Adobe Photoshop - Lightroom - Moving to a New Computer

[JDIndyFan]

Lightroom Version Number

15.1

Operating System

1. macOS 15 Sequoia
2. macOS 26 Tahoe

Based on your ebook of the same name, last updated 7 March 2022, on page 13 the copied files from the "old" machine are to be transferred to the "new" machine and placed into the same locations - this is BEFORE Lightroom Classic is installed on the "new" machine.

QUESTION: on my NEW MacBook, Library/Application Support/Adobe DOES not exist, if I create it and populate it as recommended on page 13 (Transfer Files), won’t these files from the current MacBook be OVERLAID when LrC is later installed on the new MacBook?

Old Mac at macOS 15 Sequoia
New Mac at macOS 26 Tahoe

 

[Jim Wilde]

QUESTION: on my NEW MacBook, Library/Application Support/Adobe DOES not exist, if I create it and populate it as recommended on page 13 (Transfer Files), won’t these files from the current MacBook be OVERLAID when LrC is later installed on the new MacBook?

No, if the files are already in the correct location before LrC is installed (and launched), then LrC will see and use those existing files.

 

[clee01l]

If you use Apple's Migration Assistant app, the app will copy all of your critical apps, settings and data to the new machine and the move will be transparent.