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Hi!
There was a setting in Lightroom Classic that the catalog automatically creates a backup on a second storage location. I don't think so anymore - where is this attitude?
Thank you for your help!
Reini
"Automatically" when you close/exit Lightroom-
Go to MENU: Edit > Catalog Settings... [CTRL+ ALT + , ]
Set the Option from the Drop-down menu-
Now, when you Exit Lr-Classic you can change the backup storage location by [Choose]
Yes, each backup is the complete catalog.
You can delete the old backups, maybe keep the last five just in case.
Note: the catalog backups do NOT contain the image files. You need to backup those outside of Lightroom.
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"Automatically" when you close/exit Lightroom-
Go to MENU: Edit > Catalog Settings... [CTRL+ ALT + , ]
Set the Option from the Drop-down menu-
Now, when you Exit Lr-Classic you can change the backup storage location by [Choose]
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Hi!
Thank you so much! That was it - I have to change the 2nd path here!
Another additional question:
Does each backup contain the complete catalog so that the old folders that LR created during the backup could be deleted?
Thank you for your help!
best regards
Reini
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Yes, each backup is the complete catalog.
You can delete the old backups, maybe keep the last five just in case.
Note: the catalog backups do NOT contain the image files. You need to backup those outside of Lightroom.
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Hi!
Thank you for your help. I have one more question - I looked at the Lightroom catalog folder. It's pretty confusing. What can I delete? Thank you! See the screenshot!
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Reini
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As a general rule, you normally want to delete nothing from the catalog folder.
In this case you seem to have some old catalogs (*.LrCat) from old versions of Lightroom (due to the "-2" names). Given the old dates, you could probably delete those after confirming the contents.
You don't show any backups, normally in the "backup" folder. Ideally the backups should be on a separate drive anyway.