Hi, everyone: I got into trouble while upgrading to the newest LR. It first said I need to upgrade my catalog, then said it encountered a problem and can not use my catalog. Everyone else has this problem and any solutions?
Everyone else has this problem? Well I'm sure its frustrating for you Ruby but I can assure you it is not that widespread . . .
If you navigate in your OS to the folder where you have stored your Lightroom Catalog, and look for a file ending in LRCAT.LOCK (my capitalisation) and delete that file if it exists.
Then try to re-open the Catalog as previous.
Can you post a screen shot if this is reoccurring?
I'm trying to figure out how to keep both the old and new LR on my computer. Then I can experiement. Now if I hit the upgrade buttom, the old version turns to a question mark and can not open anymore. I had to uninstall the new and reinstall the old. I'm afraid of toughing anything now.
Not everyone else is seeing it, but it has been reported by more people. Adobe is aware of this problem and is trying to find out what is happening in these cases and solve it. For now, you may want to revert back to Lightroom Classic 8.4 and your old catalog.
In my opinion, there isn't much point in keeping both versions. Once you resolve the problem of updating the catalog I think you'll find transitioning to the upgrade seamless. Yes, there are a few new features. But basically the operation is the same. And after the catalog upgrades you'll have all your images and all the work you did previously in the upgraded catalog. The catalogs are not backward compatible. Any work you do in the new catalog won't be accessible in the older version and vice versa.
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