Converting Elements Organizer 11 catalog to version 12

I am attempting to convert an Elements Organizer version 11 catalog to version 12 running on OS-X Lion. It has been running for two days stuck at 37% and appears to be cycling through files with the name breeze-xxx.XML files in the BreezeData folder. It appears to be running since the breeze file names change about every 30-60 seconds. Is this normal or should I cancel and try a different approach? I checked the BreezeData folder and there are approximately 57K breeze-xxx.XML files and my catalog has approximately 56K images.

Normally breeze file do not change their name so frequently. In the catalog conversion progress bar, is the number of the breeze-xxx.xml increasing?Has this number reached anywhere around 57K? If yes, then suggest you to wait for sometime.

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