I am unable to locate my catalog named Ircat-data folder on my MacBook Pro as I've looked several places and I'm not finding it. I do not see a pictures folder. I've never had an issue before opening it and the last few times I've used lightroom. It would not backup my files.
Catalogs have the file-type of .LRCAT (Not .LRCAT-DATA)
Search for ???.LRCAT files to open.
Backups will compress the Catalog in a .ZIP file dated with the time of backup. They need to be extracted from the ZIP to allow opening when restoring from a backup catalog.
Also, your MacBook most certainly has a Pictures folder unless you deleted for some reason. Most likely you will find a Lightroom folder with the catalog in the Pictures folder. If you google, how to find the Pictures folder on Mac, you will find lots of tutorials.
Try this, Double click on Mac HD > Users > your user name > Pictures folder should be there.
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