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  1. L

    Split Large Catalog into Several Smaller Catalogs

    I have a LR CC catalog with over 126K images, can I break it into multiple smaller catalogs to speed up loading & editing? If so, how would I go about doing it? Thank you.
  2. E

    Very slow backup on 3TB local drive

    Hi, I'm new to Lightroom Classic. Up to a couple of days ago catalog backups were almost instantaneous (the catalog size is only 140Mb). Now, however, I have tried to close LR and said yes to the backup now question. An error message appeared to say that it could not back up to the location...
  3. A

    Catalogs Catalog Not Opening in LR 2021

    Hey yall i recently reinstalled LR on my computer and when i went to reopen my last used catalog it did not open itself and took a lot of time. After referring some videos, I removed the .lrcat.lock file. Even after that nothing happened and the same problem persists. This is the message that...
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    Catalogs Lightroom was unable to back up the catalog named “Lightroom Catalog-v12”

    Title says most of it. Recent upgrade to LR Classic 12.0.1., on Macos Monterey 12.6.1 I back up the catalog on every exit, to a folder on my (Synology) NAS. This has worked reliably under previous versions of LrC. Now, I reliably get this error message towards the end of the backup process...
  5. P

    Issue Opening Lightroom Catalog on a New Computer

    Hi, Having purchased a new Mac for my photography work, I have followed all instructions on how to transfer everything across, backups etc etc. I actually use Dropbox, so all of my Folder and File Structures are identical, and all of my Photos are also organised on Dropbox. Now I perhaps...
  6. D

    Struggling with large 169GB Mobile Downloads.lrdata file after moving from CC to classic

    I had previously used Lightroom CC (and still have an active subscription for it). I moved over to using Lightroom Classic a few months back. Everything worked out (albeit, a mess. I have a large 250gb unstructured folder of jpeg/raws on my external that I can't figure out what to do with)...
  7. D

    Migrating Multiple Catalogs from Classic

    Hi, I’m in the process of moving from classic to Lightroom cloudy. I’m short on storage space and wondered if there’s anything wrong with exporting each of my collections in LRC as catalogs and importing them one at a time. Ie let one catalog import and sync to the cloud - then the next etc...
  8. P

    Moved photos to external drive; now LR shows no photos

    I knew this would be fraught with risk, but I really needed to move my photos (several thousand files) to an external drive. After doing that, I can see the correct volume in LR, as well as the parent folder and the folder that contains the photos. However, the latter shows no photos now...
  9. mjmuk

    Catalogs Upgrading PC Platform—Sanity Check Please – Part Two

    Hi, It seems that time has passed by quickly since I wrote my previous post in January 2022 about rebuilding my PC and rejigging the discs. Well that is now all done; in the end I opted for a 1 TB SSD which is now happily running Windows 10 and all the various programs including a move from...
  10. S

    External Portable SSD, Catalog & Other Files

    My MBP (MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018)) has to go back to Apple to have the keyboard replaced so I've spent the last 2 days preparing it to go and plan to use my old MBP (Late 2013) whilst it's away. I currently have my LR Classic catalog in Pictures - Lightroom - Catalog but am considering moving...
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    Best way to access LRC catalog and masters from more than one machine

    First of all, I'm sorry. I know the catalog topic in this forum is a more-than-dead horse but I don't seem able to find a single answer to this issue. What is the BEST(as in MOST EFFICIENT and least-prone-to-error) way to access a LR catalog for editing from more than one machine? Local or...
  12. A

    Catalogs Downloading catalogue from cloud backup after disk reboot

    Hi. My computer was hacked three weeks ago which caused me to reboot my hard drive and reinstall windows. I have a service that backs up my whole computer several times a day so I didn't think there would be a problem downloading everything back. Aside from the lightroom catalouge I got...
  13. M

    11.4 catalog issue

    I updated my version of LR to 11.4 and the first thing that happened was a conversion of my catalog to v11. I soon discovered that this catalog was missing the most recent entries . Nothing after 2020 was there. Somehow it was based on an earlier catalog than the one I have been using. I...
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    Collections Unlinked with Catalog

