stevenseelig

In LR Classic 11.2, I am no longer able to get the error so it does seem to be fixed. OS 12.2.1

thanks....hopefully Adobe will fix this bug...have a great New Year

Any airplay speakers?

It would be a simple test if you have any Homepod's. Open Apple Music and stream via Airplay to a HomePod or HomePod mini. Then try to open Lightroom and see what happens. After the test, quit streaming with Airplay, close the Music app and then try to open LR. I have done this 10 times today and it always seem reversible but simply turning off the Airplay and closing the music app. I am on OS 11.6.1

But are you playing through Airplay 2. I can use LR and Apple Music and Pandora as long as they are going to the computer. But as soon as I link either app to an AirPod Mini speaker (in my case a stereo pair), LR fails to open. This is similar to another user's experience on Adobe community page. And another answer is to just use my iPad or iPhone to play music to the Homepod mini's, but I really don't unresolved bugs because they eventually will come back and bite you harder! lol

What about the Music app? Also, opening in safe mode does NOT allow me to use Airplay in the Music App. I would to spend some time figuring out what that is the case, but as before, with the Music App open, but NOT playing, LR does open properly, just as it did in the 'non-safe' mode

If I log into another account on my computer, I need to register both Apple Music and Lightroom Adobe Account. Do you know whether those will count against my allowed accounts for Adobe and/o Apple?

Some follow up.......these are notes that I took along with way of this odyssey, but the final observation is there seems to be an adverse interaction between playing music through airplay to HomePod minis and LR 11.1 opening probably. And perhaps this is an issue during the initial installation of 11.1, but don't know that for sure. So resetting preferences did not work in the most straightforward way. Working in 11.01 without a problem Made a copy of the file com.adobe.LightroomClassicCC7.plist (located in folder /Users/[user name]/Library/Preferences/) Moved copy to an external drive and deleted the copy in the preferences fold I did those steps just in case things did not work out with changing preferences. 4. Then upgraded to 11.1 Updated preferences using the Shift + Option keys Lightroom opened without my old preferences (to be expected) Closed LR and it crashed on closing asking me to send an error report to Adobe…which I did Did this several times and it always crashed So I down graded to 11.01 Opened LR with the Shift +Option key to force a new preference file in 11.01 LR opened without my old preferences as expected Closed LR without a crash. Opened and closed without a problem several times so Installed 11.1 again Nothing happened (icon on dock with bounce for a few times and then stop without windows opening) Opened LR with the Shift + Option key to install 11.1 preferences Tried to open LR and still did not open..just a brief bouncing icon so Rebooted computer, but had to force quit the Apple Music App to complete reboot process 18. Opened LR after reboot and it opened without my old preferences. Open and closed several times and it seemed to work 19. Opened Music App 20. Opened LR and got the brief bouncing icon on the dock and then nothing 21. Closed the Music App, but had to force quit it 22. Opened LR and it opened properly. Did this several times and it seemed to work 23. While LR was open, reopened the Music App and it spent a very long time loading the library 24. In the meantime, I updated my LR preferences and finally the Music app loaded its library 25. With the Music App open and playing music, quit LR 26. Tried to reopen LR and nothing happened. No bouncing icon or anything 27. Quit the Music App 28. Tried to reopen LR after Music App was closed and it opened with my updated preferences. Closed and open LR several times without problems 29 With LR open, opened the Music app (no music playing) 30. Closed LR and re-opened LR several times and it seemed to work (Music app open, but not playing music) 31. With LR closed, started playing music on the Music App via airplay 2 to Homepod Minis. With music playing, LR refused to open) 31. Stop playing music in the Music App and LR still refused to open 32. Quit Apple Music 33. Opened LR and got an error message saying something about the windows and given an option to reopen the windows. Selected reopen the windows and LR seemed to open properly. 34. Closed LR and reopened it several times without additional errors. , but Apple Music was closed 35. Opened Apple Music but NO music playing 36. Opened and closed LR several times without problems. I have now replicated this process and the following appears to be the case. If Apple Music is open AND playing music, LR will not open If Apple Music is open, AND HAS NOT PLAYED music, LR will open If Apple Music has been opened and played music even briefly and then stopped, LR will start to open and then close Opened Pandora and played music through iMac. LR opened and closed successfully several times Switched Pandora to play through Airplay to Homepod Mini’s. LR fails to open and on second try get a message that says “The last time you opened Lightroom Classic, it unexpectedly quit while reopening windows. Do you to try to reopen its windows again.” Selected ReOpen option and and LR closes Switch Pandora to play through iMac, got the same error message as above, but then LR opened properly. Opened and closed LR several additional times without errors Went back to Apple Music and played music through the iMac. LR opened and closed several times without problems. With LR open, switch Apple Music to airplay 2 to Homepod minis (stereo pair) Closed LR, reopened and it failed to open. On a second try, got the same error message “The last time you opened…), upon selecting ‘ReOpen’, LR closes. A third try a repeat LR fails to open with the same error message Closed the Music App, and upon reopened LR get the same error message, but selecting the ‘Reopen’, LR opens properly. SO on further exploration it seems like it is related to any music app playing through airplay and somehow that interferes with LR opening properly.

