How to Transfer Lightroom to Another ComputerIn Feburary 2016 24,

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Download and install Adobe Lightroom on your new computer. Open a Web browser and navigate to the Lightroom for Windows section of Adobe's website. If you're using Mac OS X, navigate to the Lightroom for Macintosh section. Click the version of Lightroom that you want to download, and then click
Proceed to Download. Follow Adobe's installation instructions.
Copy your Lightroom catalog, previews, and smart previews to an external storage device -- such as a USB thumb drive, SD card, or hard drive.
Windows: Navigate to 'C:\Users\
\Pictures\Lightroom.'
Mac: Navigate to '/Users/
/Pictures/Lightroom.' Copy the following files to your external storage device:
[catalog name].lrcat
[catalog name] Previews.lrdata
[catalog name] Smart Previews.lrdata
Copy your Lightroom photos to your external storage device. Copy your photos exactly as they are -- do not rename the parent folders, subfolders or image files.
Copy your Lightroom preferences to your external storage device.
Windows: Navigate to 'C:\Users
\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom\Preferences.' Copy the 'Lightroom 5 Preferences.agprefs' file to your external storage device.
Mac: Navigate to '/Users/
/Library/Preferences.' Copy the 'com.adobe.Lightroom5.plist' file to your external storage device.
Copy your Lightroom presets and templates to your external storage device.
Windows: Navigate to 'C:\Users\
\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom.'
Mac: Navigate to '/Users/
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom.' Copy each preset and template folder to your external storage device.
If you're on a Mac and you can't find the Library directory, open a Finder window, click the
Go menu, hold down the
Option key, and select
Library.
Transfer your Lightroom catalog, previews, and smart previews from your external storage device to your new computer.
Windows: Navigate to '\Users\
\Pictures\Lightroom.'
Mac: Navigate to '/Users/
/Pictures/Lightroom.'
Move the .lrcat and two .lrdata files from your external storage device to the 'Lightroom' folder.
Transfer your Lightroom photos from your external storage device to your new computer. If you're transferring your photos from one Windows computer to another, or from one Mac to another, place your photos in the same location as they were stored on your old computer.
Warning! You may need to relink your photos to your Lightroom catalog if you're transferring your photos between Windows and Mac OS X.
Transfer your Lightroom preferences from your external storage device to your new computer.
Windows: Navigate to 'C:\Users\
\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom\Preferences.' Move the 'Lightroom 5 Preferences.agprefs' file from your external storage device to the 'Preferences' folder.
Mac: Navigate to '/Users/
/Library/Preferences.' Move the 'com.adobe.Lightroom5.plist' file from your external storage device to the 'Preferences' folder.
Transfer your Lightroom presets and templates from your external storage device to your new computer.
Windows: Navigate to 'C:\Users\
\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom.'
Mac: Navigate to '/Users/
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom.'
Move each preset and template folder from your external storage device to the 'Lightroom' folder.
Open your Lightroom catalog on your new computer. Double-click your Lightroom Catalog. Lightroom automatically loads your presets, preferences and other Lightroom data. If question marks appear beside any of your images or folders, you can relink them. Right-click on the missing folder, select
Find missing folder... and then choose the location of your folder.
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