Changing computers but not external hard drive, how to modify and delete catalogs?
Moving my relatively new 2012 Mac Mini from office back home that has LR4 and PS CS6 installed. It has a small LR catalog that I want to delete completely.
Presently at home, I use my MacBook Pro which I want to take "offline" in regards to photo editing, which also has LR4 and PS installed and is attached to an external drive with all my pictures that I want to have recognized by the Mac Mini LR4.
1) Can I just delete (from the Mac Mini) the Lightroom folder which contains the Backups folder, and the following files: LR4 Catalog Previews.Irdata, LR 4 Catalog.Ircat, LR4 Catalog Ircat-journal, and LR4 Catalog.Ircat.lock?
2) How do I create a new LR4 catalog on the Mini to existing picture folders on the old hard drive, which were previously associated with the MacBook Pro?
1) Yes
2) You don't create a new catalog in this situation; you simply move the catalog file from the MacBook Pro to the Mini, then double-click on it.
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