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December 1, 2023
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Help needed to restore deleted Lightroom folders and sub folders and to open my backup catalog

  • December 1, 2023
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I accidentally deleted some  lightroom folders and sub folders with around 2000 images  that were not showing their files when I opened them. The original raw and edited files are safe on my harddrives, so its just lightroom they've been deleted, along with all the editing processes I presume that I would love to restore.

 

I understand thanks to user  Johan Elzenga reply below I can just close the program then open a back up catalogue, lightroom doesnt find my back up catalogs when I direct it to them. see attached photos. So I need help connecting my back up catalogs to LR classic so they recognise them again

 

photo 1 shows the location of the catalog back up

photo 2 showing its properties to check its the right file

photo 3 shows lightrooms response when trying to open the catalog

 

 

 

 Im not backing up or working on anything in LR classic until I have resolved this issue.

 

Many thanks in advance!

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JohanElzenga
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 1, 2023

If they have just been removed from Lightroom, then quit Lightroom (don't make a backup on quit) and replace your current catalog with the latest backup catalog.

 

-- Johan W. Elzenga
Known Participant
December 9, 2023

Hi,

I found the backed up catalog but the folder I want to access is greyed out and theres no option to find the missing folder. any ideas on this one?

 

thank you

 

JohanElzenga
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 9, 2023

Please post a screenshot, and please use the proper method of making such as screenshot: https://support.apple.com/en-us/102646

 

-- Johan W. Elzenga