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dBraun25250172
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July 14, 2022
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Lightroom cannot use catalog because it is not writable...

  • July 14, 2022
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Mac OS 12.4 / LR 11.4.1

 

Ok.  So i had a computer failure, got a new computer and did a fresh install of all adobe apps.  Moved my LR catalog over and receive the error message 'lightroom cannot use the catalog names 'xyz' because it is not writable and cannot be opened.'

 

I removed the .lock file restarted and tried again, same error.  I changed the permissions to all the files, folder, and root folder so that everyone has permission (selecting file / folder hitting command + i and changing to read and write under sharing and permissions). Lighroom opens and can create a new catalog.  Kinda hit and wall and not sure where to go from here.

 

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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dj_paige
dj_paige
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July 14, 2022

Please follow these instructions: https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/quick-tips-how-to-give-full-disk-access-to-lightroom-classic-on-macos/td-p/12913413

 

If that doesn't help, did you put the catalog file in the "Pictures" folder (or whatever the Mac equivalent is)? What folder did you put it in? What is the file system format used on this disk (APFS, FAT, other)?

 

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dBraun25250172Author
Participant
July 14, 2022

Giving LR full disk access + moving to picutres folder did not work, unfortuately.  Thank you for the tip regardless.  Both the external SSD (where is was stored) and the internal SSD (where i copied it to) are using APFS.

DdeGannes
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DdeGannesCommunity Expert
Community Expert
July 14, 2022

Go to "the internal SSD (where i copied it to) are using APFS."

Try the following.

Locate the Lightroom Classic Catalog file, it will have an extension .lrcat (LRCAT) make sure there is no LOCK file next to it, and double click on the Catalog file and Lightroom should boot.

 

Regards, Denis: iMac 27” mid-2015, macOS 11.7.10 Big Sur; 2TB SSD, 24 GB Ram, GPU 2 GB; LrC 12.5,; Lr 6.5, PS 24.7,; ACR 15.5,; (also Laptop Win 11, ver 24H2, LrC 15.0.1, PS 27.0; ) Camera Oly OM-D E-M1.
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