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PagiArt
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February 14, 2025
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New problems after updating to 14.2 - High disk usage, export doesn't work

  • February 14, 2025
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After updating to 14.2 I have new problems with Lightroom Classic. Again! This time Lightroom causes continuous high disk usage, even though I am not doing anything. What's more export isn't working! When I try to do export, nothing happens. How to get Lightroom to work again? 

And it's not catalog drive, it's my photo storage.

    Correct answer PagiArt

    It looks like that after I waited for about 30-40 minutes, Lightroom stopped doing whatever it was doing on the disk and after that it started working normally. It happened right after the latest update. So Adobe, please, if Lightroom has something to process after the update, just add an corresponding progress bar, so users know that they should wait for any process to finish.

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    Sameer K
    Community Manager
    Sameer KCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    February 14, 2025

    Hey, @PagiArt. Welcome to the Lightroom Classic Community. . I'll need more info to help you figure this out. Please share the system info from Lightroom from Help > System info > Copy and paste into a text document > Upload and attach here. 

     

    Have you recently updated the OS? If you're on Lightroom - is Sync enabled? 

     

    As primary steps, try this:

    • Unplug additional displays & use only one by default.
    • Monitor the Task manager for any unexpected read-and-write operations. 
    • Go to Edit > Preferences > Performance > Use Graphics Processor > Set it off if it is on Custom or Auto. If this shows any differences, please check this article to troubleshoot further: https://adobe.ly/3uYiJo4.
    • Check this detailed response from our Expert: https://adobe.ly/4g6Cb4j

    Let me know how it goes. Thanks!

    Sameer K

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    manzurfahim
    Participating Frequently
    March 7, 2025

    I am having the same issue. The export starts, but after exporting a photo or two, it stops and the catalog stops responding.

     

    It worked after setting Graphics processor to Auto, but I do not want to use the GPU to export photos, the CPU can export the photos a lot faster.

     

    Is there any workaround?

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    manzurfahim
    Participating Frequently
    March 7, 2025

    @manzurfahim Yes, there's a workaround.

    Goto the preferences and set the option Use Graphic Processor to Custom. Then you can disable the GPU usage for export.

    See also here: Adobe Lightroom Classic GPU FAQ

     


    Thank you for the reply. But this is my setting. Custom and GPU export off. But it does not work. It exports one or two files, then the catalog stops responding. Only when I set it to Auto, or enable GPU export, then it works.

     

    I tried upgrading drivers, rebooting the system. Same issue.

     

    GPU - RTX 4060 Ti

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