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Jeffrey_Ross
Inspiring
September 23, 2023
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LR doesn't recognize any of my catalogues

  • September 23, 2023
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LR Classic version 12.5 Mac OS Ventura 13.5

I wanted to quit LR and as I usually do, I asked it to backup the catalog. I received an error message so I clicked cancel thinking I would just use the latest catalog when I relaunched.

 

LR Classic now does not recognize any catalog, i.e. it won't open any of my catalogues from within the application.

 

I am stuck regarding how to proceed.

 

Please advise

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    Correct answer D Fosse

    Does it make a difference which file I click on, i.e. .lrcat or .lrcat-data?


    Yes! lrcat is the catalog, that's the one you want. The other is the previews cache.

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    Jeffrey_RossAuthor
    Inspiring
    September 23, 2023

    One other thing regarding the above. When LR asked to create a default catalogue, I clicked OK thinking it would then use the latest data it had, but that did not work.

    D Fosse
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    D FosseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 23, 2023

    Don't open from within Lightroom, it will be stuck at whatever catalog is set up as default in Preferences. Find a good catalog and open it directly by double-clicking it. Then when Lightroom has opened with the good catalog, you can go into preferences and set it as new default catalog.

     

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    Jeffrey_RossAuthor
    Inspiring
    September 23, 2023

    Does it make a difference which file I click on, i.e. .lrcat or .lrcat-data?

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