Lightroom Classic will not let me export images

[carlislei68204089]

Hi,

I am having the issue where I cannot export any images from my library. The export bar does nothing.

[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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[GoldingD]

1. Please post your System Information as Lightroom Classic (LrC) reports it. In LrC click on Help, then System Info, then Copy. Paste that information into a reply. Please present all information from first line down to and including Plug-in Info. Info after Plug-in info can be cut out as that is just so much dead space to us non-Techs and it takes up vast amounts of scroll space making the reply less readable and less likely that others will bother with your post.

example:

____________________________________________________________________

2. And the LrC /Preferences/Performance/

It is also often helpful to post, and please do, a screenshot of your LrC /Preferences/Performance/

example:

_____________________________________________________________________

3. Also, please use the insert photo button to place your screenshots in your posting. (some members cannot view the attachments, some members refuse to view the attachments, some members like myself have a bad habit of answering without first viewing the attachments, and it is just much more efficient if the screenshots are inserted into the posting, instead of being an attachment that has to be opened separately)

• https://community.adobe.com/t5/using-the-community-discussions/community-how-to-guide-tips-amp-best-...

[carlislei68204089]

Lightroom Classic version: 13.4 [ 202406181129-60d181b7 ]
License: Creative Cloud
Language setting: en-US
Operating system: Mac OS 14
Version: 14.5.0 [23F79]
Application architecture: arm64
Logical processor count: 12
Processor speed: NA
SqLite Version: 3.36.0
Power Source: Battery, 76%
Built-in memory: 36,864.0 MB
Dedicated GPU memory used by Lightroom: 89.8MB / 27,648.0MB (0%)
Real memory available to Lightroom: 36,864.0 MB
Real memory used by Lightroom: 2,302.1 MB (6.2%)
Virtual memory used by Lightroom: 407,504.7 MB
Memory cache size: 1,143.0MB
Internal Camera Raw version: 16.4 [ 1897 ]
Maximum thread count used by Camera Raw: 5
Camera Raw SIMD optimization: SSE2
Camera Raw virtual memory: 0MB / 18431MB (0%)
Camera Raw real memory: 2MB / 36864MB (0%)

Cache1:
NT- RAM:0.0MB, VRAM:0.0MB, Combined:0.0MB

Cache2:
m:1,143.0MB, n:0.0MB

U-main: 150.0MB

Standard Preview Size: 1440 pixels
Displays: 1) 3456x2234

Graphics Processor Info:
Metal: Apple M3 Pro
Init State: GPU for Export supported by defaultUser Preference: Auto

Application folder: /Applications/Adobe Lightroom Classic
Library Path: /Users/carlisleisley/Pictures/Lightroom/Lightroom Catalog-v13-4.lrcat
Settings Folder: /Users/carlisleisley/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom

Installed Plugins:
1) AdobeStock
2) Aperture/iPhoto Importer Plug-in
3) Flickr
4) Nikon Tether Plugin

Config.lua flags:

[GoldingD]

You have the default value of 5 GB for the Camera RAW CACHE limit. Even Adobe states that is too low and to try at least 20 GB. This will effect develop module performance.

This has nothing to do with your export problem.

[johnrellis]

If the progress bar for Export just stops and never finishes:

that can indicate that the photo being exported has been corrupted on disk. Prior to LR 13, LR would give an error message, but now it just hangs. Adobe doesn't think this is a bug:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-ideas/p-export-hangs-indefinitely-with-corrupt-file... 

To test if the photo has been corrupted, in Library select it and do the menu command Metadata > Save Metadata To File. Do you get an error? If so, please post a full-resolution screenshot of the error.

[carlislei68204089]

It looks like tye files have been corrputed

[johnrellis · Accepted solution]

That error message indicates that the photo is "missing", not at its original location on disk. See this article for how to address the problem:

https://www.lightroomqueen.com/lightroom-photos-missing-fix/

[Beepeg]

I had the same problem. I found a solution that worked, it was my error, not sure if it will help you. While I was editing in Lightroom, I had all of my original pictures in a named folder. Within that folder, I made 2 sub folders RAW and EDITED. While I was editing in lightroom, I moved all of the raw images from the original folder into the new RAW folder. Doing this created some sort of break in the link and it woudlnl't allow me to export. 

As soon as I moved them back into the original folder when from when I started editing, I was able to export them.

TLDR; the files need to stay in their original folder from where you imported them. You can move them after you export.