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Apple M2 Catalog doesn't work with Intel Mec

  • May 6, 2023
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I recently purchased an Apple Powerbook with M2 chip. When I started to use LRC, I was prompted to update the catalog. Now the catalog won't work on my Intel-based Apple desktop (they show up fine on the laptop). 

 

Is there a way around this?

 

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TheDigitalDog
TheDigitalDog
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May 7, 2023
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 Now the catalog won't work on my Intel-based Apple desktop (they show up fine on the laptop). 

 

I go into the import dialog and select the files I want in the catalog and the images are ‘grayed’ out. I select all, but the import button does not ‘light,’ so I cannot import anything. The catalog is stored (with the fotos) on an external SSD drive and they work just fine on the M2 laptop.

 


By @r lw33846831

Ok, you need to be more specific with the issue. First, you say the catalog will not work. And yes, if you updated the catalog for a newer LR version, an older LR, presumably on the other computer, couldn't use it. At all! 

 

Now you say you can't import. But the catalog must be running and launched. So that's a totally different issue. 

The catalog on the old Intel does open, right? 

So copy (duplicate) a document on your desktop. On the Intel Mac, try importing that copy from the desktop; does that work? 

Grayed out in Import, you disable "Don't Import Suspected Duplicates" check box; still grayed out? 

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r lw33846831
r lw33846831Author
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May 8, 2023

OK, here we go again.

 
As I said initially, I have been using an Intel Mac for several years. Recently I purchased an M2 Macbook Pro to replace an even older Intel Macbook.
 
When I loaded LRC onto the M2, I was told the catalog had to be updated, so I clicked OK. The catalog resides on an external drive that I can switch between the desktop and laptop for travel convenience.
 
When I brought the external drive back to the Intel Mac, very few of the fotos showed up in the catalog. They’re on the drive and show up on the M2, but not on the Intel Mac.
 
When I try to access them on the Intel Mac, as I said, they don’t show up in the catalog. If I try to re-import them, they show up grayed out, but the Import button never activates.
 
It really looks like Adobe marked the files in some way when they were flowed into the M2 and they can’t be recognized on the Imac. LRC had to be modified to work with the M2, and I suspect this is another Adobe oversight. 
 

 

GoldingD
GoldingD
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May 8, 2023

Ok, please humor us.

 

1. LrC version

Old MAC, what is the LrC version?

New MAC, what is the LrC version

 

2. EXT Hard drive name

Old MAC, what is the HD name

New MAC, what is the HD name.

 

3 LrC Catalog names

On the Ext HD, what is the full file name of the catalogs on it. Likely more than one.

 

4. File structure

Can you share a screenshot of your file structure. This from Finder. Hope to see relationship between catalog location and photo location, as in all in one structure? Or in unrelated folders.

 

    r lw33846831
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    May 7, 2023
    As expected that didn’t work.

    I uninstalled the current version of LRC and reinstalled it from Creative Cloud.

    I go into the import dialog and select the files I want in the catalog and the images are ‘grayed’ out. I select all, but the import button does not ‘light,’ so I cannot import anything. The catalog is stored (with the fotos) on an external SSD drive and they work just fine on the M2 laptop.


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    KR Seals
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    KR SealsCommunity Expert
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    May 7, 2023

    The fact that you were asked to upgrade the catalog is an indication that the Intel mac is using an older version of Lightroom Classic. Upgrade Lightroom Classic through the Adobe Creative Cloud app and you should be able to use the catalog or copies of it on both Macs. Be sure to keep backup copies of your catalogs.

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      TheDigitalDog
      TheDigitalDog
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      May 6, 2023

      Is the version of Lightroom on both computers the same version? 

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