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raoulh60245238
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August 2, 2025
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Where to find the settings to organise a backup of my catalogus ?

  • August 2, 2025
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I can't find an option under 'edit' to organise a backup of my catalog in my LR version 8.4.

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selondon
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selondonCommunity Expert
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August 4, 2025

@raoulh60245238 
You have the cloud based Lightroom Desktop installed which doesn't offer backups as its cloud based.

Lightroom Classic does offer backups (the traditional Lightroom), are you sure you don't want to be using that?

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raoulh60245238Author
Inspiring
August 4, 2025

Thank you for the answer.
1. Does that mean that in the cloud version a backup is no need and the applicable catalogus is available in the cloud?
2. What are the most imporatant benefits of the LR classic compared to the cloud version?
3. If I should go for the classic, how to get my pictures and catalogus from the cloud to the classic?

 

Rob_Cullen
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Rob_CullenCommunity Expert
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August 5, 2025

"What are the most imporatant benefits of the LR classic compared to the cloud version?"

COMPARE LIGHTROOM & LIGHTROOM-CLASSIC FEATURES

COMPARE Lightroom Classic and Lightroom Ecosystem

 

"how to get my pictures and catalogus from the cloud to the classic?"

1. Install Lightroom-Classic (using the Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop App)

2. Turn on [Sync]  (Click on the Cloud icon top-right of screen)

Done! That's all you need to do and your Cloud photos will all automatically download to a local folder in your system.

Hint: Set the Preferences/Sync tab in Lr-Classic to set Folder and sub-folder options for the downloaded files.

https://helpx.adobe.com/au/lightroom-classic/help/lightroom-mobile-desktop-features.html#setup

 

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.1.1, Photoshop 27.3.1, ACR 18.1.1, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.2 .
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