Thanks Andrew...just posted over there as well....we will see what happens....

Found this and it does work from October https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/known-issues.html scroll down to 'Unexpected Error Opening Catalog' ...but not a satisfy answer. Changing preference does not explained why I had a problem, did a reinstall and it worked for a couple of days, and then quit working again.... anyone else seeing this bug?

iMac (Retina Display 5K) 2017 running 11.6.1. Lightroom Classic 11.1 was just installed and it crashes upon start up. I downgraded to 11.01 and it seems to work fine. Did a backup of the catalog, restarted the computer, reinstalled Lightroom Classic 11.1, restarted the computer and it opens and seemed to work for a couple of days. Then this morning it crashes on start up again. Downgraded to 11.01 and it seems stable again. Anyone experience this problem and do you have solutions? Thanks Steven Seelig

I am visiting Punta Cana next week and maybe again in about a year. I am curious as to things of photographic interest in the general area and/or finding a local guide that would be willing to take me to different places in the region to photograph. Mostly interested in scenic and nature photography. Thanks for your help

So I thought I would give a follow up. I ended up purchasing the Mindshift Ultralight Dual 36L bag and took it on a 5 day drive trip on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Did a modest amount of hiking with it. In essence it is a backpack divided into an upper and lower chamber. In the lower chamber cameras with lens attached can be stored and the upper chamber is for anything else you want. I have written a small blog on it: UltraLight Dual 36L Mindshift Bag | Steven Seelig - Chicago Photographer I found this to be a remarkably functional and versatile bag. One thing I would like to have is the ability hook the camera I am removing from the lower compartment onto the shoulder straps quickly.

I am traveling to Patagonia and then on to the Antartica peninsula. I will be taking two Sony a7RII bodies and three lens: Sony 16-35 f4, Sony 24-105 f4 and the Sony 70-200 f4. The travel from the ship to the peninsula on Zodiacs can get very wet and the weather can change very quickly. I do have dry bags that will hold the gear and ziplock bags for going from cold to warm to reduce condensation. The puzzle I am trying to solve is a day travel bag to take on shore that has the following features: 1. Hold the two Sony bodies with at least the 24-105 and the 70-200 lens attached 2. Easy access to the bodies/lens without putting the bag on the ground so i can take them out or put them away relatively quickly 3. Enough space to store an extra layer of clothing and extra gloves as well as extra batteries and cards 4. Built in rain cover Regular backpacks can solve 1, 3, and 4, but fail for #2. Any suggestions would be appreciated

So far it seems like one large bag that I can put my whole camera kit into is the recommendation. Maybe as an alternative a dry bag back pack. Generally speaking I carry my larger camera pack on the trip that has all my desired widgets, but for daily use I take only what I need in a smaller pack. For Antartica, my understanding is you can change lens on the ship, but once you head to shore, it is pretty difficult to safely change the lenses on the camera. In my current Osprey back pack, I can carry two Sony a&RII bodies with lenses attached (one lens can be as large as the 70-200), but that is not with dry bags. And I am doubtful I could carry three bodies with lenses in my Osprey. Easy accessibility is critical for number reasons so I lay on the ground camera bag will simply not work. Each body would need to be in a quick draw space.