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How do I use Lightroom Classic on my laptop when I go on vacation? - Issue when try to Import from catalog.

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Lightroom Classic Version: 12.2.1
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Unable to import 'Travel Catalog' to 'Master Catalogue'. Follow the instructions step by step from the "Travel Workflow using Lr Classic" blog but when it comes to step6 "...select the Ircat file and press Choose". there are no items to match and the Import from Catalog dialog box doesn't appear.
Interestingly, if I choose the main Lr file then the dialogue box appears but the 'import' selection is greyed out.

Previous to step 6, everything appears to be in order.

Can anyone tell me where I'm going wrong?
 
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Gargoy said:
After have loaded the Lr files from laptop to PC and re-linked images to the Travel Catalog, these screenshots are from where I try to 'Import from Another Catalog' and navigate to the Ircat file. After which the pop-up 'import from catalog' dialog does not appear. Thoughts?
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Try selecting the bottommost file in your second screenshot, which is the .lrcat file (Windows is hiding the extension).
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Post screenshots of the problem so we can see what you are doing wrong.
 
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Hi Johan.
Sure!
After have loaded the Lr files from laptop to PC and re-linked images to the Travel Catalog, these screenshots are from where I try to 'Import from Another Catalog' and navigate to the Ircat file. After which the pop-up 'import from catalog' dialog does not appear. Thoughts?
2023-03-25 17_56_18-MasterCatalog-v12 - Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic - Library.jpg
2023-03-25 17_57_30-Import from Lightroom Catalog.jpg
2023-03-25 17_58_07-Import from Lightroom Catalog.jpg
 
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Gargoy said:
After have loaded the Lr files from laptop to PC and re-linked images to the Travel Catalog, these screenshots are from where I try to 'Import from Another Catalog' and navigate to the Ircat file. After which the pop-up 'import from catalog' dialog does not appear. Thoughts?
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Try selecting the bottommost file in your second screenshot, which is the .lrcat file (Windows is hiding the extension).
 
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This may to be helpful but for future events. When I travel I create a new catalogue based on the trip. I keep the catalogue on the HD and files are on a portable ED. When I get home I copy the catalogue to the ED, plug it into the desktop and use the Import from another catalogue command. It moves the files over as well. I then move the files into the powered ED.
 
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Zenon said:
This may to be helpful but for future events. When I travel I create a new catalogue based on the trip. I keep the catalogue on the HD and files are on a portable ED. When I get home I copy the catalogue to the ED, plug it into the desktop and use the Import from another catalogue command. It moves the files over as well. I then move the files into the powered ED.
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Before I started using Lr Cloudy on travel, this is the process that I used. My travel catalog was a copy of my master Catalog minus images. While traveling, I imported image into a sub folder on my travel catalog folder. On return, I only had to copy or move the travel catalog and sub folders to the EHD and then use the “Import for another Catalog” when in my Master Catalog


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clee01l said:
Before I started using Lr Cloudy on travel, this is the process that I used. My travel catalog was a copy of my master Catalog minus images. While traveling, I imported image into a sub folder on my travel catalog folder. On return, I only had to copy or move the travel catalog and sub folders to the EHD and then use the “Import for another Catalog” when in my Master Catalog


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Interesting.
 
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David_W said:
Try selecting the bottommost file in your second screenshot, which is the .lrcat file (Windows is hiding the extension).
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That has done the trick. The file labeled Ircat is not the correct file, although it appears to be the obvious one when Windows hides the extensions. Thank you so much!
 
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Gargoy said:
That has done the trick. The file labeled Ircat is not the correct file, although it appears to be the obvious one when Windows hides the extensions. Thank you so much!
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That file is labelled .lrcat-data, which is not the same as .lrcat. Strange that Windows hides some extensions, but not all.
 
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Johan Elzenga said:
That file is labelled .lrcat-data, which is not the same as .lrcat. Strange that Windows hides some extensions, but not all.
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So far as Windows is concerned, files can (and typically do) have extensions, but folders do not.

The .lrcat-data is a folder - Windows always displays folder names in full, even if they have "an extension".
 
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