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Operating System: OS 10.11.6 El Capitan
Lightroom Version: CC 2015 - apparently now upgraded to LR Classic
Question or Description of Problem:
The conversion/upgrade to LR Classic completed successfully but when LR opened, it was in the Develop module at the last image I worked on yesterday. It immediately froze up the entire system.
I have powered off and restarted the system five times now with more-or-less the same results. The first two times LR asked if I wanted to convert the catalogue again. The first time I said no because I thought it had already done that. It opened the same image as last time and froze up again (not just LR but the entire system).
The second time I said yes to the conversion question and it did the Catalogue conversion again (I guess that means it did not complete it the first time?). I was then able to open LR without it immediately freezing everything up. I thought I had the problem licked!
To give it a test drive I randomly chose a folder from 2016 and browsed the images using the library module. I picked one that I thought could use some tweaking and opened the develop module. The system immediately froze up again. I have tried re-booting two more times with the same result as the first time (same image).
I had planned to wait to "upgrade" until there were more user reports out but I need to process some images and using the existing LR CC seemed to no longer be an option. So I just went ahead and ran the LR Classic upgrade this evening.
Any suggestions? diagnosis?
BTW I came across this website yesterday when I was researching the pros and cons of the new LR options. It looked like a good resource but certainly did not expect to be posting an issue 24 hours later.
EDITED 1:05 AM EST
I happen to have two admin user IDs on my system (a 2008 MAC PRO). I do not remember the details but a second one was created a few years ago but never used.
It just occurred to me to experiment by logging in to my #2 user ID and try firing up LR Classic. Good news - it works! It even appears pretty fast. There was also no existing catalogue under the #2 user ID so there was nothing to convert. I tested LR by reading the images I took today and yesterday from my card reader. I was also able to access images from my regular LR image folders under my usual User ID (the files are shared - I did not try to import them because I understand it can create problems when an image is in two different catalogues).
So the upgraded software clearly works in a fresh environment, i.e. my #2 user ID with no prior LR activity. I am no expert at this but I am wondering if the problem under my regular ID is a disk or memory capacity issue that happens when LR is working with a moderately sized catalogue.
Lightroom Version: CC 2015 - apparently now upgraded to LR Classic
Question or Description of Problem:
The conversion/upgrade to LR Classic completed successfully but when LR opened, it was in the Develop module at the last image I worked on yesterday. It immediately froze up the entire system.
I have powered off and restarted the system five times now with more-or-less the same results. The first two times LR asked if I wanted to convert the catalogue again. The first time I said no because I thought it had already done that. It opened the same image as last time and froze up again (not just LR but the entire system).
The second time I said yes to the conversion question and it did the Catalogue conversion again (I guess that means it did not complete it the first time?). I was then able to open LR without it immediately freezing everything up. I thought I had the problem licked!
To give it a test drive I randomly chose a folder from 2016 and browsed the images using the library module. I picked one that I thought could use some tweaking and opened the develop module. The system immediately froze up again. I have tried re-booting two more times with the same result as the first time (same image).
I had planned to wait to "upgrade" until there were more user reports out but I need to process some images and using the existing LR CC seemed to no longer be an option. So I just went ahead and ran the LR Classic upgrade this evening.
Any suggestions? diagnosis?
BTW I came across this website yesterday when I was researching the pros and cons of the new LR options. It looked like a good resource but certainly did not expect to be posting an issue 24 hours later.
EDITED 1:05 AM EST
I happen to have two admin user IDs on my system (a 2008 MAC PRO). I do not remember the details but a second one was created a few years ago but never used.
It just occurred to me to experiment by logging in to my #2 user ID and try firing up LR Classic. Good news - it works! It even appears pretty fast. There was also no existing catalogue under the #2 user ID so there was nothing to convert. I tested LR by reading the images I took today and yesterday from my card reader. I was also able to access images from my regular LR image folders under my usual User ID (the files are shared - I did not try to import them because I understand it can create problems when an image is in two different catalogues).
So the upgraded software clearly works in a fresh environment, i.e. my #2 user ID with no prior LR activity. I am no expert at this but I am wondering if the problem under my regular ID is a disk or memory capacity issue that happens when LR is working with a moderately sized catalogue.
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