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jennab58540951
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June 19, 2023
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How to view all of my catalogs (not collections) on left hand side of screen

  • June 19, 2023
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My Mother-in-law is a photographer, and she is able to go from one catalog to another quickly by selecting it under  the "catalogs" tab on the left hand side when she is on the Library tab. I have Googled how to do that like crazy and I can't find an answer. She can't remember how she did it. Can anyone help me? I think it will help me so much! BTW she has a Macbook and I have a Windows computer running Windows 10. 

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    johnrellis
    johnrellis
    Legend
    June 19, 2023

    A full-resolution screenshot (not a phone pic) of her screen would be worth a thousand posts here, cutting to the chase.

      J
      jennab58540951작성자
      Participant
      June 20, 2023

      I wish! She doesn't know how to do that but I can see if I can get her to at least take a pic of her screen with her phone. I bet it was actually folders as someone else specified. All I remember is she was able to just jump from one catalog to another easily without closing and then opening. 

      johnrellis
      johnrellis
      Legend
      June 20, 2023

      If she can use LR and a digital camera, she can make a screenshot and email it -- it's trivial:

      https://www.lightroomqueen.com/community/help/createscreenshot/

       

      D Fosse
      Community Expert
      D FosseCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 19, 2023

      It has to be File > Open Recent.

       

      In any case you can't switch to another catalog with Lightroom remaining open. The application has to close and then reopen to the new catalog.

       

      There is the Folders tab in the left column, functionally a file browser - but only for imported image files. A catalog can't be "imported".

       

       

      J
      jennab58540951작성자
      Participant
      June 20, 2023

      Hmm ok I swear it said catalogs but maybe it was folders. I'll have to ask her. I am no longer around her as she is on her way back to her home. 

      Conrad_C
      Community Expert
      Conrad_CCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 19, 2023

      Lightroom/Lightroom Classic has never been able to list multiple catalogs in the application window itself. There has never been a “Catalogs” tab in the entire history of the application (since 2007).

       

      However, it is very easy to switch between recently opened catalogs by choosing the File > Open Recent command, which happens to be on the left side of the screen. Maybe that’s what she means?

       

      That is essentially similar to the File > Open Recent command found in many Windows and Mac applications, including Photoshop and Microsoft Word.

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