Where is "Previous Backup File"?

I have performed a full backup with Elements Organizer 12 to an external hard drive and now want to perform an incremental backup. The "Backup Catalog to Hard Drive" dialog asks me for the "Previous Backup file." I cannot find a file that it will accept. There is no *.tly file on my Mac or the external drive, and the dialog does not accept *.buc. It also does not accept any other file located in the catalog folder. What file does it want for "Previous Backup File" and where is it located?
I have verified that I am looking in the correct catalog folder by clicking Help > System Info and have also searched the entire Mac and external drive for *.tly. I have also made all hidden files visible.

Leo Messi a écrit:
I don't want to lose the work I put into catalog 1, so I would like to import the data of catalog 1 into catalog 2 and use catalog 2 in the future. I gather that I might be able to do this by first using the "Save Metadata to Files" command and then reimporting the files (and metadata, hopefully) into catalog 2. Are there any gotchas with doing this?
As I said, you'll lose albums, stacks and version sets, not your tags, captions or ratings.
To recover the tags hierarchy, use the menu to save the keywords in text format, and before the import, import the tags hierarchy from the text file. That way, the tags in the files metadata will be imported in the right level.
If albums are important for you and not too numerous, assign a specific tag to each album 'albThing' or the like. It'll be easy to put them back in albums afterward. If the 'custom order' in those albums should be kept, that is another story. The only way I know would be to export them from the album with the option of renaming with sequential numbers.
Most users are happy with that solution which is not apt to create bad surprises.

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