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garyme
garyme
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December 8, 2017
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Catalog Upgrade file size

  • December 8, 2017
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In Lightroom CC I was forced to do an upgrade on my catalog file which gave me a NEW file named the same as original but with a "-2" addition. Now the size of my locate file has gone from 1.2GB down to 843MB. What has happened here and have I lost picture files?

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Correct answer Hal P Anderson

Gary,

That's normal. Lightroom Classic compresses part of the catalogue, resulting in a significantly smaller catalogue after the conversion.

Hal

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DdeGannes
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DdeGannesCommunity Expert
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December 8, 2017

Please be aware there are no "picture files" contained in the Catalog File, there is only data about the location of the files and the changes and metadata you have added and edits done to the files.

Regards, Denis: iMac 27” mid-2015, macOS 11.7.10 Big Sur; 2TB SSD, 24 GB Ram, GPU 2 GB; LrC 12.5,; Lr 6.5, PS 24.7,; ACR 15.5,; (also Laptop Win 11, ver 24H2, LrC 15.3; PS 27.0; ) Camera Oly OM-D E-M1.
Hal P Anderson
Hal P AndersonCorrect answer
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December 8, 2017

Gary,

That's normal. Lightroom Classic compresses part of the catalogue, resulting in a significantly smaller catalogue after the conversion.

Hal

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