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• Import for Lightroom 4 old Lightroom catalog on the new Mac.

  Begins to import then it says it cannot import because of the unknown error.

  Sometimes I can get to import, but it does not matter the previews.

  All I want are the previews and keywords from my old computer to my new Lightroom so I can use my catalog of the archives.

  Help, please.

  

  The exported filed was corrupt. I had to export them again from the old computer, and then I used your method and just opened this catalogue directly instead of importing it. He just had to update the catalog, Lightroom 4 and it worked like a charm!

  NOTE: Just using the old catalog file did not work. Lightroom could not find previews while exporting the entire catalog of new links for previews. Thank you

• How to remove duplicates in my Lightroom Catalog?

  I have merged an old Lightroom Catalog in my Lightroom hand catalogue and accidentally created duplicate images, thousands of them (sometimnes, geometry), I suppose I must have completed the process before, foregotten and not deleted catalogs I merged after that I've merged them... then go back and redo the process... thus creating duplicates.

  My problem is I want to remove duplicates without losing the edited versions. only those that I have meged in.  The file has a lot of images which is not duplicated, so I can't start the process again?

  You can remove duplicates of Lightroom is removing recognizes them in the grid view.

  However, there are a few Plugins available. Here's a Journal http://www.lightroomfanatic.com/tutorials/advanced/finding-duplicate-images-lightroom-cata /

  Find and eliminate duplicate Images in Lightroom | Lightroom training Laura shoe, tutorials and tips

  Let us know if that helps.
  Concerning

  Assani

• Computer failure, hard drive readable: can not find the 5 Lightroom Catalog.

  Computer failure, hard drive readable: can not find the 5 Lightroom Catalog. Help appreciated.

  I used 5.3 LR on Win7, never pay attention in the name of the catalog used. My photo files were on the same physical hard disk D: partition.

  Now that I have a new computer Intel NUC, with Win7 installed on drive C: (SSD M.2), I plugged my old drive hard drive E: (old C :) and drive F (old d :))

  I have re-installed LR 5.3 and also upgraded to LR 6, , but the problem is that I can't find the catalog I was using with LR 5.3

  I searched for *.lrcat and see all previous catalogues lightroom starting with LR 2, 3, 4, 5, getting bigger and bigger, but not catalog 5 including the current date.

  The catalog would have another name or extension?

  I have the old C: drive. Is there a config file that would confirm where the catalogue is supposed to be?

  Help!

  HM, it is clear that it is not found on your old C: (so E :). )

  And there is no config file to tell where to find the catalog to Lightroom. It's just that the catalog is in the place you choose (most of the people chose to have the catalog to the location by default...).

• Cannot import Lightroom catalog created on my PC to my Mac

  I have CC Lightroom installed on my PC and my Mac. Recently upgraded to the use of the stand-alone version of the CC version.

  The PC and Mac have installed according to Creative Cloud Manager version "later."

  I have a number of books of marriage created on my PC that I need to install on my Mac. Here are the albums complicated with several pages including 250 photos.

  I followed advise from this forum and saved the books as a catalogue, including images and page layouts.

  When I try and do a 'import from another catalog"on my Mac, I get an error:

  "Lightroom cannot import this catalog.

  The catalog was created by a newer version of Lightroom. »

  Hi WerdnaM,

  It seems that you open an old version of Lightroom on your Mac.

  Please check and make sure you have Lightroom CC launched on Mac.

  Concerning

  Tanuj

• I want to copy my lightroom catalog and photos of the hard disk to another.

  I want to copy my lightroom catalog and photos of the hard disk to another. I tried to use the copy and paste, but when I try to open the catalog on my laptop lightrooom cannot find the photos because he is always looking for them on the old hard drive. How can I get lightroom to get on the new drive? When I try to manually connect the photos they disappear just from any folder, they are in Lightroom.

  Hi Mike Nature.

  Greetings.

  As you have already moved the catalog and the files on the hard disk up, visit this link on how to find missing images/files

  • https://helpx.Adobe.com/Lightroom/help/locate-missing-photos.html

  I suggest you look for missing files.

  The images do not disappear, but after the relining, they should be available under the new hard drive.

  Concerning

  Rohit

• LR6 found my really old LR1 catalog, but not my catalog LR2 - how can I install it as well?

  I upgraded to LR6 yesterday again - I was using LR2 for several years (obviously...). The installation was smooth except LR6 installed my old catalogue LR1, according to me, not the LR2 catalog which is more current (seven years worth of missing photos). Can I download/install the LR2 catalog in my new version of LR6 by other means?

