I havne't used lightroom in a while (since I had an older computer) but installed them both and the "regular" one works ok, I just don't know it very well. But Classic just always gives me a prompt that permissions aren't set right and it can't operate without that. Yes I did already give permissions to both in the settings and then I even went into library and gave permissions to a ton of files there (user>application support>Adobe>lightroom, something like those as all the tutorials and 'fixes' say to do, I went and gave permissionss to SO many of those, and still doesn't work. It literally tells me where it doesn't have permissions in the lightroom prompt when I open it and I can go to that folder and see that it has read/write permission so it's basically wrong/lying about it. anyone have any idea what this could mean? I really l wanted to use lightroom again and not do 10 tutorials before I edit some pics in the stupid "cloud" version or whatever that is.
Well I didn't write out every single step like that but I thought paraphrasing was enough... I did all of that right off, it literally tells you to and I said I did it above. It did not work, which doesn't make sense to me either, I'm not new to giving programs permissions. But then the prompts even send you to an Adobe page that instructs you to go further and give permissions to like ALL the folders Adobe accesses in the library manually which is very weird advice but I even did that and still it thinks it can't write to them.
and yes I did restart, re-open, and look it up alll over the place. No change. Pretty soon I'm going to start going through my computer and deleting extensions and plugins I don't use but it feels stupid that it should need that much poking into the library just to work (if it does work eventually).
Please post a screenshot of the dialog you are getting. There are different permissions problems, so we need to know exactly what Lightroom is telling you. Lack of 'full disk access' usually does not give an error dialog, so that is probably not the one.
Is your catalog synced? If so, then check the following: In Preferences - Lightroom Sync, you can set the destination folder for 'incoming' images (new images synced down from the cloud, such as photos you took with your iPhone). If that destination got reset to the root of your disk, then you'll get an error like this. Lightroom Classic does not have and should not have permissions to write to that location, and 'full disk access' does not override that.
It keeps sending prompts when I try and open it one after another about all these folders it 'can't create' and so on as if it's general permissions. I got preferences open enough to save a new destination folder before it crashed but still get all the same prompts and crashes when i re-open it (and I see my new location is still there/saved)
That means that Lightroom does not have permissions to a folder somewhere in this path. See -classic/kb/lightroom-basic-troubleshooting-fix-most-issues.html and the paragraph "Manually change folder permissions" on that page.
I followed the prompts originally for "help" which sent me to Adobe, then Apple pages about giving folders permissions. I did this already, gave permission to like HUNDreds of folders in my Library, many in bulk but also by hand because it wasn't helping. Starting with all the ones that come up in the prompts. So, yes I did already do all of this. I've used lightroom in the past and never had to give it permissions manually for SO many folders. Still it's doing nothing.
Try to run Apple Disk Utility and check for errors. The message you get is clear, but remember that this could be anywhere in the entire folder path, including the Library folder itself or even your User folder. Another thing you could try is manually create the folder mentioned in the error message.
Hey Thanks so much for sticking with me, I really apprecaite it! I think it's working now finally, geez.
I don't understand how this happens, I've used Adobe stuff for a very long time. Anyway, thanks. If there's any chance it'll do this again I might try and get used to regular lightroom or some other photo editor/catalog. Getting tired of Adobe products being SO buggy and finicky.
Dang I'm sorry.
Yeah it really was just permissions for a million folders for me. So like in the end I think it was permissions for even the higher up ones like the entire "library" folder and "user" and every one down from there in the paths it tells you in the prompts, which for me was something like library, application support, Adobe, etc. I don't remember it's not in front of me. I think it was user or library that was still set as "user only" in permissions. Remember that some of them are full of stuff so when you click "get info" to change permissions you need to also click the box at the bottom for "apply to all files inside this folder too" or whatever it says like that. It did eventually work when I went through and made sure all of them down were set to read and write. It is weird, I still don't get how it's so locked down like that but has never asked me for all that manual permission giving before now. I'm obv not a computer whiz tho; I hope you can figure it out.
