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Lightroom Classic 15.4 · Known bug

Export as catalog fails to external exFAT drives on Mac

Not marked fixed as of Lightroom Classic 16.0.0. The bug was reported for Lightroom Classic 15.4.1. Adobe tracks it (status: Investigating). It happens on macOS only. There is a workaround.

Status
Not fixedAdobe: Investigating
Severity
Major
Affects
Specific feature
System
macOS only

Workaround

Uncheck Include Available Previews, or export to an internal APFS drive and copy with Finder.

Timeline

  1. Jul 25, 2026Reported on Lightroom Classic 15.4.1
  2. Nov 10, 2026Not marked fixed as of Lightroom Classic 16.0.0Adobe: Investigating

The report

4 votes · 7 replies

Reported on macOS by 3 people (from the report and 7 replies).

“P: Export as Catalog fails to external exFAT SSDs on macOS Tahoe 26.5.2 (works to internal APFS SSD)”

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