Afraid to upgrade to LR4- how to keep option open to revert to LR3?

Due to reports of poor LR4 performance, I am afraid to upgrade. But because of my desire to use some LR4 presets, I think I want to try it. What steps do I need to take when I upgrade to preserve the option to return to LR3 if LR4 doesn't work well for my system?

mistyprochaska wrote:
Due to reports of poor LR4 performance, I am afraid to upgrade. But because of my desire to use some LR4 presets, I think I want to try it. What steps do I need to take when I upgrade to preserve the option to return to LR3 if LR4 doesn't work well for my system?
Adding to the wise words above, it is generally true that you can roll back to your previous “state” if you retain your LR3 catalogue just prior to the upgrade.    However, if you use publishing services of any kind (Flickr, SmugMug etc) then keep in mind that your estate  is more than just the LR database and images on your hard drive and includes these external things as well.  
If you use these services, it may be prudent to consider their use or not in LR 4 until you are confident you will not want to roll back, or have considered the implications of it.

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