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March 23, 2019
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How do you move Lightroom CC catalogue to a new PC?

  • March 23, 2019
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Hey, I have my lightroom catalog saved locally on my PC. Recently I've had to upgrade. How do I move my catalog from one PC to another? I do not have enough space to upload it to the cloud as my catalog is quite large, so it has to be transferred manually. I have the files stored on the new PC, I just can't work out how to get them into lightroom under all the folders and albums they where before.

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Correct answer 99jon

I am running 2.2. The problem is, I only have a 20Gb plan, and that is full (my local catalog is about 3-400Gb of photos) So I have taken to saving all my files locally on my Mac. My mac no longer functions well with LR CC as i is quite old and I have moved all my files to my PC. The problem is, though, that I can't find out how to import the photos to lightroom as there is no option to do so in any of the menus.


You can't import if your storage allowance is fully utilized. That's by design. You would need to increase your storage or delete older files from the cloud to make way for newer files.

LR Classic does permit the import of files from local folders.

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99jon
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March 23, 2019

Which version of Lightroom is installed? You can find out from the bersion and build number from the menu:

Help >> About Lightroom...

jmark78Author
Participant
March 23, 2019

20190204-1600-3tae188 build

99jon
Legend
March 23, 2019

OK you do have the latest software for LRCC 2.2

If all of your originals were backed up to the cloud they should appear automatically as soon as you launch LRCC on the new computer.