I just downloaded Lightroom 5, I have lightroom 3 already on my Mac.  I noticed my computer is low on space and wondered if its because I downloaded the trial.  Lightroom 5 now has all my photos in it- are those copies of the photos in Lightroom 3?  Did t

I just downloaded Lightroom 5 Trial, I have lightroom 3 already on my Mac.  I noticed my computer is low on space and wondered if its because I downloaded the trial.  Lightroom 5 now has all my photos in it- are those copies of the photos in Lightroom 3?  Did the download copy over all my catalogs?

No, that would not happen. Lightroom does not copy your photos into its catalogs. If you had one copy of the photo before you did this, you will still have one copy of the photo.
What Lightroom does is creates small thumbnail versions of your photos (called "previews"). Depending on how many photos you have, and options that you set in the program, these previews may or may not take up a lot of space.
Why don't you use your operating system to see what is taking up space? Report back, and we can advise you further.

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for

  • LV 8.6 will Not Compile in LV 2010 - Labview 10.0 Development System Has Encountered a Problem and Needs to Close

    I submitted this support request to NI on 8/12/2010. When I compile my LV 8.6 app in LV2010 I get this error: "LabVIEW 10.0 Development System has encountered a problem and needs to close.  We are sorry for the inconvenience." I was told to do a "Mas

  • VC Chart Event Handling

    I have a VC Chart which has Input as BW Query also the chart output connected with another BW Query and a 2nd chart for the output, I am passing the selected values in the chart-1 to BWQuery-2 for Chart-2. When Chart-1 loads it is triggered with a EV

  • Ios6 and iPhone 4S rotation option.

    After downloading ios6 my iPhone 4S screen does not rotate I have updated my iPad with ios6 and the rotation option is in settings but not on my phone can you help.

  • CS5 Illustrator will not open, or quits immediately

    Hello! I have had CS5 since 2010. I have had no problems with my software until a few months ago, particularly with Illustrator. My Illustrator will not open, and if it does, it automatically quits after about a minute. An error box pops up listing p

  • .PAT file format?

    Are there docs anywhere that describe the .PAT patterns file format? I'm trying to get to the pixels that are used for a pattern that are used in a "pattern overaly" effect.  I don't think any of the Suites give this info. Thanks in advance :-)