Latest update to Lightroom Classic is missing the majority of my photos and all my albums

[ktomlinson74]

Lightroom asked me to update today and now I cannot see photos after 2023 and all my albums have disappeared.

Everything was backed up locally and to the cloud and yet the majority of my work is gone.

I tried to open the Lightroom Library file which did nothing and I am left missing many photos from shoots and trips that were professional and personal.

Is this an issue with the new version of Classic?

Why must Adobe insist on messing around with the application.

If you are making fundamental changes, be sure to inform your PAYING customers.

I am at my last nerve with Adobe and the constant messing around.

Can anyone help me retrieve my photos or is there a way I can go back to the older version.

[kglad]

in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post (like this one has already been moved) if it helps you get responses.

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[dj_paige]

LrC accidentally opened the wrong catalog file. Please search for the proper LrC catalog file on your computer and double-click on that one to open it.

[JohanElzenga]

The Lightroom Library.lrlibrary file is from Lightroom (cloud), not Lightroom Classic. Did Lightroom Classic ask you to upgrade the catalog? The update from 14.3 to 14.4 does not require a catalog upgrade, so if you got an upgrade message then that proves what @dj_paige already suggested: Lightroom Classic opened an old catalog instead of the current catalog. Find the correct catalog (.lrcat files are Lightroom Classic catalog files) and you should be back in business.

[ktomlinson74 · Accepted solution]

It would appear that Lightroom took over from Lightroom Classic.  I restarted my Mac and Classic is now updated and a new library created with my files in it.

Thanks for your help