How ro delete a lrcat.lock on a drive that is not writable & can't be opened?

[rlhackley1]

I have all my photos and file backups on a external drive. When I try to open the drive in Lightroom it says "not writable & cannot be opened". Shows a lrcat.lock which I can't find or delete. How can I fix this?

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[dj_paige]

Explain further. Give us lots and lots of details, or show us screen captures.

In particular, what does this mean?

When I try to open the drive in Lightroom it says "not writable & cannot be opened".

You can't "open" a drive in Lightroom. Exactly what step in Lightroom are you talking about?

Explain this too:

Shows a lrcat.lock which I can't find or delete. How can I fix this?

Verbs should have a clear subject. So, I am compelled to ask ... WHAT shows a lrcat.lock??? Is it Lightroom showing this, or your operating system, or something else. Exactly where are you looking? Exactly when are you looking ... after or during what action?

[rlhackley1]

I open Lightroom. From the list of catalogs I select the one I want. When I try to open it, Lightroom displays a message staying that the catalog is "not writable and cannot be opened". If I then go directly to the drive that has the catalog on it and try to open the catalog there I get the same Lightroom message. But I also see a second line of script that shows a lrcat.lock. I can't access the drive in order to delete the lrcat.lock or anything else. The drive that has my photos and backups is an external SSD drive.

[bhargaveede]

Could you try copying the catalog from the drive to some other location and try opening it?

[rlhackley1 · Accepted solution]

bhargaveede,

I sincerely want to thank you for taking the time to offset mr help with my "lrcat.lock" ssd drive. In the end, after trying many suggested solutions, I gave up. I reformatted the drive. It is working fine now. I am in the long process of restoring my photos from a backup drive.

Again, thanks for your help.

Sent from my iPad

Richard L Hackley

[ManiacJoe]

Using your computer's file browser (Mac Finder or Windows File Explorer), go to the external drive and verify/fix each folder down to the catalog to have both READ and WRITE privileges for your user account.

This seems to be a common problem for Macs after an OS upgrade.

[rlhackley1]

Joe,

I sincerely want to thank you for taking the time to offset mr help with my "lrcat.lock" ssd drive. In the end, after trying many suggested solutions, I gave up. I reformatted the drive. It is working fine now. I am in the long process of restoring my photos from a backup drive.

Again, thanks for your help.

Sent from my iPad

Richard L Hackley