CUSTOM PROFILES no longer a necessary part of BACKUP?

[Margaret248]

Lightroom Version Number

10.3

Operating System

1. Windows 10

For several years I have been using a old, dog-eared copy BACKUP CHECKLIST, provided by Victoria as a free download.

Recently, I purchased her FAQ book, (why didn't I do that sooner? excellent!) and I note that in the BACKUP CHECKLIST (p. 67) that CUSTOM PROFILES are no longer listed as something I need to back up.

Are they now perhaps already being backed up within my LR APP DATA and SHARED CAMERA RAW backups?

Also, in that checklist, I see a section marked "the other files." It lists lrcat-shm lrcat-wal Helper.lrdata and Sync.lrdata

I have no lrcat-shm in any of my backups. Is that going to be a problem?

A recent trip to the repair people and a re-load of my operating system have prompted my questions.
So far, so good, as far as restoring from backups-just these two small put puzzling items.

Thanks for any enlightenment.!

 

[Victoria Bampton]

Are they now perhaps already being backed up within my LR APP DATA and SHARED CAMERA RAW backups?
I have no lrcat-shm in any of my backups. Is that going to be a problem?

Glad to hear you're enjoying the book, and welcome to the forum!

You're spot on, custom camera profiles are in the Shared Camera Raw Settings. Don't worry about the lack of a lrcat-shm file.

 

[Margaret248]

I am delighted the "The Queen" herself replied!

One follow-up question, pls.

I looked in all the backups I have, and didn't find these custom camera profiles and lens profiles in the Shared Camera Raw of any of them.

Is this going to be a problem in the future?

TY!

 

[Victoria Bampton]

As long as you back them up now, not having them in older backups won't be a problem.

 

[Margaret248]

Victoria, thanks again!

I should have been much clearer.

I presently have no camera profiles at all in my current SHARED CAMERA RAW folder, and none in any backups of shared.
And attached is a screenshot of all that is in my lens profile folder in shared.

Should I retrieve them both from an old CUSTOM PROFILES backup and just drop them into the empty folders in shared?

If so, what to do with the info (attachment) already there?

I have managed to avoid all the potholes of reinstalling Lightroom and restoring the app data, save for this small issue, and, yes, I
am a bit obsessed about getting this final item sorted.

 

[Victoria Bampton]

Your screenshot shows you haven't got any custom lens profiles, only the built in ones that are installed with the program. So nothing to worry about there.

Custom camera profiles would either be in the CameraProfiles folder (dcp format) or Settings/Imported Settings (xmp format), but if they're empty, you either don't have any, or you have Store Presets with this Catalog checked in Preferences.