    Please help! I am having serious problem with Lightroom Classic. I shot myself in my foot by changing my folder and file structure outside of Lightroom. I relocated my photos to their locations by syncing to the new locations. I can see and work on all photos at the new location. However...
  15. Jim Lancaster

    Reconciling Lightroom Classic to Lightroom (cloud) - Part 2

    I'm continuing to work on reconciling my LrC catalog to my Lr catalog and with the help I received in my last post, I've gotten remarkably close. I've now got the two 42K image catalogs reconciled to within 200 images of each other. As I've gotten closer, I've uncovered some new things I don't...
  16. D

    Moving Lightroom from an External Drive

    I have Adobe CC installed on a MacBook M1 . I have previously moved my Lightroom Catalog and associated files, and my images, to an external drive. I am now considering using a NAS, so my first step would be to move my Lightroom Catalog and files back to the laptop. 1. As I already have...
  17. Jim Lancaster

    Should I create a separate catalog for my scanned negatives?

    I've got about 45K pictures in my current catalog. I had been scanning my old 35mm negatives and slides 4 at a time using my Epson V600 Photo scanner, but it is mind-numbingly laborious. I've decided to have a service do it for me just to get it done so I can finally pitch all of my old photos...
  18. W

    Using LRC with NvME drive

    Hi I've just spent my pension on a new PC with a 2TB NvME drive for LR catalog and my photos. I copied the catalog and photos to the n=NvMNE drive & double-clicked on the catalog on the NvME drive but LR doesn't "see" the same NvNE drive where my photos are stored. How do I get LR to see my...
  19. L

    Lightroom Classic catalog database schema

    Does anyone know where the LR catalog database schema is documented? In particular, I would like to know what table and column the image Title is stored. I would like to query the SQLite database to get a list of image Titles in my catalog. Thanks
  20. T

    Merging duplicate folders question

    Windows 10, Lightroom Classic: I have a set of folders on drive F: that I have duplicated under a sub-folder on drive D:. The files on drive F: were the original files, I copied them to drive D:. Lightroom sees all of them on Drive F:, but on Drive D: it only sees some of them. When I click on...
  21. spikey_dave

    Will I encounter issues reformatting ExFAT 32 to APFS

    Dear Forum I use an iMAC with latest OS and Lightroom Classic. I only have a very limited 256 gb SSD hard drive on the iMAC I am currently using two external Samsung T5 SSD drives both formatted in ExFAT One of the SSDs (blue) has my uncatalogued photos which I am migrating to the other SSD...
  22. M

    Catalogs Duplicate catalog, but structure only, not the images

    Hi there, I bought a new camera, and therefore I think, it might be a good idea to start with a new catalog... So, is there a way to duplicate the structure of my current catalog (incl. smart collections, presets etc) , but without the images ? Thanks in advance, Michael
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    Travelling - catalogue and originals (RAW) - how to manage it?

    Hi everyone, could somebody tell to me how to correctly manage the catalogue and originals (RAW's), when I have both on the external HDD WD Elements (now 4 TB, before 2 TB) and backuped by Amazon Drive for Premium. But now I have a new NTB (Dell Inspirion 14 7000) and would like to correctly...
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    Sync between Lightroom Classic CC and Lightroom not working

    I am trying to sync photos from a Lightroom Classic collection and Lightroom and am getting an error "Problem syncing with current catalog - This appears to be a duplicate or automatically created backup of your catalog. As it may not be current, sync has been disabled for this catalog. To...
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    Incorporating other types of images (photos from other people, scans) into my current LRC catalog

    Hi-- I have been using LRC for my photographs for awhile (after years using just BreezeBrowser/Photoshop). I have other collections of digital images that I have kept outside of LRC, and I'm struggling with a strategy to bring them into LRC. I've been reading old posts, but I didn't find...
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