I got it! I found this YouTube clip that talks you through running an Adobe Script. Although i did everything above manually this script sorted it. Everything you need is in the details of the post. Thanks for the help anyway
I want to download everything stored in my adobe lightroom cloud (about 107gb) to an external drive. Lightroom Downloader is the tool for that so I installed it. When I selected the destination folder it gives me an error that says "not enough space" despite the external drive having more than 2tb available. I have also tried saving to my Mac HD which I have 500gb available, and get the same error.
This might be a long shot, but how much space is on the internal drive? I know your final destination is the external drive, but perhaps Lightroom makes a temporary copy to the internal drive first? Yes, this is speculation, but I have a vague recollection of something about this. It may also be completely wrong.
So I just realized that currently I pay for 100gb of adobe cloud. And I am using 107gb, meaning I've been getting error messages saying the cloud is full and I need to upgrade my plan. I am wondering if this may be contributing to the issue? Either way though I should be able to remove the things that are in the cloud (because I don't want to upgrade). I didn't even want all these items there anyway, photos on my phone were automatically synced with creative cloud when I downloaded the Lightroom iOS app. Very frustrating....
Unfortunately, there is no other version of the Downloader available.
It is possible for the downloads to be created by us manually and emailed to you as a series of zip files. It is a very slow process however.
It looks like the Adobe Lightroom Downloader tries to make a copy on my internal disk, because she is now full...But I would like to use the external drive just because of the missing space on my internal drive. )I do not have 100 GB left there, but some 20 GB)
The files in the LR-cloud in total use 11,7GB in the cloud. The downloader app says, that my target-folder to download the files is not big enough. But it is, with 2 TG it should work. Can someone help?
I am researching my software choices. Experiences are with Photoshop CS3. I have tried the Lightroom/PS 7 day trial. Someone from another forum recommended Affinity Photo. I am the try before you buy kind of person so a Windows Demo would be nice. But I realized it is not available. I have watched some Affinity Tutorial Video's on Youtube and so far it looks pretty straight forward to learn. I like the Idea of purchasing. I am not keen on giving Adobe a monthly fee to rent their software. Plus after using Lightroom to work with some of my photographs I realized that if in the future I decided that I did not want to use Lightroom that most of my changes might be stuck in there and not able to export the edited images. So I am looking in another direction.
Thanks for the Welcome. I have just upgraded computers to handle my editing of Photos and Videos more efficiently. I have an HP Envy I7 with 16gb Ram, Dual Video Cards and Windows 10 Operating System. I am a drone pilot but I am also a long time Photographer (40+ years but Non Professional strictly hobbyist).
Now, you risk nothing by buying it. I did. The price is so friendly, we should get it even as a means of supporting a great initiative. That said, right now, if you want production-ready software and don't mind the higher cost, go with Lightroom/Photoshop. That's what I have done until Affinity Photo resolves a few issues.
I've still got an older copy of LR installed because I like the print module, and it works very well with my Epson 3880. However, i'm experimenting printing through AP and am very happy with the results. As with any change, it just takes a little time to get used to.
I have no experience of my own in this matter (as I use LR standalone version), but seems currently you can access and export photos from unpaid LR CC. Possibly even import and rough edit, as statement is that only access to develop and map sections is forbidden in unpaid version. (please confirm this if you have tried this).
NB that AP has no photo database functionality which is main attraction in LR. Also it may be that LR raw processing is a bit better than in AP (well, they also say C1 is better than LR in this regard -- I think differences are small).
Although some people use it this way (and are severely limiting themselves), it was never originally intended as a one-stop workflow solution: from v1 the idea was to use it for your conversion and basic adjustments and then hand off further post-processing to PhotoShop or similar solution, pushing a lossless-format converted file to the pixel editor.
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