Our favourite Lightroom Forums has been down for a couple of days for a major software upgrade, but it’s back with bells on.
There’s a few teething problems being worked out with the new software, so don’t panic if things aren’t quite where you left them! 😉
If you’re not already a member, feel free to drop by and pull up a chair – it’s a friendly place to hang out and chat about all things Lightroom.
Can’t log in to LR forums. Wazzup with that?
Also, tried to download the LR 3 trial and it says it needs an intel based machine. Wazzup with that also?
[LRF looks like a problem with the server – hopefully will be up again shortly.
And yes, LR3 minimum requirements have increased in line with Apple’s – it’s now Intel only. – VB]
i have Lightroom 3.4 (I think) and had my computer HD fail. I only had my LR program on my faild HD (PC) and have new computer with LR 3.4 updated to 3.6 installed. My Catalog and my Photos were on my external HD and are fine. My question is how to I access the old catalog and the photos and bring the Catalog into the new computer with its presets and settings as before? Is this possible and how is it done. I am semi literate with computers. I have Victoria’s book but can’t seem to find the answers I seek.
Thanks for any help.
gary
Hi Gary. Have a look on page 232 and you’ll find the instructions you need. If you’re keeping the catalog & photos on the external drive still, you just need to find the catalog and double click to open it. If the drive letter’s changed, you might need to ‘find missing photos’ but then you should be up and running. As far as the presets & settings go, do you have a backup of them from the old computer? If so, you just need to put them in the same place on the new computer.