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peteskilebowski
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June 19, 2023

P: Lightroom internals failed to initialize

  • June 19, 2023
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Hey All,

 

Since updating to the latest version of Lightroom (as of June 20th, 2023), this message pops up as soon as I press the app icon to open it on my Mac. It happens on my M1 mac as well as my Intel macbook pro. 

 

Anyone else havbing this issue? It's rendered my business dead in the water until I can access my photos again.

 

Pete

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    Daniel36290714pqa9
    Participant
    April 9, 2025

    This was happening to me as well on my MacBook Pro. 

    I figured out how to fix it by going to Settings > Network then clicking on my Ethernet Connection at the top of the list.  Then click "Details".  I had "Limit IP Address Tracking" ON...I turned it off and Lightroom worked again immediately.  

     

    Good luck, friends!  

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    JP389821419ted
    Participant
    August 4, 2024

    new macbook, Apple M3 Pro, Sonoma 14.6

     

    tried to install LR (version 7.4.1) and LRC (version 13.4) from creative cloud and get that typical error message followed by a message that it can not initialize CameraRAW. Downloaded latest version of CameraRAW, reinstalled LR and LrC, but did not help. 

     

    Followed most of the suggestions posted here before. What is the problem?

     

    best, Jules

    Julie k
    Community Manager
    Julie kCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    December 11, 2023

    Alan3417810906oq, consulte mi guía justo antes de su publicación. Algo en su red le impide acceder a nuestros servidores.

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      Alan3417810906oq
      Participant
      December 11, 2023

      Al Iniciar La Aplicacion Me Dice Que Hubo Un "Error Al Inicializar Lightroom" Y Abajo Dice

      Que Lo Reporte... Que Se Pueda Solucionar Rapido Que Tengo Mucho Trabajo Por Hacer!!!

        Julie k
        Community Manager
        Julie kCommunity Manager
        Community Manager
        December 7, 2023

        It sounds like something changed with your firewall or network. You might consider turning off your firewall briefly just as a troubleshooting measure. You need to be able to reach the endpoints listed at https://helpx.adobe.com/enterprise/kb/network-endpoints.html. 

         

        Any chance you are in a corporate or school setting that uses a proxy? If so, check out additional guidance at https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/proxy-authentication-support-creative-cloud.html. 

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          Fernoftheforest
          Participant
          December 6, 2023

          "login server error 'connection _error': Error with registration PUT: Could not resolve host: photos.adobe.io"

           

          I keep getting the same error message when opening lightroom. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling, changing my firewall settings, running the "Limited Access Repair Tool",  I tried installing an older version of Lightroom and still the same...

          This started a couple of days ago, and I have no idea why. One day it was working, the next it was giving me this.

          When I click "OK" the app just closes.

           

          I've seen others with similar issues, and I have attempted the solutions on other issues, but none of them work

           

          I'm on a MacBook Air (M1 2020), macOS Sonoma Version 14.1.2

          I've tried on both Lightroom 7.0 and 6.5

           

          Please Help, thank you.

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            Chaitanya2830226889dp
            Participant
            November 17, 2023

            Yess!!

              Rikk Flohr_Photography
              Community Manager
              Rikk Flohr_PhotographyCommunity Manager
              Community Manager
              October 10, 2023

              Greetings all,

               

              Updates for the Adobe Photography Products have been released.  The October 2023 updates contain a fix for this issue. 

              If you do not see the update in your Creative Cloud Application, you can refresh it by hitting [Ctrl/Cmd]+[Alt/Opt]+[ R ].

              Note: It may take up to 24 hours for your update to be available in your Creative Cloud app.

               

              Thank you for your patience.

              Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
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                peteskilebowskiAuthor
                Participant
                September 28, 2023

                Trying Julie's recommended route of: uninstall, punt CC folder in Apllicaitons folder to trash, re-install...

                 

                And it works! 

                 

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                  peteskilebowskiAuthor
                  Participant
                  September 28, 2023

                  Hey All,

                   

                  Just tried to upgrade to v 6.5 - and 'failed to initalize' is still coming up. 

                   

                  Downgrading again. 

                   

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