Opening the trial version of lightroom

I downloaded the trial version of lightroom for Mac OS 10.6 yesterday and it appeared to be working properly. Today I am unable to open the trial version. What is the rpblem?

Did the program and computer shut down normally? The first thing I would do is look for a file ending in .lock, usually found next to the catalog. That file is created to keep more than one user from accessing the catalog at a time and possibly corrupting it. If the program does not shut down normally for some reason, that .lock file is left behind and the program will think the catalog is in use my another user. Delete the .lock file (but do not delete others like .journal or .lrcat) and all should be well. If that is not it, come back and we will try to help you again.
John
John G. Blair Studio
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