Re: Old Lightroom

[Lea Murphy <lea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you. This is the first time I’ve deleted old catalogs but I’m pretty ruthless in getting rid of old backups. 

Lea

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On Feb 24, 2024, at 12:34 PM, Zoltan Levay <zgl@xxxxxx> wrote:

I don’t see why older versions of the catalog would be needed, except as a backup. I usually save the most recent previous one, but delete the older versions to save space. There is also the catalog backup that is created automagically or on-demand for the current version.

Zolt Levay

Zolt Levay Photography

On Feb 24, 2024, at 13:14, Lea Murphy <leamurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have been using Lightroom for over 15 years now and have consistently updated the software and my catalogs through the years; I’m on the current version now.

Lightroom sometimes makes a completely new catalog along with previews, etc. when it updates. These can get quite chunky.

Is there any reason at all to keep the old versions of these files? 

I’m cleaning up some hard drives and would like to gain the space.

Thanks so much.

Lea

your kids . my camera . we’ll click
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