  Thank you

  Chris

  Hi Joel,

  Open the old catalog Lightroom2 with Lightroom 6.

  Lightroom nearby

  Navigate to the location where your Lightroom Catalog

  Make a right click the catalogue Lightroom2 > open with > Adobe Lightroom.

  Otherwise go to Lightroom > file > open catalog

  Open the catalog Lightroom2

  Hope this helps

  ~ Assani

• Urgent help repair 6 Lightroom Catalog "Lightroom encountered problems reading or writing to the disk when you try to repair the catalog»

  My Lightroom Catalog worked perfectly until 2 days ago.

  When I try to open my catalog this error message pop up

  

  And when I try to repair my catalog a green bar progress displays briefly, then this pop up.

  

  I clicked on 'Retry' several times but it still does not work. My catalog is on an external hard drive with 1.46 TB of free space. I use Lightroom 6 on a laptop with Windows 8.

  I tried other things:

  • Looking for a .lock file delete
  • Create a new catalog and import the other catalog in it (when I try to it says "Lightroom cannot import this catalog.) This catalog doesn't seem to be a valid Lightroom Catalog.')

  Help, please! I have not all backups with that I can restore my catalog. I am a student in photography and it would be extremely annoying that I lost all my edits/flags of this catalogue.

  margaretp4683231 wrote:

  You never solved this problem?

  I am totally confused and aren't sure what to do next.

  You need a new external drive, and you need to STOP using your old.

  There is no real repair a hard drive once it starts to miss. Of course you can repair the file structure, but it's to get the file there. Once a drive starts to go wrong it will never get better or even remain the same.

• Lightroom - how to restore backed up files (not the Lightroom Catalog) from one external drive to another?

  How to restore backed up files (not the lightroom catalog) from one external drive to another.

  I've recently saved my photo files to one external drive to another. The backup (carbon copy clone) pointed out some files corrupt on the original drive.

  I deleted these files and find good copies of Time Machine backups.

  I want to get rid of the original external drive; use the recent backup as my main outside and then save it to a new disc.

  I'm not sure how everything is point lightroom for backups so he knows look on the new drive instead of the old drive and all points of exclamation and question marks go away.

  There are close to 60 000 images in several files with a 'parent folder."

  My best guess is Lightroom Help - create and manage folders - locate missing files

  Can I point to the folder of one of their parents, and all of the subfolders will return?

  This is the process for recovering files in lightroom and there will be a problem with so many photos?

  http://www.computer-darkroom.com/lr2_find_folder/find-folder.htm

• Locked lightroom catalog

  Hello!

  After a reinstalled system, I realized that I can't open my lightroom catalog, because it is locked, save the file locked too, of course.

  Legal methods exist to unlock the catalogue?

  I don't know even how I locked my catalog, never faced this kind of problem.

  Open the folder that contains your catalog and search for a file with the extension locking. . After deleting this file then Lightroom should start normally. This lock file is the ONLY file you need to remove.

• Help!  Adding extra images in my lightroom catalog

  I'm having a brain PET!  I don't remember how to add additional files to my current lightroom catalog.  I was imaging and realized there were about 90 who were not currently in the Group of files, I was working on that.  How can I add them without losing the editing I've done on the other images?

  TIA

  Two ways-

  1. (and best) IMPORT.  Click on the import button, set the 'Source' folder of additional photos, set the method to 'Add', set "do not import duplicates" option. Click [Import] only the pictures that are not already in the catalog will be imported.

  2. with the folders Panel visible, right-click on the folder with additional photos wanted, select "synchronize the folder. This will open a dialog box that will do an import of additional files. Attention here!-this will also REMOVE the files that you have marked as "rejected".

  And why these files (90 odd) has been in the front catalog? Ideally you should index every photo in the Lightroom Catalog (not be selective!).

• How to fix my Lightroom catalogs so that I can find all my photos?

  Hello, before you start, yes I know I made some big mistakes over the years to implement lightroom catalogs and it became a disaster.

  First of all, I have about catalogues en and seen the lack of pictures in most.  Even though I know the photo is I can see them on a photo after an exhaustive search.  I try and have lightroom locate in finder, but does not work in 99% of the time. Probably cause it has been moved or changed the name.  Photo of thew can also be in several catalogs, don't ask me why and how, because somehow the name changed, I have a big mess.

