4 Replies Latest reply: Oct 26, 2010 9:25 AM by dj_paige RSS

    Importing catalog LR2 to LR3 problem help.

    auctioneer Community Member

      Hi

       

      I've just recently upgraded to a new iMac and now have LR3 installed.

       

      Before I upgraded to LR3 all my LR2 images were stored on a external HD.  Tonight I decided it was time to begin the process of bringing the content from my external HD into my new system.

       

      I plugged in the HD with my images from my LR2 catalogue and much to my horror I can't access any images. I don't want to mess this up..hence the reason for asking for help and taking this process in baby steps.

       

      What I have on the ext HD are 5 folders in this order;

       

      1-Backups.backupdb (this looks like a backup of my entire old system)

      2-Documents (this has a small red circle with a line intersecting)

      3-Lightroom (see below)

      4-Madison Downloads (no problem opening and seeing images)

      5-Pictures (this has a small red circle with a line intersecting)

       

      The folders with the red circle I can't open, don't have permissions.

       

      The 'Lightroom' folder has 2 folders inside with no content (Backups & Download Backups) and 2 files;

       

      1-Lightroom 2 Catalog Previews.Irdata

      2-Lightroom 2 Catalogue.Ircat

       

      Checking the storage of the HD there is a total of 577 GB on disk.

       

      I've tried to import into LR3 and I just keep hitting a brick wall.

       

      Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

       

      Bob