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Unable to open Capture One Catalog

Ian Allen
Hello All!

I am experiencing a very annoying issue. I have a NAS for my archive, and when I drop a shoot onto it, I import it into a catalog for access later. This catalog took weeks to import everything into and keyword.

I am now unable to open the catalog as Capture One says a user (Me!) already has it open and it can only be opened by one user at a time. Being that the user is (ME!) that has it open, but not actually, is making this one a tough one to troubleshoot.

The catalog only exists on one computer, and one user (ME!) has access to it. So it must be a latent cache of a previous session of mine, does anyone know how to clear out this cache?

Things I've tried already:
Duplicating the catalog.
Moving the catalog to another computer and then opening.
Upgrading to C1-9
Dumping all prefs for C1

Best,

Ian
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  • HansB
    Locate your catalog in Finder and use 'Show Package Contents' to open it. There will be a 'writelock' file, I expect. Delete it, and the catalog will be available again.

    This usually happens when a catalog is copied while used, CO crashed while using it, and so on.


    Regards,
    Hans
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  • Ian Allen
    thank you Hans! that worked, you are a true master and gentleman!
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  • HansB
    It's a well known thing around long term users. Happens here and there.
    And I was just lucky to be the 1st to write the answer. 😄


    Regards,
    Hans
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