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ImageDesign704
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September 24, 2019
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"This appears to be a duplicate or automatic backup of your catalog" - Lightroom Classic

  • September 24, 2019
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I am getting an error that says "This appears to be a dupicate or automatic backup of your catalog. It may not be current, sync has been disabled."

I have tried restarting several times and turned off the backup of the catalog. Any ideas?

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    Geoff the kiwi
    Community Expert
    Geoff the kiwiCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 24, 2019

    The problem seems to be with the catalog rather than syncing which gets turned off when a catalog other than the synced one is opened and that seems to be your position.

    I don’t believe Windows 8 is supported but first, which version if Lightroom and where is the catalog kept?? Do you make backups and where are they kept?

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    ImageDesign704Author
    Inspiring
    September 24, 2019
    To Clarify - Running LR v8.4 - I had backup turned on but turned it off to see if that was the issue. I have a separate disk with all my photos . That's where the catalog is kept. The backups go there too, it would be nice if you could change that, but I don't see a way to do that
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    ImageDesign704Author
    Inspiring
    September 24, 2019

    The discussion you site does not seem to have a solution either. I can try deleting teh file. I'm running Win with V8.4

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    ImageDesign704Author
    Inspiring
    September 24, 2019
    Interesting - I do not appear to have a sync.lrdata file. I have looked in all the usual places and several abnormal ones - no luck
    Sahil.Chawla
    Adobe Employee
    Sahil.Chawla
    Adobe Employee
    September 24, 2019

    Hi There,

    That does not sound good, let's make it right.

    Could you please have a look at a similar discussion here? https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/-problem-syncing-with-current-catalog-every-time-lightroom-classic-cc-bug

    Also, what version of Lightroom and the Operating System you're using?

    Regards,
    Sahil

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