Delete Lightroom Catalog to bypass Lightroom CC 2015 crash on startup

!Lightroom 6 (CC 2015) crashes on startup. I'm running Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10.3). I've tried the various fixes listed on the forum (restarting the computer, logout/login of Creative Cloud, and numerous uninstall/installs of both Creative Cloud and Lightroom. None of these have worked.
However, I've found a temporary fix.
1. Logout of Creative Cloud
2. Open your photos folder
3. Delete any Lightroom Catalogs
4. Login to Creative Cloud
5. Open Lightroom CC
6. A dialog window appears: Lightroom Catalog was not found. Choose the option "Choose a different Catalog"
7. Choose the option "Create a new catalog"
8. Lightroom now successfully opens.
To clarify, I'm not trying to open a Lightroom 5 catalog. I'm not even going to bother importing my actual working catalogs until this issue is resolved.
This option, while successful, is tedious. Is there an easier fix? Is this an issue with file permissions? Or is the process of opening existing catalogs corrupted?

Jay,
If you just completed installing Lightroom CC, try signing out and back in and see if it helps. This link explains how:
sign in and sign out of the Creative Cloud desktop app
Pattie

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