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Mrsfolsom
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December 29, 2016
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How do I find my largest catalog?

  • December 29, 2016
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I have recently (inadvertently) been running light room from an attached hard drive. After ejecting the hard drive, I opened lr and chose the default catalog. This catalog is now incomplete. I reconnected the external drive but now I cannot find the larger catalog in order to update the catalog on my Mac's drive. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

My new email is signorafolsom@gmail.com

Thank you,

Roy

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    Correct answer Michael J. Hoffman

    Sorry, I didn't say it correctly. I want my complete catalog. Thank you for your patience.

    Roy


    You should sort the results by modification date, and open the most recent ones To look for the one you've been using.

    Within Lightroom, you can also choose File > Open Recent...

    Mike

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    dj_paige
    dj_paige
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    December 29, 2016

    Use your operating system to search the appropriate hard disk for files whose name contains .LRCAT

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      MrsfolsomAuthor
      Participant
      December 30, 2016

      Thank you much. Following your instructions I came up with 326 files. Do I have to open each one to find which is the largest?

      Roy

      dj_paige
      dj_paige
      Legend
      December 30, 2016

      In Windows you can sort by file size to find the largest, I assume you can do this on a Mac too. Why do you want the largest one, anyway?

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