New installation

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November 21, 2023
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Installed LR on new computer. It's not reading my saved catalog file which is indexing over 50k photos. Any thoughts?

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Correct answer Rob_Cullen

LR v7 does not have a local catalog!- It is in the Cloud ecosystem, so you cannot "Save" a LR7 Catalog file.

If, in the past, you did use a 'perpetual' version of "Lightroom" that did have a local catalog and local files, then it is Lightroom-Classic v13 that you want, not Lightroom v7.

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selondon

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Which version/releaae of Lightroom are you using?

This can be found under Help/System info?

Also what hardware are you using?

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Pete_K1382Author

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Selondon, thanks for your reply. I'm on LR Ver 7.0

Hardware is a new LG Gram laptop with 32GB, 1TB SSB, i7 processor, windows 11, Western Digital 5TB external SSB (This is where my LR Cat files are located.)

Rob_Cullen

Correct answer

Community Expert

LR v7 does not have a local catalog!- It is in the Cloud ecosystem, so you cannot "Save" a LR7 Catalog file.

If, in the past, you did use a 'perpetual' version of "Lightroom" that did have a local catalog and local files, then it is Lightroom-Classic v13 that you want, not Lightroom v7.

COMPARE LIGHTROOM & LIGHTROOM-CLASSIC FEATURES

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.4.1, Photoshop 27.8, ACR 18.4, Lightroom 9.4, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.3 .

kglad

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in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post (like this one has already been moved) if it helps you get responses.