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1. Re: How to change from LR2 cat to LR3 cat
Lee Jay-ZyZk56 Aug 28, 2010 8:26 AM (in response to rlafoto1)If it bothers you, go into the catalog folder (you can get there from the prefs, if you'd like) and rename the .lrcat file and the previews folder.
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2. Re: How to change from LR2 cat to LR3 cat
Pete Marshall Aug 28, 2010 8:33 AM (in response to rlafoto1)When you first used LR 3, it should have asked if you wanted to upgrade your existing catalog or create a new one. If you didn't upgrade your existing catalog and wish to do so now, just locate the catalog and open it, LR 3 will then upgrade it.
After it has been upgraded the LR 2 catalog sits alongside the LR 3 catalog so you can revert to the older catalog as well. They will both be in the same folder unless you have chosen to locate them elsewhere.
As far as back ups go, each time you back up LR it creates a back up with the date it was created on in whatever location you have chosen in catalog settings. I back up every day and once a week delete all the backups except the last 2, which means I have up to nine, but no fewer than 2 backups....these should always be located on a separate drive to where your catalog is located, not just a separate partition of the same drive.
The lock file is created when you have LR opened and deleted when you close LR, this locks LR and prevents you having two versions open at the same time (or at least it should be deleted when you close LR, sometimes if you have shut down your computer without closing LR or have experienced a crash it won't be deleted in which case LR will not open until you manually delete it)
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3. Re: How to change from LR2 cat to LR3 cat
rlafoto1 Aug 28, 2010 3:52 PM (in response to Pete Marshall)I have learned alot over the last hr or 2. However, I cannot make LR3 recognize my LR2 Cat and prompt for an upgrade to LR3 Cat. Does it matter that I appear to be using a LR2 cat and not a LR3 cat?
Randy
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4. Re: How to change from LR2 cat to LR3 cat
Jasonized Aug 29, 2010 2:52 AM (in response to rlafoto1)Randy,
I think you are confusing the name of the catalog for the format of the catalog. If you see lr_2.lrcat, that doesn't mean that it's a catalog for version 2 of LR. It's just that it's the second catalog of the same name.
A previous poster said to just rename it if it bothers you; if you go into that directory where you have your catalog, you will probably see your original catalog still there. That one is most likely a version 2 catalog. move it asside (rename it to something else) and rename your current one to the original name. Then you are working on the same catalog name, but new version.
It's mostly a cosmetic problem. If you installed LR3 on a system that didn't have a LR on it at all, it would not have created a catalog3.lrcat!
Anyway, don't worry about it, or rename it to keep it straight in your mind and backups (which is what I did).
Cheers!


