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Scott Udle
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July 23, 2023
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Issue with upgraded LR Classic catalog

  • July 23, 2023
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I have used LR4 on an older Macbook for a while and wanted to upgrade to LR Classic.  However, doing so on my old Macbook would require an OS upgrade which I didn't want to do.  

 

Instead, I used my newer Macbook which already has a compatible OS but did not have any version of LR installed.  I don't think that would be an issue.  I downloaded LR Classic, made a backup of my LR4 catalog to a separate folder, launched LR classic and pointed it to the original catalog (fyi...my catalog and images are stored on an external drive).  When Classic upgraded the catalog it asked me if I wanted to give it a new name, so I did.  Classic then relaunched and pointed itself to the new catalog but it has nothing in it.  No folders, no images.   Hopefully someone here can help.  

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JohanElzenga
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JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
Community Expert
July 23, 2023

Sounds like Lightroom Classic opened a new catalog rather than the upgraded one. Choose 'File - Open Catalog' and find the correct catalog.

 

 

-- Johan W. Elzenga
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    Scott UdleAuthor
    Participant
    July 23, 2023

    I reverted to LR4 and restarted the upgrade process.  Classic automatically renames the new upgraded catalog so renaming wasn't the problem.  Opening classic now shows me all my images but I have no catalog folders.  However, classic doesn't know where the images are.  Once I point lr to its proper folder then all the images in that folder are correctly linked and a new folder is created in the catalog.  This is exactly what I need but the process is painful as I have to do it for every folder going back years.    

     

    Also, the person at Adobe support was no help.  He/she did not seem to understand my issue so they abruptly left the chat.  Not a good look.  

    dj_paige
    dj_paige
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    July 23, 2023

    You should not have to point LrC to the proper folder one-folder-at-a-time. If you choose the parent folder and point it to the proper folder, all sub-folders will also be fixed. See Figure 4 here: https://www.computer-darkroom.com/lr2_find_folder/find-folder.htm

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