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Changing sign-ins = impact on catalog?

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Gav87

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Operating System: Mac OS 10
Exact Lightroom Version (Help menu > System Info): Classic CC

Hi all,

This may sound like a dumb question, but I realised I've got an old (non-subscription) Adobe account logged into my current lightroom catalog. However we have a current CC subscription linked to a different account, which I would obviously like to use to benefit it.

Simply put, in Classic CC if I go to Help > Sign out from the older account, which houses my full catalog, will it have any impact on the catalog itself? If I then subsequently sign-in as the newer account with the current CC subscription, will this impact the existing catalog either? I have got the current CC subscription logged into a different laptop with a different, small catalog and syncing some files to mobile devices already.

I realise the answer should probably be no, with local files and nothing currently synced on the non-subscription login, but I am nervous to do it just in case it undoes anything. I am hoping all that will happen is after I login with the CC account it will sync some of the collections I've already set up, but all existing files in the catalog will remain as was.

Thanks for any help!
 
That's somewhat confusing. I don't know how you could run Classic using an Adobe ID which doesn't have a matching existing subscription mandate. It would be interesting to see a screenshot of the first few lines of the System Info panel when you do Help>System Info.

But to the main question, you should be able to sign out and sign in using the Adobe ID with subscription, and it should have no impact on the catalog. BUT, you can only sync one catalog at a time, so you'll have to decide which one you want to sync.
 
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