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Raffaella I.
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Jun 4, 2024 9:20 PM UTC
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How to migrate a Lightroom 4 catalog to Lightroom 7 having a Lightroom 1TB plan

Lightroom 7 cannot migrate my Lightroom 4 catalog. Lightroom 6.5 is the oldest version that I could install on my Mac but it also cannot migrate the catalog. I would like to make a try using Lightroom Classic. I have a Lightroom 1TB plan that does not include Lightroom Classic. What happens to my plan if I install the free version of Lightroom Classic which includes 20GB and Lightroom again? Or does anybody have other ideas how to migrate the Lightroom 4 catalog to Lightroom 7? I was not successful with my searches for solutions on the Internet. However, I'm not a computer expert.

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Rob_Cullen
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Jun 4, 2024 10:35 PM UTC

The Help file does not give information about your situation. Legacy Lr4 > Lr-Desktop v7.

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-cc/using/migrate-to-lightroom-cc.html

 

I  suggest you first open your Lr4 catalog with Lr4 and write metadata to ALL your files. This might, at least, preserve the last edited state as XMP sidecar files- This TBMK would allow importing to a Lr-Desktop catalog with those edits. (you will lose Collections, VIrtual copies, History of edits, and a few other items.)

 

I believe the work-around in summary is this-

1) Install Lightroom-CLASSIC as a free Trial. NOTE: Trial is only available for 7-days! and you can only use it once!

2) Upgrade your Lr4 Catalog to a v13.3.1 catalog when you open it in Lr-Classic.

3) In Lr-Classic 'Migrate' the upgraded v13 catalog to Lr-Desktop/Mobile v7.3.

Be prepared in advance to Upgrade the Catalog and Migrate the catalog ASAP after installing Lr-Classic-  Don't trust that you will get all 7-days of the Trial.

 

 

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.6, Photoshop 27.8, ACR 18.7, Lightroom 9.4, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.3 .
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Victoria Bampton LR Queen
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Victoria Bampton LR QueenCommunity Expert
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Jun 5, 2024 8:30 AM UTC

If you can't run the trial, zip up the LR4 catalog and send it to me, and I don't mind upgrading it for you. 

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Victoria - The Lightroom Queen
    Raffaella I.Author
    Participant
    Jun 9, 2024 8:56 AM UTC

    Many thanks for the kind offer Victoria! In the meanwhile I was able to migrate the catalog using the trial version of LrC.

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    Rob_Cullen
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    Rob_CullenCommunity Expert
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    Jun 9, 2024 11:00 AM UTC

    Thanks for the feedback. It makes me more confident in my forum suggestions.

    And thanks to Victoria for the offer.

     

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    Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.6, Photoshop 27.8, ACR 18.7, Lightroom 9.4, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.3 .
    Rob_Cullen
    Community Expert
    Rob_CullenCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    Jun 4, 2024 10:35 PM UTC

    The Help file does not give information about your situation. Legacy Lr4 > Lr-Desktop v7.

    https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-cc/using/migrate-to-lightroom-cc.html

     

    I  suggest you first open your Lr4 catalog with Lr4 and write metadata to ALL your files. This might, at least, preserve the last edited state as XMP sidecar files- This TBMK would allow importing to a Lr-Desktop catalog with those edits. (you will lose Collections, VIrtual copies, History of edits, and a few other items.)

     

    I believe the work-around in summary is this-

    1) Install Lightroom-CLASSIC as a free Trial. NOTE: Trial is only available for 7-days! and you can only use it once!

    2) Upgrade your Lr4 Catalog to a v13.3.1 catalog when you open it in Lr-Classic.

    3) In Lr-Classic 'Migrate' the upgraded v13 catalog to Lr-Desktop/Mobile v7.3.

    Be prepared in advance to Upgrade the Catalog and Migrate the catalog ASAP after installing Lr-Classic-  Don't trust that you will get all 7-days of the Trial.

     

     

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    Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.6, Photoshop 27.8, ACR 18.7, Lightroom 9.4, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.3 .
      Raffaella I.Author
      Participant
      Jun 5, 2024 6:42 PM UTC

      Many thanks for the instructions Rob! Unfortunately, Lr4 throws an exception "EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)" when I start it on my Mac, thus I need to skip writing metadata. I'll try the other steps when I'm sure to complete the task within the 7 days and hoping that it will not interfere with my current plan 😉 Otherwise I will profit from the offer from Victoria 😉

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      Rob_Cullen
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      Rob_CullenCommunity Expert
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      Jun 5, 2024 10:26 PM UTC

      Keep us posted of your results. 'Success' needs to be shared.

       

       

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      Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.6, Photoshop 27.8, ACR 18.7, Lightroom 9.4, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.3 .
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