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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Adobe Lightroom Q&A => Topic started by: Brookie on December 11, 2016, 06:36:00 pm

Title: LR Catalog - too large - error message in error?
Post by: Brookie on December 11, 2016, 06:36:00 pm

Since the update to LR (I subscribe to the CC version) a few days ago I have started getting an odd message whenever I exit and backup my files. The message I receive is this:

"Catalog size is more than 4GB"....then recommending that a third party compression be used.

BUT, when I go to my LR catalog file and click on "get info" it tells me that my file size is in fact only 59.5MB. 

Is anyone else seeing this?  Any suggestions? 
Thanks and Happy Holidays!

Title: Re: LR Catalog - too large - error message in error?
Post by: msbc on December 11, 2016, 06:42:32 pm

I had the same "error" message - my cats only 9.8MB.

Title: Re: LR Catalog - too large - error message in error?
Post by: dtrozzo on December 11, 2016, 10:42:32 pm

https://www.lightroomqueen.com/whats-new-lightroom-cc-2015-8-6-8/

Click  'don't show again' - see the responses at the end of her post.

Title: Re: LR Catalog - too large - error message in error?
Post by: Kevin Gallagher on December 12, 2016, 07:41:50 am

 for the life of me i can not find "don't show again" on that page...am I missing something?


Kevin in CT

Title: Re: LR Catalog - too large - error message in error?
Post by: graeme on December 12, 2016, 09:59:46 am

Quote from: Kevin Gallagher on December 12, 2016, 07:41:50 am

for the life of me i can not find "don't show again" on that page...am I missing something?


Kevin in CT

I think "don't show again" is a box to tick in the actual Lightroom warning dialogue. The warning itself is a bug which slipped through Adobe's quality control  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D and can be ignored.

Title: Re: LR Catalog - too large - error message in error?
Post by: RikkFlohr on December 12, 2016, 11:20:33 am

Information regarding this message can be found here: https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/warning-message-on-backup-lrcc2015-8

Title: Re: LR Catalog - too large - error message in error?
Post by: rdonson on December 12, 2016, 06:23:47 pm

Thanks, Rikk. I appreciate you're on top of this and sharing info and a fix.

Unfortunately we all now expect any new version of LR or PS will contain some never before seen bug(s).  At least this one was easy to deal with once my heart stopped pounding.  BTW, when all the dust settled the catalog on this MBP was 8.4 MB.

Title: Re: LR Catalog - too large - error message in error?
Post by: Brookie on December 12, 2016, 08:29:41 pm

Thanks for the info Rick and dtrozzo. Much appreciated.
Happy Holidays!

Title: Re: LR Catalog - too large - error message in error?
Post by: Kevin Gallagher on December 13, 2016, 07:55:58 am

Quote from: graeme on December 12, 2016, 09:59:46 am

I think "don't show again" is a box to tick in the actual Lightroom warning dialogue. The warning itself is a bug which slipped through Adobe's quality control  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D and can be ignored.

 Ahhh man, now I'm really feeling like a damm fool!!  :-[

 Thanks for clearing that up, I would have spent untold hours looking for the phrase "don't show again" on that web page.