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Managing catalogs and folders
Last updated 11/30/2015
4 (Optional) In the Lightroom Catalog Upgrade dialog box, change the destination for the upgraded catalog.
5 Click Upgrade.
Important: When you upgrade a catalog, Lightroom leaves the old catalog untouched, makes a copy of the old
catalog, and renames its previews file. So, in addition to your new, upgraded catalog, you'll also have:
• old catalog.lrcat
• old catalog-2.lrcat
• old catalog Previews 2.lrdata
You can keep or delete these files.
Copy or move a catalog
Note: Before copying or moving a catalog and preview files, back them up.
1 Locate the folder that contains the catalog and preview files. In Lightroom, choose Edit > Catalog Settings
(Windows) or Lightroom > Catalog Settings (Mac OS).
2 In the Information area of the General panel, click Show to go to the catalog in the Explorer (Windows) or Finder
(Mac OS).
3 Quit Lightroom.
4 In the Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac OS), copy or move the catalog.lrcat, Previews.lrdata, and (if present)
Smart Previews.lrdata files to the new location.
5 Double-click the .lrcat file in the new location to open it in Lightroom.