Since the recent catalog update to 13.3 I noticed wierd things happening to my catalog files.
Initially 277 GB my Smart Previews file is gone. I sury did not delete it.
- Initially 343 GB my Standard Preview file is down to 16,7 GB!
The suggestion there is to build a new catalog.
My problem is that LR just wont do it. Its stuck at 75 from 500K files.
This is how it looks like.
Nothing regarding storage or my macmini m1 was changed except the Lightroom Update.
The most basic things do not work anymore and I lost hours of computing time because of this!
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A couple of issues can be occurring.
First up the most obvious in your screenshot, missing folders or sub-folders:
Mind you, that should foul up accessing the originals, not the previews. But it indicates another possibility.
recent catalog update to 13.3
This particular LrC update creates a requirement for the catalog to be upgraded. Just like often occurs during LrC upgrades (such as going from v12 to v13). Sometimes for some undocumented reason LrC can upgrade the wrong catalog, or even create a new one (not this case).
You might want to use MACOS Finder to locate your previous catalog, and instead of opening it via the LrC shortcut, just double click on it. A new upgrade of the catalog should occur, hopefully this time, correctly. Cross fingers, bribe any house gremlins, etc.
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An additional point, but one I think is not going on in your catalog. That being extremely slow sync to the cloud. Some members that do SYNC to the cloud have found that due to the change in LrC sync (cloud) they need to let the catalog run all night, and after that LrC behaves again. But looking at your screenshot, it looks like no sync (cloud) is occurring. You might want to just verify that
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