Open a catalog – Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC User Manual
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Managing catalogs and files
Last updated 4/20/2015
Open a catalog
When you open a different catalog, Lightroom closes the current catalog and relaunches.
1
Choose File > Open Catalog.
2
In the Open Catalog dialog box, specify the catalog file and then click Open.
You can also choose a catalog from the File > Open Recent menu.
3
If prompted, click Relaunch to close the current catalog and relaunch Lightroom.
You can also change General preferences to specify which catalog opens when Lightroom starts. See
Upgrade a catalog from an earlier version of Lightroom
You can open, or import, a catalog from an earlier version of Lightroom, including a beta version, in a more recent
version Lightroom. When you do, Lightroom upgrades it. The new, updated catalog contains all of the metadata
associated the previous catalog and photos.
1
Do one of the following:
• Start Lightroom 5 for the first time.
• If you’ve opened Lightroom 5 previously, choose File > Open Catalog.
2
Navigate to the old catalog .lrcat file, and then click Open.
If you can't remember where the old catalog is located, search for “lrcat” in the Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac
OS).
3
If prompted, click Relaunch to close the current catalog and restart Lightroom.
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 the old catalog,
and renames its previews file. So, in addition to your new, upgraded catalog, you'll also have:
• old catalog.lrcat