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Hi,
I love Lightroom Classic and had been using it for years without ever looking at what it really did behind the scene. I turst it that much.
Then, I suddenly realize I have many .lrcat files for the same catalog!
I think the -v12 is the latest.
Can I just delete everything else that is not -v12?
Please look at the screen capture above. What should I not delete?
Sorry to trouble you all. Thank you in advance.
Eddie
Can I just delete everything else that is not -v12?
Yes. Assuming that the -v12 catalog really is your 'latest'. Maybe better to move the unwanted files to another location until sure that -v12 is your full working catalog.
Please look at the screen capture above. What should I not delete?
Anything with -12 in the file name.
And certainly NOT the {Picture} and [Backups} folders.!
Are you creating Catalog backups on another hard-drive?
Upgrades to the LrC versions now offer you a rename dialog
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Yes, you can delete those. Every time that an updated version of Lightroom needs to upgrade the catalog, it actually creates an upgraded copy.
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Thank you very much.
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Can I just delete everything else that is not -v12?
Yes. Assuming that the -v12 catalog really is your 'latest'. Maybe better to move the unwanted files to another location until sure that -v12 is your full working catalog.
Please look at the screen capture above. What should I not delete?
Anything with -12 in the file name.
And certainly NOT the {Picture} and [Backups} folders.!
Are you creating Catalog backups on another hard-drive?
Upgrades to the LrC versions now offer you a rename dialog which is well worth looking at.
But after the fact, you can still rename a Catalog AND its companion files.
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Thank you for the suggestion to 'move' instead of delete right the way. Thank you.