If you’re moving your photo files, move them at this point.I created a “Lightroom” folder within the “Pictures” folder for my Lightroom files and put them inside. I used an external (firewire) hard drive but you could also use any other file transfer method. Move your Lightroom catalog and cache files to the Mac.
Hopefully you have your images in some sort of logical storage locations. After moving Lightroom, you’ll need to update the file locations so that it can find your files. Take a look at where your photos are stored.It’s not necessary to move this file, but if you do, you’ll save a bit of time because Lightroom won’t have to rebuild all of your thumbnails. lrdata) contains the image thumbnails for your photos. The cache file (same name as your catalog, plus the word Previews, and ending in. lrcat) is the Lightroom database containing all of your edits and metadata. Locate your Lightroom catalog and preview cache files.The Lightroom license allows for installation on two computers, so my existing license key for Windows works just fine on the Mac. Here are the steps I went through: Moving the Lightroom Catalog and Photos One of the migration duties was to move my Lightroom catalog and photos… fortunately this is a pretty simple task. As mentioned in my last post, I just made the switch to a Mac.
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