Lightroom catalog backup issues after 2015.8 update

[jaylaphotography]

Ever since updating to Lightroom 2015.8, every time I exit Lightroom and backup & optimise my catalog, I always get the message that my catalog is more than 4GB.

However, my .lrcat file is super tiny. What's the go? Anyone else with similar problems? Am I missing something else here?

Thanks!

[vincent solomito · Accepted solution]

There is a bug that causes the warning to show, BUT, the catalog is compressed. I just discovered this myself. The thing to do is check the box "don't show again" and you will no longer be aggravated by an unnecessary warning.

Vince

[jaylaphotography]

Yes, I just checked some old backups and they also are zipped as well.

Why is this message popping up after the update though?

[Just Shoot Me]

It's a Mac OS X thing and doesn't happen on Windows of any version. It is a false warning, especially if your catalog really isn't 4GB in size.

[jaylaphotography]

Thanks guys!

[Akash Sharma]

Hi All,

Please refer to the documented article here Unable to back up the catalog in Lightroom CC for a workaround to this issue.

Regards,

Akash

[wheel264]

maybe LR could fix the bug?  thanks

[Mohit Goyal]

Hi jaylaphotography,

Please update Lightroom to 6.9/2015.9 version which includes the fix for Lightroom: Erroneous warning message on Catalog Backup | Photoshop Family Customer Community

refer: Lightroom CC 2015.9 now available

Regards,

Mohit