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Occasionally, I'll accidentally bump the power cord of the drive that houses Lightroom's catalog and LR will close due to the error. When it reopens, it attempts to test the integrity of the catalog. However, it never finishes this process. I've waited up to hours, and will eventually have to force quit and restart my computer so that I can get work done.
I have a large catalog, with 750k images and a 8.16GB catalog file.
Any ideas or help would be appreciated.
OSX 11.6.1
LR Classic 11.2
Hi,
Thanks for reaching out! We are sorry about the trouble with Lightroom Classic. We are here to help!
As Lightroom catalog does not 'save' the images within itself and acts more like a database, for the integrity and minimizing any chances of corruption or partial damage to the integrity of the catalog, it is advised to be only kept on the internal drive. Storing original images on the external drive is ideal in most cases. However, the catalog is sensitive and needs to be kept safe.
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Hi,
Thanks for reaching out! We are sorry about the trouble with Lightroom Classic. We are here to help!
As Lightroom catalog does not 'save' the images within itself and acts more like a database, for the integrity and minimizing any chances of corruption or partial damage to the integrity of the catalog, it is advised to be only kept on the internal drive. Storing original images on the external drive is ideal in most cases. However, the catalog is sensitive and needs to be kept safe.
If the catalog is stored on an external drive, please move it to the internal drive or desktop and try launching it from there. Please check here for more help related to Lightroom Classic Catalogs:
https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/catalog-faq-lightroom.html
Also, please ensure Lightroom Classic has permissions needed on the Mac by following the steps suggested below:
Afterward, you can create a new test catalog and merge the existing one with the new one to avoid broken or damaged databases. Copy the primary catalog or the catalog in question and place it on your computer's desktop.
Proceed with merging the corrupted catalog into the newly made, internal storage-based catalog.
For more help via video-based steps, check here. See Merging individual catalogs into a master catalog.
Please let us know if this helps!
Regards,
Sameer K.
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Thank you Sameer. That seems to have done the trick; I've got a relatively quick integrity check now and all seems to be in order.