![]() ![]() ![]() It took me quite a while to figure out exactly what I have to type, and I am not sure if I did it correctly, because the Terminal does not return to a cursor for further instructions at the end, as it normally would. (I had added a subfolder /SQL/ to keep all the processed files there) sqlite3 was to tell me to write the address so that Terminal can find the sqlite3 file, which I did and so my instructions looked like this, where my copied Lightroom folders are now in Pictures (the original folders are on an external disk) % /sqlite3 Pictures/LightroomFolder/LightroomCatalogxxx.lrcat> Pictures/LightroomFolder/SQL/LightroomCatalogxxx.sql sqlite3 ~/lightroom_catalog.lrcat > ~/lightroom_catalog.sql For instance the Terminal or Sql cannot have spaces in the file names, so before you do this, you need to edit out any spaces in your Lightroom Catalog file´s name - Gerhart´s instructions had this example -Įcho. It does not explain some essentials (He is doing us all a favour, so "thank you for helping" Gerhart, but I hope my plea for help also brings results for less expert users). The explanations here are for people very familiar with using the Terminal and Shell commands, informing them to extract the data from the corrupt file. The Simplyness article was for Windows and included this link on how to use SqLite for Mac users to Gerhard´s page. So I came back here, and discovered this solution using SqLite was suggested several times (Windows users. I then went to the forum, discovered that this wasn´t a first time event, and that I should have made a back of any catalog before trying to fix it, so I made a BACKUP of my third backup.Īdobe support center was currently experiencing long wait times, and suggested that I skip the queues and reach us in the Community. So I went to a recent backup copy, and exactly the same happened (I didn´t make a backup of the backup first). Please use a recent backup copy of this catalog or contact Adobe Support to troubleshoot and resolve this. Unfortunately, the catalog named "Lightroom catalog xxx" cannot be repaired. After attempting the repair Lightroom replied. FIRST back up the catalog, before you attempt the repair in Lightroom. ![]() The forums repeatedly warn us to NOT do this. Those reading this who also have this problem, note that I did this before going to the forums, and so I just followed the Lightroom instructions. The " Lightroom catalog xxx" is corrupt and cannot be used or backed up until it is repaired." There were options to - Show in Finder, Quit or Repair Catalog. My I tried opening my Lightroom Classic 9.2 catalog yesterday. ![]()
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