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Lightroom classic upgrade catalog seems missing

Forum|Forum|4 years ago
August 16, 2021
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Hello! Recently upgraded to Lightroom Classic i don't remember saving any catalog since i used Lr few times on my laptop after the upgrade this screen pops up for a second a goes off i managed to screenshot it but i am confused! Help would be highly appreciated.

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kentdesign

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You must have a catalog that LRC is referencing to get that screen shot.

You might try launching LRC holding down the Option /Alt key. That opens a new window asking you which catalog you wish to open... then you can click the old one, and it will tell you LRC needs to update the catalog. You can change the name or select the updated one LRC proposes and you can choose where to keep it.

DdeGannes

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In the screen capture you posted there were two options available?

If you choose the upgrade option the update should have automatically copied your older Catalog and created a new Catalog. You would not have to choose save at any point in the process.

The screen capture also shows where the Catalog would be saved.

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.

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this is the screen shot.

dj_paige

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You should do the upgrade. Otherwise, you cannot use your catalog in LrC 10.0 or later

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Streetshow ProductionsAuthor

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The only problem is that the screen pops up just for second and off when i try to open it doesn't give me time to select to upgrade!

I tried uninstall option and re install but same thing

GoldingD

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after the upgrade this screen pops up

When you upgrade LrC, the existing catalog(s) typically need to be upgradedd to work with the new SQL database code that is in LrC. LrC will upgrade what it thinks is the most previous catalog. see (ref 1). It copys the catalog, and upgrades it, creating a new copy. The old catalog is left alone, it still exists, the new caralogg will have a new name, tyically a suffix, in this case -v10

(ref 1): https://www.lightroomqueen.com/lightroom-upgrade-catalog/

dj_paige

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If you used Lr in the past, a catalog was created, and it needs to be updated if you are going to continue to use it in Lightroom Classic.

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