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moshken
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February 17, 2018
Question

Needing help too many LR catalog

  • February 17, 2018
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Hi,

I am kindly asking your help.  I do not how it did happen that when I am asking to open my LR catalog I find this:

I would like to know how this happened, what to do, which one to keep and which one to delete.

I deeply appreciate your kind help.

Mo

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JohanElzenga
Community Expert
JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
Community Expert
February 17, 2018

Do you get a question about upgrading the catalog each time you open Lightroom? If so, the explanation is probably as follows: in your Lightroom preferences the 'MO L R' catalog is set as the catalog to open, but this is your older pre-upgrade version. So each time you open Lightroom it upgrades this catalog and makes a copy. The first copy was called 'MO L R-2', the next one 'MO L R-3', etc.

-- Johan W. Elzenga
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moshkenAuthor
Known Participant
February 17, 2018

Thanks for your help.

1. what is the difference between Mo's LR-6 and Mo's LR-6 Previews.lrdata,

2. I would like to deep just one, so which one is safe to get rid of it?

Thank you so much,

Mo

JP Hess
JP Hess
Inspiring
February 17, 2018

You need both. The one is your catalog, and the other is your previews folder. If you delete it Lightroom will create another one the next time you start Lightroom.

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