Using Windows File Explorer, navigate to wherever the correct catalog is stored, and double click on it as to open it in LrC. And assuming that in launches, check the settings for what catalog should be opened upon starting LrC.   ... View more

Please do the LR menu command Help > System Info and copy/paste the entire contents here so we can see exactly which versions of hardware and software LR thinks you're running and important LR options that are set. ... View more

Thanks for the info. April would be great, not too far away. ... View more

Drive c is 1TB ssd drive, with 800GB free space. It is in develop and library. I found out that every time I open the app, it is recreating all the XMP files for the that catalog, and that is why it is slow. (see atached photo) Is that normal ? Shouldn't it be done only once per catalog ? ... View more

@flashtastic1500: "is there a fix in sight?   Adobe rarely indicates when/if a bug might be fixed. Given how long the Map bugs have been outstanding, it seems unlikely they will fix them. ... View more

At least when i login now with Chrome (instead of Firefox) Their is at least two members who apparently launch LrC via CC on the web, via an Internet Browser.  Are you attempting by that route? The install of the Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop App should have created a shortcut icon for that app. And using that app to install the creative apps like LrC should have created shortcuts for those as well. Most members use those shortcuts to start LrC, PS, etc. Have you tried that? Some issue might be currently occurring at Adobe for the via Internet Browser method.   ... View more

An update on this. I reset my preferences to see if that made a difference - unfortunately not. It still came up with the error as before.  I then chatted with an Adobe agent online and he got me to open a different catalog on my PC and see if the issue occured in that. It didn't. I sync'd a lot of keywords and titles with no issues. So that really meant that I had a catalog with some sort of corruption that wasn't cleared by the normal "check integrity" options. He suggested that I created a new catalog and then export all the image details from the old faulty catalog into this new one. He logged onto my machine (with my permission) to do this for me and start the copying process, which ran for about 12 hours. I woke to an error that said that LR was unable import this catalog because of an unknown error. I accepted the error message and closed LR, but when I opened it again, everything seemed to be working fine. All my 139000 images are there (although no previews yet) and I have been doing some keywording and syncing without issues so far. Steve ... View more

Come on Adobe!  Fix this!  We've all been waiting patiently for months. ... View more

Hi Ingrid, Are there any videos in the folder you are importing from? I had a similar issue and discovered it was a video file that was causing the problem. Also I could not play video in Loupe mode. Regards Paul ... View more

... I’m curious because I’ve had random software issues before and never thought RAM could be the culprit. ... By @microprogramers_1834   Random software issues and crashes are very difficult to find.  The possible reasons can be: faulty software, software bugs driver incompatibilities general software issues  hardware faults like hard drive errors, RAM errors, other mainboards errors system overheating   If you have software issues the first step should be to check your system if it's up-to-date. Check also the website of the board manufacturer if there are update for device drivers, chipset driver, BIOS etc. are available The next step is a clean reinstallation of the relevant software product. If this doesn't help you should to a clean reinstallation of your whole system, operating system and applications.  If the issues are already doesn't solved check your hardware with the appropriate diagnotics software. Usually, there are for every modern mainboard the appropriate tools on board. Goto the mainboard setup with the appropriate short key, like "Del", "F2" or "F10" .         ... View more

"I'm Importing straight from the SD card via the SD card slot on my Mac, so I'm guessing external drive. If this info helps.....I just removed my SD card from the slot and LRC gave me an explanation mark on the photos meaning it couldn't access the originals."   It sounds like you're using a Cfexpress memory card, a type of memory card much faster than SD cards. When you import, you're using the Add option, which tells LR to leave the photo on the card. When you remove the card, LR can no longer access the photos, so it marks them with "!". It appears that Denoise doesn't like writing the denoised DNGs back to the card.   With the more widely used SD cards, LR doesn't provide the Add option, just Copy, and Import copies the photos to whichever folder on your hard drive you've specified in Import. But Mac OS treats Cfexpress cards like external drives and tells LR that's what they are, so LR provides you with the Add option, which can lead to confusion (as you've experienced).   So instead of using Import's Add option, use Copy to copy imported photos to the Mac's local drive (e.g. under the Pictures folder). ... View more

Imagine being able to batch process one texture over an entire photo gallery of like 100 images all at once, this is something photoshop cant do and why this would be insanely powerful and unique for lightroom classic! ... View more

Imagine being able to batch process one texture over an entire photo gallery of like 100 images all at once, this is something photoshop cant do and why this would be insanely powerful and unique for lightroom classic! ... View more

