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gregoryw17089413
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October 28, 2017
Question

Already migrated catalog to CC - can I get my folders back?

  • October 28, 2017
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I've already migrated my LR catalog to CC.  I realize now that it doesn't migrate the folder structure, only albums (I didn't really use many albums since I largely relied on the folder structure).  Is there any way to recapture my folder structure? 

I've read that I could have dragged the folders into albums BEFORE I did the migration, and then they would have transferred over, but I already migrated.

What can I do about this?  It seems like a lot of people are having this issue.  Is there any way I can get my folders back?  Or can I "unmigrate" and delete everything in the cloud and then open the old catalog in classic LR and drag the folders into albums and then re-migrate?

Thanks.

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    LakesWaddo
    Participant
    November 29, 2017

    So, I created collections to mimic my folders in Lightroom Classic (as per the migrating instructions).

    "NOTE:

    Collections of your photos in Lightroom Classic CC automatically become albums in Lightroom CC."

    The migration is currently underway and I can see the photos appearing in Lightroom CC BUT, no albums seem to have been created to correspond to the collections in Lightroom Classic.

    Can anyone please tell me whether the albums are created at the end of the migration (when all the photos are imported) or did they start showing during the import process? I'm just wondering whether the migrate has already "gone-to-pot" or whether I should let it continue with the migration and the albums will show at the end !?

    99jon
    99jon
    Legend
    November 29, 2017

    It may happen after all the image files have been copied. I can’t remember but it did work for me. I ended up with one overall folder containing all the migrated files and separate albums for each collection. I think you have to be patient and just let it run.

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    LakesWaddo
    Participant
    November 29, 2017

    Fab, thank you!!

    selondon
    Community Expert
    selondonCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 29, 2017

    You can delete a Catalog in Lr Web (Make sure you have your Photos safe elsewhere!).

    Not really a Classic user so don’t know if you duplicate your Catalog and call it a different name or create a new one and import the original, the make the Collection.

    Still don’t know whether it would migrate.

    99jon
    99jon
    Legend
    October 28, 2017

    Lr CC does not use a folder structure. You can create folders within the app itself e.g. as a container for a number of albums, which is really like a collection set in Lr Classic.

    I don’t believe, at present, that the migration can be run again.

    gregoryw17089413
    gregoryw17089413Author
    Participating Frequently
    October 29, 2017

    Thanks.  This is incredibly frustrating.  The migration process should have made this clear.

    Is there any way I can create folders in Lightroom Classic and have that sync to the CC version?  I have 60,000 pictures and hundreds of folders and subfolders - it will take forever go to manually figure out which pictures go in which folders and then re-create all of those as albums.

    There's really no way to delete everything in CC, and go back to my LR Catalog and do the albums in there while I can still see the folder structure and then do the migration again?

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    geom321
    Participant
    October 31, 2017

    I have the same issue with exception to 135,000 photos that are no longer organized in the folders I had. 

    EXTREMELY frustrated, dont know what to do!

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