I moved my Lightroom catalog by a mistake and cannot get it back again

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August 9, 2021
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In conjunction with changing to a new M1 iMac I wanted to copy my lrcat file to the destop in case somethingwent wrong. Unfortunately, instead of copying it, I moved it to the desktop. When starting the new iMac, it made a new lrcat and started using that. Now I am not able to move the old lrcat file back to the correct place. Everytime I start LR it starts with the new catalog and I have to go to File and open the old catalog manually and close the new one.

How can I get my old catalog back and delete the new one?

macOS

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Correct answer dj_paige

Move the old catalog back to where ever you want it (using your operating system). Then double-click on it to open.

GoldingD

Legend

Also, in LrC, in Preferences, the General tab, what is Default Catalog set to?

ArneskiAuthor

Known Participant

Thank you, Golding,

Your hint did the trick, everything is fine now! Thank you so much 😀🙏

Arski

dj_paigeCorrect answer

Legend

Move the old catalog back to where ever you want it (using your operating system). Then double-click on it to open.

ArneskiAuthor

Known Participant

Thank you so much!

Arski

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AxelMatt

Community Expert

Please take a look here:

https://focusphotoschool.com/adobe-photoshop-lightroom-classic/adobe-photoshop-lightroom-setup/how-to-open-the-right-adobe-photoshop-lightroom-classic-catalog-every-time/

My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 25H2 -- LR-Classic 15 - Photoshop 27 - Nik Collection 9 - PureRAW 6 - Topaz Photo AI

ArneskiAuthor

Known Participant

Hi Axel,

Thank you for the informative video! Problem solved now.

Arski

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