lbeck
Active Member
- Joined
- May 21, 2015
- Messages
- 150
- Location
- Hillsborough, NC
- Lightroom Experience
- Intermediate
- Lightroom Version
- 6.x
- Lightroom Version Number
- 6.14
- Operating System
- Windows 10
According to Victoria's Lr 6 FAQ book:
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How do I rename my catalog?
Lightroom doesn’t offer a catalog renaming tool, but you can rename the catalog in Explorer (Windows) / Finder (Mac) as if you were
renaming any other file. Just make sure you close Lightroom first. Figure 21.3 In the Catalog Settings
dialog, you can check how much space your catalog and previews are using.
When you rename the catalog file, you should also rename the preview folders/files to match. For example:
Lightroom Catalog.lrcat > New Name.lrcat Lightroom Catalog Previews.lrdata > New Name Previews.lrdata
Lightroom Catalog Smart Previews.lrdata > New Name Smart Previews.lrdata After renaming, double-click on the catalog file (*.lrcat) to open it into
Lightroom.
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But when I follow these instructions I lose the location of my photos. The screenshots below:
Fortunately, I was able to undo the renaming of the catalog to the original names to get my photos back to their original homes. I can remap the location but this would take hundreds of iterations of finding the individual folders and subfolders. Am I doing something wrong?
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How do I rename my catalog?
Lightroom doesn’t offer a catalog renaming tool, but you can rename the catalog in Explorer (Windows) / Finder (Mac) as if you were
renaming any other file. Just make sure you close Lightroom first. Figure 21.3 In the Catalog Settings
dialog, you can check how much space your catalog and previews are using.
When you rename the catalog file, you should also rename the preview folders/files to match. For example:
Lightroom Catalog.lrcat > New Name.lrcat Lightroom Catalog Previews.lrdata > New Name Previews.lrdata
Lightroom Catalog Smart Previews.lrdata > New Name Smart Previews.lrdata After renaming, double-click on the catalog file (*.lrcat) to open it into
Lightroom.
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But when I follow these instructions I lose the location of my photos. The screenshots below:
- First - the original catalog named "Consolidated L Sept-2019
- second - renamed the catalog "trial"
- third - Lr shows all photos missing
Fortunately, I was able to undo the renaming of the catalog to the original names to get my photos back to their original homes. I can remap the location but this would take hundreds of iterations of finding the individual folders and subfolders. Am I doing something wrong?