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SHAUN D
SHAUN D
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January 20, 2023
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Desk-Top to Laptop

  • January 20, 2023
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I just purchased a Laptop and would like to access the catalog on my desktop and vice versa, how do I go about doing this?

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Theresa J
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Theresa JCommunity Expert
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January 20, 2023

You could put the catalog, along with your photos on an external hard drive. Move the external hard drive back and forth to work.

Or, you can selectively sync images to Lightroom from the Classic catalog on your computer. Then use the Lightroom app on the laptop to access the synced images. (this is what I do)

Or, you can put all of your images in Lightroom and not use Lightroom Classic.

    SHAUN D
    SHAUN DAuthor
    Participant
    January 27, 2023
    Thank you for your response. I'm trying to understand why I have so many
    catalogs in my folder, is that normal? Do you have a video on how to sync
    the catalog?
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    Rob_Cullen
    Community Expert
    Rob_CullenCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 27, 2023

    Catalogs are 'Database'files, and you can have as many as you want. The perfect number for many LrC users is ONE! So "many" catalogs is not normal for most people.

    Consider that if you have had LrC upgrades over the years then it would have left behind old Catalogs when it upgraded to new catalogs, or you could have created multiple catalogs. Only you can know which is the current working catalog.

    [Ctrl+Alt+ , ] 'Catalog Settings' will give you information about the current open catalog.

    LrC can not"sync" catalogs! (only proxy Files- See option 2) )  @Theresa J offered two options-

    1) Place the LrC catalog and photos on an external drive that you SWAP between two computers

    2) Use the Cloud version of Lightroom on the second computer and edit photos synced through the Adobe Cloud from the first computer. Lightroom Classic sync FAQ

    MULTIPLE COMPUTERS- How to use (Lightroom Queen)

    CATALOGS- HOW THEY WORK

     

     

    Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.1.1, Photoshop 27.3.1, ACR 18.1.1, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.2 .
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