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LR Classic not working after Mac OS Updates

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December 11, 2024
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Lightroom Classic issue after Mac OS Updates:

Software: Lightroom Classic
OS: Mac OS Sequoia 15
Issue: Catalog freezing; Sync would not progress; Upon import, could not locate/existing Collections not displaying; endless/frozen Optimize Catalog

I've been having issues with LrClassic ever since the big Mac OS and Adobe updates in October 2024. Here are the issues I'm running into lately!

1 - Catalog Freezing: When I open LrClassic, it freezes for 2-3 minutes completely before I can do anything. Once it is unfrozen, if I want to import images to my catalog, I cannot add anything to existing collections (they do not display, the list is empty).

2 - Sync does not progress:

Sync is just stuck spinning, nothing syncs.

3 - Optimize Catalog does not work:

If I try to optimize the catalog, it sits infinitely and I have to force quit Lightroom.

I spent 4 hours on the phone with Adobe, and they got it working once we copied my catalog into a new catalog. And then Mac released a security update and I’m right back where I started. Please help! I’m behind on jobs and I pay way too much for this software to not be able to do my work!

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Correct answer pas_gcm

Hi, I've just installed the updated Lightroom Classic on a new MacBook Pro running Sequoia 15.2. It freezes on the opening screen when "Reading preferences" and won't do anything. Yesterday, before the newest Sequoia and LR updates, it simply crashed as soon as I clicked on it. Someone please help.

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Arun_Khang4175

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lightroom update kre

djkopman

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I am having the exact same problem described here. I have uninstalled Classic and then done a clean re-install. I have also reset my preferences. No luck. Oddly, this problem occurs on my M4 Mac Mini but NOT on my M4 Pro Mac Mini. Not sure if that is relavent...Very, very frustrating.

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jklick

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I am also having this problem on a new MacBook Air M4. Preference will not open, open old catalog or create new catalog crashes LRC.

Who do I call?

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mcole1987

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i am having the same issues. importing canon raw files from an r6 to a synology nas. gets a few photos imported then freezes. I am running lightroom classic 14.2 and sequoia 15.3.1.

please help!!

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jvbandes

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The problem is between Mac and Synology using SMB. Mac and SMB have been a known issue of instability for a long time. With a Synology MAS and Mac it just doesn't work it crashes.

After weeks of struggling with this I set up a share on my Synology NAS and turned on NFS. Transferring files between Max Sequoia and Synology using NFS works fine.

I'm sure at some point the two of them will get together and fix SMB but if you just engage NFS which you can Google how to do or use chat GPT for instructions.

Regards

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mcole1987

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I have been using the NAS with the current SMB setup for several years. Why all the sudden do I need to switch to NFS?

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ovi_4698

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Hello. I get a message that I need to upgrade the system. I have an M4 Max :))

Need help

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Aleke

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Hi @ovi_4698!

Could you share more info? Have you checked for any available OS updates? Are you trying to install the apps via Creative Cloud or from the web?

Thank you! Alek

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marjorieL

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Yes, I have checked for updates.

I have tried installing through Creative Cloud. I might try through web.

I called Adobe a few days ago to check on status and the chat person said someone would call me between 24 and 48 hours to update me. Not a call …..

Margie

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Rikk Flohr_Photography

Please perform a clean install of the latest version (released today) 14.1.

Clean Lightroom Install Procedure

Close Lightroom

Restart the computer

Use the Adobe Creative Cloud App to uninstall Lightroom

Restart the computer

Install Lightroom via the Creative Cloud App without launching any other programs.

Restart the computer

Launch Lightroom

Wait 5 minutes

Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org

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pas_gcm

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Hi Rikk, thanks for your kind answer. I tried your "spell" but LR Classic still freezes upon "Reading Preferences" as you can see from the attached screenshot. My MacBook Pro is brand new and I don't have any old catalogs in it or preferences, etc.

I would use the new version of Photoshop instead but that's problematic too because it won't open my Sony ARW files. It says it doesn't recognize them.

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jvbandes

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Yay!!! Success! Do you know what I did? I tried to install Lightroom (not the Classic one) and it said it needed to fix some folders so I let it and it opened. Then I closed it and opened Lighroom Classic and it worked! I can also open Sony ARW in it and suddenly Photoshop is recognizing the ARW files too.

There is clearly still a problem with Adobe Light Room Classic and Mac Sequoia Developer Beta 15.2 (24C101) when importing pictures. Not sure if it happens when importing to the local hard drive but when the catalog is on the Mac local hard drive and you save the photos to a synology NAS using SMB it does in fact hang. This is the issue preventing me from upgrading my Mac Studio from Senoma to Sequoia. I did just do a reset of the preferences and am going to try again. This time I am going to wait until the Other destination is done counting up. It is slowly climbing so far at 1420 and still going. On My Mac Studio (which is running Senoma) it works fine but on my Mac Mini M4 Running Sequoia it does in fact hang. I dont need to wait on the Senoma version before I can start importing but there are stability issues still on Adobe Light Room Classic (latest version) and Mac Sequoia. Not sure why it works on Sonoma but has issues on Sequoia. I have alterted both Adobe and Apple and I hope they fix it soon since I would like to upgrade my Mac Studio to Sequoia as well but this bug is holding me back from proceeding. Yes I do large imports (in this case its 3,784) and its now at 2095 and still updating. I am hoping that by waiting for the Destination to finish updating before I click import that it will work this time on this build. I am also using a high speed 10 GB connection to the NAS which should help. I can tell already however that the import is also much faster on Sonoma and as I said, I dont need to even wait for the destination to finish first before I click on the import button. Been sitting at 3,669 now for several minutes, It is not yet frozen or hung so I am still waiting on the remaining 115 to finish. They are not finishing so I am now going to attempt to import It could be that the 115 where duplicates. Import is running will update after it hopefully completes

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Hi, I've just installed the updated Lightroom Classic on a new MacBook Pro running Sequoia 15.2. It freezes on the opening screen when "Reading preferences" and won't do anything. Yesterday, before the newest Sequoia and LR updates, it simply crashed as soon as I clicked on it. Someone please help.

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