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classified33
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March 1, 2020
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local catalog damaged

  • March 1, 2020
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i go to open lightroom (not lightroom classic) and a red message pops up saing local catalog damaged. below that it says you can fix this problem by restoring from your cloud backup and gives step by step below but i cant find the file they start off with for this procedure. ive tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app on my computer, restarting my computer, and searching through my documents but cant find anything. i just want to be able to edit my photos again, please help

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    Correct answer john beardsworth

    Just confirm, when you start Lightroom do you see a splash screen with a brown dog or a Paris street?

     

    What operating system? If Mac, go to Pictures, on and you'll see a file called Lightroom Library.lrlibrary - that's the local catalog. As Lightroom's catalog is in the cloud, you can delete this local catalog (or just rename it) and restarting LR will make it recreate one.

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    99jon
    99jon
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    March 1, 2020

    Can you log-in to the cloud from a web browser and check that everything is there.

    https://lightroom.adobe.com/

     

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    classified33Author
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    March 1, 2020
    yeah from there it loads all my pictures i have linked to it and i can edit
    those like i used to. Which is even more confusing onto why the
    downloadable link on my desktop cant do this.
      99jon
      99jon
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      March 1, 2020

      Open the Local folder, then open the Adobe folder, then open the Lightroom CC folder, then open the Data folder, then open the folder with the long numbers.

       

       

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      classified33Author
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      March 1, 2020
      I found all of that, renamed it to old, deleted the previews folder and the
      previews file at the bottom, restarted light room and it still brings up
      the local catalog damage. I then uninstalled Lightroom classic to see if
      that would effect it but nothing has changed and it still pulls that same
      message and i now have Old, Old(2) and Old(3) files.
        99jon
        99jon
        Legend
        March 1, 2020
        1. On Windows Close Lightroom
        2. Hold down the windows key and Press R to bring up the run dialog
        3. Type %appdata% and hit return
        4. Navigate  the file path through Local to Data and open the folder with a long string of numbers
        5. Rename the file Managed Catalog.mcat to Managed Catalog.old
        6. Delete the previews database
        7. Close Explorer and re-launch Lightroom
        8. Wait for sync to complete

        On Mac OS start from Pictures and open Package Contents.

        See Local Catalog Damaged for more information.

         

         

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          classified33Author
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          March 1, 2020
          When i get to Local, there is no Data option for a folder. I tried clicking
          through the Adobe folder from that point and then Lightroom but there is no
          manage cat anything, just Caches or Preferences
          john beardsworth
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          john beardsworthCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
          Community Expert
          March 1, 2020

          Just confirm, when you start Lightroom do you see a splash screen with a brown dog or a Paris street?

           

          What operating system? If Mac, go to Pictures, on and you'll see a file called Lightroom Library.lrlibrary - that's the local catalog. As Lightroom's catalog is in the cloud, you can delete this local catalog (or just rename it) and restarting LR will make it recreate one.

            Ddrice1992
            Ddrice1992
            Participant
            March 27, 2020

            This definitely worked! Everything else didn’t. Not even the solution adobe provided. Thank you soooooooo much! 

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