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Q: User permission with lightroom

I am using lightroom creative cloud and it seems that my user is somehow bringing back the OLD state of my catalogue. To give you an example. At one point I had A and B in my lightroom and then I added C and D. Then it restarts and only A and B are shown. If I then add folders E and F again then it goes back to A and B again after a while. Very frustrating.

 

I created a new root user in my imac and then it worked fine. According to adobe support they say it might be related to my permissions.

 

I dont really feel like creating a brand new user account on my imac. Is it possible to get around this somehow?

Posted on Jan 3, 2016 4:34 AM

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  • by dialabrain,

    dialabrain dialabrain Jan 3, 2016 4:39 AM in response to magnusbogucki
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    Jan 3, 2016 4:39 AM in response to magnusbogucki

    If you are running El Capitan, you could try disabling SIP although I wouldn't recommend it.

     

    Any earlier version of OSX you can run Disk Utility>Repair Permissions and see if that helps.

  • by magnusbogucki,

    magnusbogucki magnusbogucki Jan 3, 2016 4:41 AM in response to dialabrain
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    Jan 3, 2016 4:41 AM in response to dialabrain

    I actually upgraded to El Capitan today.

     

    What is SIP and what does it mean if i disable it?

  • by dialabrain,

    dialabrain dialabrain Jan 3, 2016 4:42 AM in response to magnusbogucki
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    Jan 3, 2016 4:42 AM in response to magnusbogucki
  • by magnusbogucki,

    magnusbogucki magnusbogucki Jan 3, 2016 4:44 AM in response to dialabrain
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    Jan 3, 2016 4:44 AM in response to dialabrain

    I cant do repair permissions in el capitan?

  • by dialabrain,

    dialabrain dialabrain Jan 3, 2016 4:46 AM in response to magnusbogucki
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    Jan 3, 2016 4:46 AM in response to magnusbogucki

    Not really, no. If you look at Disk Utility you will notice the option is no longer there.

  • by magnusbogucki,

    magnusbogucki magnusbogucki Jan 3, 2016 4:48 AM in response to dialabrain
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    Jan 3, 2016 4:48 AM in response to dialabrain

    hmm sounds like that solution could have worked. Disabling a security feature doesnt sound like a solution to get my catalogues working because this happens if i am connected online or not anyway.

  • by dialabrain,

    dialabrain dialabrain Jan 3, 2016 4:52 AM in response to magnusbogucki
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    Jan 3, 2016 4:52 AM in response to magnusbogucki

    Personally I wouldn't recommend disabling SIP. Is the version of Lightroom you are using supposed to be El Capitan compatible?

  • by magnusbogucki,

    magnusbogucki magnusbogucki Jan 3, 2016 4:55 AM in response to dialabrain
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    Jan 3, 2016 4:55 AM in response to dialabrain

    As it is the "CC" version of adobe I presume it is. When I was talking to adobe support they didnt mention anything about this either.

  • by dialabrain,

    dialabrain dialabrain Jan 3, 2016 5:06 AM in response to magnusbogucki
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    Jan 3, 2016 5:06 AM in response to magnusbogucki

    There is a 2015.1 version of CC. I don't use it so I really don't know if it's 100% compatible or not.

    I'm not too sure I would take Adobe's Tech support at their word, not that they are worse than anyone else.

     

    There is a Terminal command to repair permissions that aren't protected by SIP. Not sure that would help. You would need to search for it. I'm not comfortable posting Terminal commands here.

  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Jan 3, 2016 8:01 AM in response to magnusbogucki
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    Jan 3, 2016 8:01 AM in response to magnusbogucki

    Your problem has nothing to do with SIP, and you should not disable SIP for any reason.

    Please back up all data before proceeding.

    This procedure will unlock all your user files (not system files) and reset their ownership, permissions, and access controls to the default. If you've intentionally set special values for those attributes on any of your files, they will be reverted. In that case, either stop here, or be prepared to recreate the settings if necessary. Do so only after verifying that those settings didn't cause the problem. If none of this is meaningful to you, you don't need to worry about it, but you do need to follow the instructions below.

    Step 1

    If you have more than one user, and the one in question is not an administrator, then go to Step 2.

    Triple-click anywhere in the following line on this page to select it:

    sudo find ~ $TMPDIR.. -exec chflags -h nosappnd,noschg,nosunlnk,nouappnd,nouchg {} + -exec chown -h $UID {} + -exec chmod +rw {} + -exec chmod -h -N {} + -type d -exec chmod -h +x {} + 2>&-

    Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.

    Launch the built-in Terminal application in any one of the following ways:

    ☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)

    ☞ In the Finder, select Go Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.

    ☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.

    Paste into the Terminal window by pressing command-V. I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, you may have to press the return key after pasting.

    You'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. Type carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you don’t have a login password, you’ll need to set one before you can run the command. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator.

    The command may take several minutes to run, depending on how many files you have. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign ($) to appear, then quit Terminal.

    Step 2 (optional)

    Take this step only if you have trouble with Step 1, if you prefer not to take it, or if it doesn't solve the problem.

    Start up in Recovery mode. You may be prompted to select a language, then the OS X Utilities screen will appear.

    If you use FileVault 2, select Disk Utility, then select the icon of the FileVault startup volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name.) It will be nested below another drive icon. Click the Unlock button in the toolbar and enter your login password when prompted. Then quit Disk Utility to be returned to the main screen.

    Select

              Utilities Terminal

    from the menu bar. A Terminal window will open. In that window, type this:

    resetp

    Press the tab key. The partial command you typed will automatically be completed to this:

    resetpassword

    Press return. A Reset Password window will open. You’re not going to reset a password.

    Select your startup volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name) if not already selected.

    Select your username from the menu labeled Select the user account if not already selected.

    Under Reset Home Directory Permissions and ACLs, click the Reset button.

    Select

               Restart

    from the menu bar.

  • by Macer77,

    Macer77 Macer77 Mar 16, 2016 12:16 PM in response to Linc Davis
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    Mar 16, 2016 12:16 PM in response to Linc Davis

    I had the same problems and solved this with step 1.. Thanks.