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July 26, 2025
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My Smart Preview scheme is broken following a migration

  • July 26, 2025
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I'll put my best guess up top:

I moved my Lr Classic (14.4) catalog from one computer to another, (MacOS) and on the new computer, my username is different - I think that broke the workflow.

I moved .lrcat and .lrdata, and the folder structure is the same on both old and new machines: Users/myname/Pictures/<a year folder, with month folders within that)

The symptoms are that:

The original photos are all on my NAS, and show up when it is connected - but doesn't indicate "Original and Smart Preview"

 

I still have the intact Lr catalog on the first computer, I'm willing to start again. 

Suggestions?

 

And I thank you for whatever you can offer.

Dan

 

Correct answer johnrellis

"I moved .lrcat and .lrdata"

 

Move the entire catalog folder, not just individual files in the catalog folder.

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johnrellis
johnrellisCorrect answer
Legend
July 27, 2025

"I moved .lrcat and .lrdata"

 

Move the entire catalog folder, not just individual files in the catalog folder.

Participant
July 27, 2025

I neglected to move ...Smart Previews.lrdata

mortifying. 

Thank you, johnrellis