local catalog damaged

[classified33]

i go to open lightroom (not lightroom classic) and a red message pops up saing local catalog damaged. below that it says you can fix this problem by restoring from your cloud backup and gives step by step below but i cant find the file they start off with for this procedure. ive tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app on my computer, restarting my computer, and searching through my documents but cant find anything. i just want to be able to edit my photos again, please help

[kaleighvera]

YOU ARE A SAINT

[dcjm54]

It is now late 2023 and the adobe instructions for mac are still misleading. (Instructions are to select  the MCAT file but no instruction to delete, or rename it) This provides a solution. Thanks. I am now waiting for my photos to sync!

[99jon]

1. On Windows Close Lightroom
2. Hold down the windows key and Press R to bring up the run dialog
3. Type %appdata% and hit return
4. Navigate  the file path through Local to Data and open the folder with a long string of numbers
5. Rename the file Managed Catalog.mcat to Managed Catalog.old
6. Delete the previews database
7. Close Explorer and re-launch Lightroom
8. Wait for sync to complete

On Mac OS start from Pictures and open Package Contents.

See Local Catalog Damaged for more information.

[classified33]

When i get to Local, there is no Data option for a folder. I tried clicking
through the Adobe folder from that point and then Lightroom but there is no
manage cat anything, just Caches or Preferences

[Milos25743228r51a]

I didn't everything that you said and it still doesn't work 😭

Do you know any other way to fix this problem?

Thank you in advance 

[99jon]

Open the Local folder, then open the Adobe folder, then open the Lightroom CC folder, then open the Data folder, then open the folder with the long numbers.

[classified33]

I found all of that, renamed it to old, deleted the previews folder and the
previews file at the bottom, restarted light room and it still brings up
the local catalog damage. I then uninstalled Lightroom classic to see if
that would effect it but nothing has changed and it still pulls that same
message and i now have Old, Old(2) and Old(3) files.

[99jon]

Can you log-in to the cloud from a web browser and check that everything is there.

https://lightroom.adobe.com/

[classified33]

yeah from there it loads all my pictures i have linked to it and i can edit
those like i used to. Which is even more confusing onto why the
downloadable link on my desktop cant do this.

[Teia5C96]

Where can I find pictures? I just see Mac photos and my lightroom app isnt working at all on my computer. My online library is working just fine. I found Managedcatalog.mcat and changed it to Managedcatalog.old but no help!

[selinam52903273]

I had many crashes recently with LRMclassic and decided to switch to LRM( cloud version ) ... than I got a message that the catalog is damaged .

your solution changing the the name really helped.

LRMclassic ... I uses it for many years but it's still not a stable platform... thinking know of switching to LRM( cloud)  or maybe use both simultaneously 

THANKS... a big headache solved !!!

[default91ewun3meuhb]

Thank you so much for this!

[tracyc46066469]

the same exact thing happened to me and I read the solution but I don't see how you are getting to pictures. What do you click on to get to pictures because if I click OK in the error box LR completely disappears and if I click learn more it just populates another screen but I still can't click anything in LR . So what do I do I can't edit any photos . I have a MacBook Pro and when I open the LR app I see two people holding hands . 

[Gabe5FB9]

Just tried your advice and it worked. Thank you! 

[Luda5C4F]

yes this worked thank you!!!!!

[default00hoxjcpj6t9]

Thank you so much!!  This worked perfectly.

[DemetricButlerPhotography]

This solution worked perfectly.  I think whoever wrote the solution for Adobe needs to try again.  Their solution did not work and had me pulling my hair out.

[Danielle25687186t374]

I can not locate this file? Can someone detail this a bit more

[Victor265282496clh]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 Thanks for this post!!!