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    Catalogs, settings and Back-ups on LR

    I have 1 MacBook + 1 iMac + 1 LaCie drive. I work with all my available images stored in the last device with one computer or the other.

    Sometimes I make Back-ups

    And - sometimes - I used to erase the created folders. Not any more. Each time I erased and old Back-up I had problems about missing Presets. Now "I make collections on Back-ups" Back-ups !

    Perhaps this is a stupid solution but it is the way to save some hours of work. However, it is space consuming.

    To make it short, I have opened and unzipped two folders. Not randomly but never mind, for now.

    Today, when I ran the back-up from 20018-08-03 (blue rectangle) and clicked on the 2002 cat-2-2.lrcat (red rectangle) some UserPresets (red rectangle and arrow) were missing.

    Here, you tell me: replace the folder by the old one. One solution. Will it work ? Perhaps.

    Well... the question is: how can I have one Back-up (one and only) with all the updated Presets ?
    images - Flickr - Face - Gallery representation
    "I've become very picky. Most of my outings these days do not yield satisfactory photographs because what used to be satisfactory to me in the past no longer is. I make much fewer images today than I have in previous times, and I expect this trend to continue. Progress in art is not about becoming more prolific; it's about becoming more demanding." - Guy Tal
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    Re: Catalogs, settings and Back-ups on LR

    I think that this video by Julieanne Kost will explain how to use presets on two machines

    [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My10kpBxeB0"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My10kpBxeB0[/ame]

    I think this will explain how to have a common Lightroom on two machines.

    Otherwise sorry
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      Re: Catalogs, settings and Back-ups on LR

      Almost every other subscription app synchronises across licensed machines as an option at least. I am surprised that Adobe doesn't allow this.
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      Naughty Nigel


      Difficult is worth doing

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        Re: Catalogs, settings and Back-ups on LR

        I haven't seen Julieanne Cost, yet.
        However, I have copied and with success all the settings included in the 2017 Lightroom Settings' (in red) to the corresponding folder in 2018 (in blue)
        I made a back-up of the older folders and then I erased them all.
        It solved my problem. Now LR is working nicely with my previous presets.

        One detail: I will not back up again any time soon !
        Unless I repeat the copy as described...

        So, LR is set to never make Catalogs back-up at shut-down.
        My solution came from Jim Wilde to whom I have not yet thanked !

        I would suggest you to read the fantastic explanation.
        Now, I will start LR always from the same saved Catalog !

        Thank you all for the comments. I will not fail to see Julieanne Cost video !

        images - Flickr - Face - Gallery representation
        "I've become very picky. Most of my outings these days do not yield satisfactory photographs because what used to be satisfactory to me in the past no longer is. I make much fewer images today than I have in previous times, and I expect this trend to continue. Progress in art is not about becoming more prolific; it's about becoming more demanding." - Guy Tal

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          Re: Catalogs, settings and Back-ups on LR

          I have just seen the video.
          Fantastic. That wrap up the hole thing.
          A bit tricky but I will get there.
          Thank you so much !
          images - Flickr - Face - Gallery representation
          "I've become very picky. Most of my outings these days do not yield satisfactory photographs because what used to be satisfactory to me in the past no longer is. I make much fewer images today than I have in previous times, and I expect this trend to continue. Progress in art is not about becoming more prolific; it's about becoming more demanding." - Guy Tal

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            Re: Catalogs, settings and Back-ups on LR

            Good - I thought the video would be a lot more informative than me trying to describe the process with my ill formed english grammar.
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              Re: Catalogs, settings and Back-ups on LR

              Derek, did you have a look at Jim Wilde's link ?
              Perhaps the video is better...
              images - Flickr - Face - Gallery representation
              "I've become very picky. Most of my outings these days do not yield satisfactory photographs because what used to be satisfactory to me in the past no longer is. I make much fewer images today than I have in previous times, and I expect this trend to continue. Progress in art is not about becoming more prolific; it's about becoming more demanding." - Guy Tal

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