Lightroom Classic CC unable to access photos on an OSX FUSE-mounted Veracrypt volume

[seanakabry]

For privacy, especially while travelling, I maintain my photo library in this arrangement:

• Lightroom catalogue file inside a Veracrypt volume on an external SSD
• Original photos inside a Veracrypt volume on a separate, larger, external HDD
• Both Veracrypt volumes are formatted Mac OS Extended and mounted exclusively on macOS

This was working fine (speed-wise as well), until I updated from Lightroom CC to the new Lightroom Classic CC. There's no problem opening the catalogue file, but when I attempt to import new photos from the other Veracrypt volume, the list of sources in Lightroom Classic CC's 'Import' window now shows "OSXFUSE Volume 1 (Veracrypt)" and "OSXFUSE Volume 2 (Veracrypt)", which appear empty; whereas Lightroom CC showed their proper names and was able to navigate the folders inside.

Both macOS and FUSE are up to date.

How can I fix this? Alternatively, I'm open to other arrangements for keeping my Lightroom catalogue and photos local and encrypted.

(I'm cross-posting this question from SuperUser.)

[Akash Sharma]

Hi seanakabry,

This does sounds like an issue with permissions on the mounted drive.

Please check that the drive and the parent level folder does have Read/write permissions to import. Also, check that the destination set in the import window is valid.

Refer Permissions in catalog different that on disk—can this be changed?

Thanks,

Akash

[seanakabry]

Thank you for your reponse, Akash.

I've confirmed, though, that I already have read-write permissions on the mounted volumes and their contents. Other apps are able to freely interact with the data on them. The catalogue file itself is in one of them, which Lightroom Classic is able to open.

It seems to be the case that Lightroom Classic's Import function just doesn't want to read any volumes mounted by FUSE/Veracrypt. It doesn't seem to make a difference whether the container is on a NAS, an external HDD, or the computer itself; or what file system is used (I just tested FAT and exFAT volumes, which didn't work either).