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ak-r
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February 20, 2025
Question

Unable to see any of the collection when i try to open the LR project in another system

  • February 20, 2025
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I had Macbook Air with sonoma 14.5 in which i used lightroom classic .I backed up everything including all the source images in an external drive.

I try to open this project in my another Macbook Air M1 with same sonoma 14. 7 & updated lightroom 14.2 as iam a member of adobe cc .
Even when the catalogue gets update while lightroom open my saved LR project . iam Unable to see any of the colletion which i made spending so much of time as have 1000s of photographs.

I have followed the tips given in general to ensure we have the proper cataloge with all collection in tact . i dont even get missing link or folder yet i have this issue. How to get all my collections back in order . kindly suggest . Thanks in advance.

 

{Moved from Lightroom Cloud to Lightroom Classic Forum by Moderator} 

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ak-rAuthor
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February 21, 2025

Kindly read as collection wherever i mistyped colletion. typo. sorry.

CMass
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CMassCommunity Manager
Community Manager
February 26, 2025

Hi @rasaGRAPHY, 

 

It sounds like you're working between Lightroom Classic and Lightroom (cloud-based), which are two different programs that can sync when manually set up. To better understand your situation, I have a few clarifying questions:

  1. When you say you backed up everything, what exactly does that include?
  2. Are you opening the same catalog, or did you create a new one?
  3. Can you share a screenshot of what you're seeing? If possible, a video walkthrough would also be helpful!


^CM

JohanElzenga
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JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
Community Expert
March 4, 2025

Thanks. I know about folders. I am only saying huge colletions which i have  made are "missing" when i open the same lightroom project in another macbook air ( as my previous MBAir is not with me ). so the question is how come my collections are NOT seen in the lightroom & how to get it back. Thanks for the responses.


Please show screenshots of the 'project' on both computers. We need to see with our own eyes what seems to be missing to better understand the problem.

 

-- Johan W. Elzenga
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