Rick, it sounds like you're as wide as you are good looking. On December 22, 2018 6:16:56 PM PST, Rick Womer <[email protected]> wrote: >Godders, the plist idea is great. I’ve had those things cause trouble >before. > >Larry, I have a 500 gb SDD in the computer. My photos are on a 2 tb >external. I have Time Machine backups to a 4 tb drive and a 2 tb, and >to >Backblaze. > >Cyber-distrustful? Me??? > >Rick > >On Sat, Dec 22 > >> >> >> Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote on 12/22/18 3:59 PM: >> > I really don't see why you're thinking Rick needs a hard drive, a >> massive copy of his system to another drive, or anything like that. >The >> Lightroom executable, or perhaps just its preferences files, has >become >> damaged. Uninstalling it and installing a fresh copy should fix it >just >> fine without all that palaver. >> >> I don't think that he needs to. I think that it is a fairly low cost >> way to simultaneously attack the problem and give him a comprehensive >> backup of his system, and possibly upgrade his computer's hard drive >> before it fails. It's one of those tasks that depending on how you >do >> it could only take a little of interactive time, while letting the >> computer churn for hours in the background. >> >> >> > >> > That is a thought, Rick: preferences… >> > >> > Lightroom stores its preferences in a .plist file at: >> > ~/Library/Preferences/com.adobe.Lightroom6.plist >> > You can use the Finder's "Go > Go to folder…" command, input that, >and >> it will take you right there. It's possible that when the app got the >news >> from Adobe that the Maps module was no longer accessible, it tried to >write >> that file and messed it up. If you just delete that file, Lightroom >will >> recreate it and should run properly at its new-install defaults. >You'll >> have to recreate your app preferences settings. >> > >> > It's worth a shot, and is otherwise non-destructive. Just move the >one >> that's there to the Desktop, start Lightroom, and see what happens. A >new >> file will be created, and LR should run correctly but without >whatever >> customizations you've set up. If it doesn't, just move the old one >back. >> > >> > G >> > >> >> On Dec 22, 2018, at 2:13 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Rick Womer wrote on 12/22/18 2:07 PM: >> >>> Thanks much, Godfrey. I’ll give it a try (post Xmas) and let you >know >> how it goes. >> >> >> >> I don't know how big your hard drive is, but with external drives >down >> under $40/TB this might be a good time to buy an external drive and >copy >> your applications folder, your home folder, raw files and catalogs to >it. >> >> >> >> If you were completely insane, you could just put a new internal >drive >> in your computer, get an external case for your old drive, and just >do a >> completely clean install of OS, apps, etc. and then copy your data >over to >> the new machine and use your current drive as a complete backup. Once >the >> dust settles, keep it at a friends house as a offsite backup. >> > >> > >> >> >> -- >> Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157612824732477/ >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >and >> follow the directions. >> >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >follow the directions.
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