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October 26, 2021

P: Catalog fails update from 10.4 to 11.0

  • October 26, 2021
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Updated Lightroom to 11.0 this morning. The first message I get is "Cannot convert catalog" and reference to an Adobe webpage.

I've checked and there is no LRCAT.LOCK file. All my other catalogs have converted with no problems. It's the big one (of course) that is an issue.

I'm running an Intel iMac 27in (2019) with 64GB Ram and about 300GB free on the main hard drive. Photos are stored both on the main drive and an external drive. This is a configuration I've used extensively for a few years now and have about 112000 photos in the catalog. The OS is macOS Big Sur v11.6.

Any suggestions are appreciated. In the interim I've started a new catalog and am "adding in place" the photo files. That means I'll lose the collections, but I guess there are worse outcomes possible.

Thanks.      ...Doug

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    ejb79191186
    ejb79191186
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    October 26, 2021

    Dear Rikk,

     

    I have had contact with Paul McFalane (lightroomgueen.com) regarding a similar issue.

    My previous catalog (v10) worked fine up till Sunday. This afternoon I wanted to upgrade to v11. 

    The process stopped and got the message that the catalog was damaged. Tried various times to repair it. All didn't work. until I changed the name off the new catalog to Main-v11. This seems to have solved the problem. The catalog is upgraded to v11.0 according to about menu. It has been downloading (mobile) photo's for a while.

    After finishing, I closed LR with auto backup and restarted LR. All seems okay, for the time being. It looks like all the photot's are in the catalog. So far so good.

    I'll repost if the are any other issues the coming days.

     

    Maybe choosing an other catalog-name could help others. Butt this would be too simple a solution...

     

    Ernst Jan

    Rikk Flohr_Photography
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    Rikk Flohr_PhotographyCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    October 26, 2021

    Setting Status to Started

    Have received catalog and am unable to upgrade it as well. 

    Investigating

    Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
    Rikk Flohr_Photography
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    Rikk Flohr_PhotographyCommunity Manager
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    October 26, 2021

    I am sorry to hear you are having difficulties.

     

    Can you Zip your LRCAT file and send it to me? If so, you can direct message me a link to download the file. 

    Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
      douglasw12835965
      douglasw12835965Author
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      October 26, 2021

      Done. Thanks for looking into this.

      ...Doug

       

      Rikk Flohr_Photography
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      Rikk Flohr_PhotographyCommunity Manager
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      October 26, 2021

      The catalog worked under LrC 10.4 previously?

      Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
      douglasw12835965
      douglasw12835965Author
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      October 26, 2021

      One more thing... I tried to get it to convert the LRCAT a couple of different routes. One told me to "use Lightroom 7.0" to open and resave the catalog.

       

      ...Doug

       

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