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Eric473
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August 21, 2023
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Backup Catalog Photoshop Elements 2023

  • August 21, 2023
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I'm wondering if anyone has been able to use the Backup Catalog feature in Elements 2022 or 2023. I have 2019 but I get an error. The solution based on other posts is to remove the videos and add them back, but I have about 500 videos, so this isn't a great option (https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-elements-discussions/pourquoi-la-sauvegarde-du-catalogue-de-pse-2019-est-impossible/td-p/10589028)

If a newer version of Elements works without removing the videos I'll upgrade.

Thanks,

Eric

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Eric473Author
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August 24, 2023

I checked with Support and I was told that the backup issue should not be there in newer versions of Photoshop Elements. Has anyone been able to run a full backup with videos in Photoshop Elements 2022 or 2023?

Thanks,
Eric

Walter_H
Walter_H
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August 25, 2023

@Eric473,

 

Yes, I have successfully run a full backup in both PSE2022 & PSE2023. My photo catalog does contain some videos - maybe around 150. I did not have any problems.

--Walter in Davie, FL
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Eric473Author
Participant
August 31, 2023

Well, I thought I'd share one more post about the Catalog back up now that I have it working. I spend hours on this so hopefully it will save others some time. I could not do a Full Backup in Photoshop Elements on my old laptop because my hard drive is failing. I tried other suggestions, such as Optimize, Repair, and removing the 500+ videos I had in my catalog. My back up would still hang as my hard drive slowly stopped working.

The Solution:

1. Copy the pictures/files from the old computer to the new computer in the same file structure (I have all of my cataloged files starting under one main folder so this was easy)

2. On the old computer, go to C:\ProgramData\Adobe\Elements Organizer\Catalogs and copy the catalog you want to copy to an external drive (the folder names will be the names of your catalogs, such as My Catalog)

3. On the new computer, paste the catalog into the same directory on the new computer.

4. Open Photoshop Elements Organizer, and go to File:Manage Catalogs and select the catalog you moved over and click Open. 

5. I did a search for missing links after opening the catalog just to be sure, but if all the files were copied over there shouldn't be any.

For some reason I couldn't find this option anywhere, especially given how easy it was.

Thanks

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