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In trying to dump my Elements 10 catalog into my LR catalog, I can see I have mistakenly created a second catalog. My main catalog is on the external drive and remains in the original 5.0 version, the "elements 10 upgraded" was imported into the 5.6 upgrade of LR and is on my hard drive. Can you advise how I can fix this?
Thanks in advance.
Barb in Virginia

OK Jim Hess, that step is done. So on the hard drive, can I now delete:
1. the "extra" LR catalog?
2. the Elements 10 Catalog (which I had previously imported into one of the LR catalogs?
That leaves me with a single catalog on an external drive. The only question is: what about backup catalogs? how do I determine where my "new consolidated" catalog is backing up to?
thanks in advance.

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