Lightroom 4 update from 3
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If it is a different location or a different catalog name, then you’ll need to tell Lightroom to upgrade and open the one you wrote down.
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Lightroom will make a copy of your catalog and upgrade it, naming it as shown – this should be the same location and the same name as that of your previous catalog (that you wrote down), with “-2” appended (or another number depending on your previous catalog name). When Lightroom launches after updating you should see an upgrade catalog dialog box:
LIGHTROOM 4 UPDATE FROM 3 INSTALL
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If you are coming from Lightroom 6 or another non-subscription version, you’ll need to subscribe to Adobe’s Creative Cloud Photography Plan which gives you Lightroom Classic, Photoshop, and the cloud-based Lightroom (which you can try out but I don’t recommend using together with Lightroom Classic unless/until you study the implications carefully.) Alternatively you can subscribe to the All Apps / Complete Cloud plan if your interests go beyond photography.
LIGHTROOM 4 UPDATE FROM 3 HOW TO
In this article I’ll explain how to update to Lightroom Classic 9 from any prior version.