Skip to main content
J
Junala
Participating Frequently
July 24, 2023
Question

Can't save my Lightroom catalog

  • July 24, 2023
  • 1 reply
  • 877 views

I am not able to save my Catalog or to save it somewhere else. Iam very afraid to crash my whole catalog and to lost data. 

Can someone help? 

Thank you! 

    This topic has been closed for replies.

    1 reply

    dj_paige
    dj_paige
    Legend
    July 24, 2023

    There is no "Save" function for catalogs in Lightroom Classic. Your entire catalog is saved automatically. What Lightroom Classic function are you trying to do that you are not able to do?

    J
    JunalaAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    July 24, 2023

    The automatically saving is not working and i get the error message like shown in the picture i uploaded. 😕😕 

     

    JohanElzenga
    Community Expert
    JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 31, 2023

    Hello Junala, have you solved your problem by now? I have the same issue on Mac. Until Nov. '23 everything was fine. But suddenly I couldn't store my catalog any more. But the setup hasn't changed: Writing and reading rights haven't changed (full disc access for lightroom),  there is plenty of space on the hard drive (600GB). I tried to store the catalog on another location and drive, I renamed the folders but everything I have tried so far didn't work out. Interesting fact, when I load the latest backup (mid Nov) I can store the catalog. Any hints, what I can do? 


    If it does work with your latest backup, then this indicates it may be some kind of catalog corruption.

     

    As your backup is probably too old to simply replace your current catalog with it, you could try the following:

    1: Create a brand new catalog

    2: Verify that Lightroom has no problem backing up this new catalog

    3: Choose 'File - Import from Another Catalog' and select your current catalog to import. Select 'Add new photos to catalog without moving' in File Handling. 

    4: After the import is done, check that Lightroom can still backup this new catalog.

    5: If all still works as it should be, then start using this as your new catalog. Lightroom will start rebuilding the previews it needs, but I think you will have to rebuild any smart previews yourself.

     

    -- Johan W. Elzenga
    Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement
    Using the community Terms of use Privacy Cookie preferences Do not sell or share my personal information ad choicesAdChoices