  The pictures are spread over three discs in my imac and two drives connected to my IMac, which, according to me, the easiest way is to take all my photos and load them on a Lightroom Catalog and load them among the readers, so that everything is new.       But how to do this, I'm not sure.  I think that I create a new catalog and that import each photo from the disk, or maybe that I can do it by folder or maybe there's a faster way? This will change the name of the pictures and do all the other obsolete catalogs.

  Maybe there is an easier way, HELP!  OTHER SOLUTIONS.  I HAVE ABOUT 20 000 PICTURES

  THANKS DAVE

  I have

  Yes, it looks that you want to start, it's probably the best thing to do at this point... but... it is likely that you will lose changes and metadata that you have added to the photos. (The alternative is to solve problems, but it seems difficult and time-consuming account bound to the description above, but certainly possible).

  It also seems that you want to change your workflow. I highly recommend a workflow where the photos are never moved after importation (EXCEPTION: If you move photos to a new computer or a new hard disk, you must move them). And you must do this "cold turkey", never, not even once, you will pass the photos (with the only exception I mentioned). I highly recommend a workflow where you use keywords and other metadata to allow you to organize and search; rather than to organize and search through folders.

  To start again... you can move photos anywhere you want what they are using your operating system. (Remember, I said never move them after you import, so moving them before you import are correct). In Lightroom, select file-> new catalogue, give the catalog name in the dialog box that appears, and then import the photos using the Add option to import them from their existing location (or you can use the option COPY and Lightroom can put the photos in a beautiful series skillfully arranged in folders by date of capture). And NEVER move again (don't forget there is one exception), use the keywords and other metadata to organize and find.

  Thereafter, use a catalog only. This will make your life much easier. Do not even consider the use of multiple catalogs (unless you have completely separate and unrelated topic, such as personal and professional photos).

• Lightroom Catalog

  Lightroom crashes as soon as I tried to save a file. I ended up having to shut down the computer, but when I rebooted and tried to open Lightroom, a window with the message "the name of catalog Lightroom"Lightroom Catalog"cannot open another application already has its opening". I have the ability to change to a different catalogue that allows me to open Lightroom, but I do not have access to my files! No other applications are open on the computer. Any suggestions?

  Open the folder is your catalog. Next to the catalog file is a file with a .lock. This Trash and Lightroom should run again with your catalog.

• Lightroom can't use the catalog named 5 because lightroom catalog that it is not writable and cannot be opened

  Help, please!

  I've been struggling for hours to open lightroom. My computer turns off without reason, and then I went back into the light room and had the following startup message:

  Lightroom can't use the lightroom catalog 5 catalog because it is not writable and cannot be opened.

  I tried everything I can. I searched online and you have deleted the files of 'locking' of the catalogue record. I did what is obvious and just rebooted. I checked the 'permissions' and nothing has worked. Help, please. I JUST finished images edited in 1000 and I need to export. I won't cry if I need to change their brand new

  In your OS, the folder that contains your catalog must have read & write permission.

  If you think that you already have, we show a screenshot so that we can see in the Explorer Windows/Mac Finder folder that contains the catalog file; and show us an another screen shot of the permissions on this folder.

  Also, please check the catalog file in your operating system to ensure that it is not set read-only.

• multiple users to the same lightroom catalog

  Hello

  I am a photographer Assistant and my question concerns his catalog synchronization and mine when he got back from a trip.

  When he moves, he's working on lightroom with her laptop, and I work with lightroom since its main computer in his Studio, we are working on the same lightroom catalog and photo archive (it was copied on a hard disk). I wonder what would be the best way to synchronize updates and mine when he got back from a trip? I know that there are a way to connect all the different devices, but we need internet connection for this and it does not always has a.

  Thank you!

  [Read https://forums.adobe.com/docs/DOC-7273]

  [Moved from the connections to specific program... forum forum MOD]

  Lightroom is unfortunately not a multi-user program. He has been asked several times. The catalog must be on a hard drive (internal or external) which is connected directly to the computer. The catalog can NOT be on a network drive. The best way to share images and a catalog is to have everything on an external hard drive that can be moved from one computer to another.

  Some users have found a solution by placing the catalogue in dropbox and seen the pictures (which CAN be on a network drive). But it's risky, and the catalog is vulnerable to become corrupt. The two users cannot access the catalog at the same time. And if a user tries to open the front catalog has been completely synchronized it can be damaged. The dropbox method is not recommended by Adobe. But if you want to take the risk on your own, you can do it.