LR and LR Classic Migration

[jeffrey_7732]

First, thanks for the incredible knowlege on these boards and I apologise but cannot seem to figure this out.  Background:  I am fairly adept at LR Classic, PS, etc. but after years, finally used LR (cc) for daily edits while traveling.  Each RAW image has an accompaning .XMP file in the same folder on an external HDD.  Now home, I can't figure out how to move these images with the .XMP into LR Classic on my desktop PC.  I tried importing into the catalog but only get the original RAW without edits on LR Classic even though each has the .XMP in the folder on the HDD.  What am I missing, here?  

[jeffrey_7732]

Some follow-up.  Been trying to figure this out for days and finally was able to moved my RAW and .XMP into LR Classic preserving metadata, etc.  Moving some cloud JPGs was more difficult (iphone images, edited with LR Mobile).  Found a way by creating a new catalogue, syncing from the cloud to this catalogue, then merging the catalog into my master catalog.  Seemed like a lot of steps.  Perhaps there is a better way?  Thx.