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Catalogs Frozen LRc on backing up catalog

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  1. macOS 15 Sequoia
Macbook pro apple m4 max 64GB

catalog on ssd sandisk 4tb - have used 2.69tb
back up destination WD external drive 6tb 600gb free. Is that enough space - even for a compressed zipped file?

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I tried to back up lightroom classic on exit tonight - from the SSD the catalog is stored, on to another external hard drive with i thought plenty of space - and the progress bar has never got past the backing up Lightroom Catalog back and forth, with no time remaining and nothing progressing for 5 hours - it normally takes about 1.5 hrs to do.

the folder is showing on the hard drive destination that the back up should go to, but other than being created at 5.41pm, is empty. the 'cancel'. button on the progress bar doesnt work, and i have the rainbow spinning wheel - and the application says not responding. am i safe to force quit - or just close the lid of the computer? Will the files be potentially lost?

Yours, panicked as it's a huge catalog
 
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One thing you did not mention is the free space on the Primary Disk (MacIntoshHD). Classic uses this to make intermediate temporary files when Backing up the master catalog file. You need at least 100GB free for the backup to succeed.


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Are you using Lightroom Classic to backup the catalog or the O/S (eg drag and drop) or a 3rd party app (eg GoodSynch.. Beyond Compare, etc).

How many images are in the catalog.
 
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farny100 said:
it normally takes about 1.5 hrs to do.
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Unless this is a really huge catalog (millions of images) that is very long, indicating there may be an underlying problem that needs to be dealt with. My 200,000+ images catalog is backed up to an external SSD by Lightroom Classic in about 5 minutes, including verification and optimization.
 
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