recovering saved catalog in LR5
Jan 2, 2015 20:29:10 #
I bought a new computer and installed LR5. The old computer has all the catalog data saved in a backup file. How do I get it back in the new install on the new computer?
Jan 2, 2015 22:13:20 #
Hi, when you open Lightroom on your new computer, go to File>Import from another catalog. Select your old catalog and click 'Choose. Under file handling, select 'Add new photos to catalog without moving' (if your photos are on an external drive); click import and all your photos with whatever changes you made to them should be there.
Good luck!
Good luck!
Jan 3, 2015 11:29:33 #
wisner wrote:
Hi, when you open Lightroom on your new computer, go to File>Import from another catalog. Select your old catalog and click 'Choose. Under file handling, select 'Add new photos to catalog without moving' (if your photos are on an external drive); click import and all your photos with whatever changes you made to them should be there.
Good luck!
Good luck!
Did that. It says all my pictures are there, and the frames show that changes have been made (tags). But all the frames are gray. Previews are not showing. If I try to load again from the stored catalog, it says that there is nothing to import, all catalogs are current. Still can't see anything.
Jan 4, 2015 13:13:57 #
Think I discovered the problem. By moving my photos to the new computer, which uses Windows 8.1 instead of Windows 7, the Path is different and the program cannot find the image file. It only seems to pick up some of the pictures when I locate the correct file, meaning I will have to hunt for 20K+ files. Instead, I am exporting the modified images,transferring the image files to the new computer, and bringing back those that I have not finished. Any other thoughts?
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