Lightroom Classic ( v6.x-7.3): Backups have errors preventing usage

[KenZ99]

All LR ( v6.x-7.3)backups have errors preventing useage since last year sometime plus 3 photos always syncing

LR Queen's mention of back-up problem had me retest loading back-ups as recently had a problem trying to load a back-up. Back-up of 1/03/18 encountered errors when trying to load it from the zipped copy as did back-up just created (4/4/18) using LR Classic ver 7.3. Also, syncing of photos never completes as there always remains 3 photos to sync even after 24+ hours with LR Classic left running. Photos with down pointing arrow in library mod says metadata file needs to be updated, synced with LR CC. Click on arrow and get box saying metadata was changed in LR, click save data and arrow does not go away. Even a cntrl/S in windows does not get the arrow to clear.

[Victoria Bampton LR Queen]

Can we just confirm what the error message was please Ken, and which OS you're using? Someone emailed me last night about a permissions error on Windows, and that was simply because they hadn't extracted the backup catalog to an editable location. 

[TheDigitalDog]

LR's 'back up' is half baked to be very kind. Back up everything important (images, presets, profiles etc) using a product designed to do so and just turn off the so called backup in LR. Back up to multiple destinations. 

[KenZ99]

"Unexpected Error Opening Catalog"
The catalog could not be opened due to an unexpected error

Lightroom Classic version: 7.3 [ 1164630 ]
License: Creative Cloud
Language setting: en
Operating system: Windows 10 - Business Edition
Version: 10.0.16299
Application architecture: x64
System architecture: x64
Logical processor count: 8
Processor speed: 3.4 GHz
Built-in memory: 16322.8 MB
Real memory available to Lightroom: 16322.8 MB
Real memory used by Lightroom: 1226.7 MB (7.5%)
Virtual memory used by Lightroom: 1097.7 MB
GDI objects count: 721
USER objects count: 2680
Process handles count: 1809
Memory cache size: 133.0MB
Internal Camera Raw revision: 933
Maximum thread count used by Camera Raw: 5
Camera Raw SIMD optimization: SSE2,AVX,AVX2
Camera Raw virtual memory: 205MB / 8161MB (2%)
Camera Raw real memory: 206MB / 16322MB (1%)
System DPI setting: 96 DPI
Desktop composition enabled: Yes
Displays: 1) 2560x1440, 2) 1920x1200
Input types: Multitouch: No, Integrated touch: No, Integrated pen: No, External touch: No, External pen: No, Keyboard: No

Graphics Processor Info:
DirectX: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745 (23.21.13.8813)



Application folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Lightroom Classic CC
Library Path: C:\Users\ken\Pictures\Lightroom_CC\Lightroom Catalog-2.lrcat
Settings Folder: C:\Users\ken\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom

Installed Plugins:
1) AdobeStock
2) Canon Tether Plugin
3) ColorChecker Passport
4) Export to Photomatix Pro
5) Facebook
6) Flickr
7) jf Collection Publisher
8) jf Data Plot
9) jf Facebook
10) jf Flickr
11) jf Folder Publisher
12) jf Geocoding Support
13) jf Metadata Viewer
14) jf Metadata Wrangler
15) jf SmugMug
16) LR/Instagram
17) LR2/Mogrify
18) Nikon Tether Plugin
19) Show Focus Points

[TheDigitalDog]

I use it too, no issues and love it. I also back up every day two an external drive and have two others used in rotation (one in a fire proof safe). As such, I see zero reason why the LR backup of only the catalog, problematic or not is necessary. And it just bugs me when it asks or wants to do so. With CrashPlan and/or Chronosync which I use for the HD's, this all takes place at night when I'm away from the Mac. 

[KenZ99]

Andrew,
I use Crashplan to back it all up to the cloud and two external 6TB drives, 3 copies in total. My catalog is over 1.3GB , 345kb metadata file and I have just under 135,000 photos.