Perhaps a video capture of your failing process will help demonstrate the issue with your brush within in a mask.   and see: https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/help/masking.html https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/learning-center/how-to-record-screen-windows-11       ... View more

Please post in a reply a screenshot of your LrC /Preferences/Performance.   ... View more

@dj_paige  FYI an upgrade to LrC v14 does not change the catalog filename as happened in the past. Changing a catalog name is now a Menu item: File > Rename Catalog...  Many users with v14 now have catalogs named -v13-3 or similar. See an explanation in this Lightroom Queen link "Catalog Upgrade (Classic)" (about halfway on the page) https://www.lightroomqueen.com/whats-new-in-lightroom-2024-10/   @roelv55517707    "I have never really used the catalogues." You must use at least one catalog. Lr-Classic does not work without a catalog.   And good advice from @GoldingD -  Get your catalog out of one-drive!   And I agree with the 'deletion' suggestions by @AxelMatt    ... View more

see: https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/how-to-stop-face-detection/td-p/8552803 also, if the toolbar is missing, press T ... View more

Same here with 8TB Photo and Video Library. 3.5Gb Catalog (local). Everytime time I add new files is a pain in the a**. looks like never finish but after some days it finishes. ... View more

Wow, thanks GoldingG for the quick replies!   When i tried to download the creative cloud app to install the other, the download worked but i got a DMG file. I search how to use them... It looks like i should have searched "what are dmg files" instead... just saw they are MacOS files. I have no idea why adobe's site thinks i have a Mac. That's probably what cause the earlier compability problems.   This was with my Opera browser. I just tried with another browser (Brave) and... it works! Everything was downloading perfectly fine 🙂 ... View more

"I had to type in my serial number, which I did -"  Lightroom-Classic v14.2 does not use or need a Serial Number. Serial numbers ended with version 6.14 several years ago. You need a current paid subscription to the Photography Plan (or the new Lightroom Plan), and be signed in with the Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop App. Signing in activates the Adobe Apps.     ... View more

@jonathan_freeman  Your screenshots indicate you are working on One Drive. Why? Have you moved all your files to One Drive? If so, very bad idea.   You need to to be working on your local hard drive, not on One Drive.   As @GoldingD points out, your most recent catalog by date is very much smaller than the previous one. Less than half the size. This indicates a major problem. I don't see a capitalization problem. The missing folders that have a duplicate have the same case, eg. there are two "Coastal Views", each with 185 photos, but one is marked as missing. This looks like a folder problem in the catalog.   Is there anything wrong with "Lightroom Catalog-2-v12.lrcat"? ... View more

Since I've been having this issue for several days and been trying to fix it, I have both tried while fully charged not plugged in, plugged in somewhat charged, unplugged, low battery, full battery, the lot. No overheating, havent had any issues that seem to indicate throttling issue 😞 I say several days not in the sense that it has worked but stopped, it's my first time wanting to try it after updating lightroom and have some photos in urgent need of this feature to fix noise levels properly.  ... View more

I am having this same issue. It just started over the past few weeks for me. Just suddenly cropping slows everythign down   ... View more

Thanks, I did not see that.  It seems to be working as I would like,   ... View more

Pessoal, obrigado pelas orientações. Vi algumas orientações quanto a driver e bateria. Atualizei o driver e coloquei o perfil do notebook para ter o melhor desempenho quando utilizado na energia. Tive um ganho considerável no processo. O LRc estava lento na manipulação de imagens, demorando muito na troca de imagem na aba revelação. Com as dicas, ficou bem melhor. Mais uma vez, muito obrigado! ... View more

@dcooper7: "Does anyone know of a workaround that allows this information to be visible while editing in the Develop Module, without switching to the Library Module? Any plugins, external tools, or tweaks that could help?"   See here for how to edit LR's preference file to display the 35mm equivalent (when it's recorded in EXIF metadata by the camera -- many cameras don't): https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/how-to-display-location-information-in-loupe-view/m-p/14375008#M353898   The internal identifier for that field is "com.adobe.focalLength35mm". ... View more

Why are you apparently running Creative Cloud via the web as opposed to the installed app? That is the hard way. the wrong way.   ... View more

This saved me!!!!! Thank you so much for writing this. Updated to Sequoia and my R5 stopped tethering to LR. I spoke with Adobe/Canon/Apple for at least 4 hours in total with no help. You're amazing!! ... View more