
CAI-Version: c2pa-c/0.6.0 c2pa-rs/0.46.0
PH-Version: 5.2.3

Betriebssystem: macOS
Betriebssystemversion: macOS 15.6 (24G84)
Anwendungsarchitektur: arm64
Computermodell: Mac15,6 / Apple M3 Pro
Anzahl logischer Prozessoren: 11
Für Lightroom verfügbarer phys. Speicher: 36.864,0 MB
Von Lightroom verwendeter phys. Speicher: 3.167,0 MB (8,5%)
Von Lightroom verwendeter Peak-Speicher: 11.780,0 MB
Cache-Speichergröße: 5.287,1 MB

Interne Camera Raw-Version: 17.4 [ 2271 ]
Maximale Anzahl Threads, die Camera Raw verwendet: 6
Camera Raw SIMD-Optimierung: Neon
Virtueller Speicher in Camera Raw: 1516MB / 16384MB (9%)

Anzeige: 3024x1964

Informationen zum Grafikprozessor: Metal: Apple M3 Pro
Grafikprozessordaten: geladen: Ja, unterstützt: Ja, Computing: Ja, Init.: I4_GPU4, Hardware: success, Software: success, al: Ja, dl: Nein
Medienfähigkeit des Betriebssystems: true

Anwendungsordner: /Applications/Adobe Lightroom CC
Einstellungen-Ordner: /Users/USER/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom CC
Bibliotheksordner: /Users/USEr/Pictures/Lightroom Library.lrlibrary

Thanks for sharing this. 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. Also, delete the Previews.db file.
Launch Lightroom.

Let me know how it goes. Thanks!
Sameer K

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MaxTakesPhotosAuthor

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sorry for the typos; can't edit and am in a rush.
I restarted my mac and closed/opened the app multiple times. Will try further and update if something works.

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