Graphics Programs Reference
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Step Three:
So now that you've got a backup of your
catalog, what happens if your catalog
gets corrupted or your computer crashes?
How do you restore your catalog? First you
launch Lightroom, then you go under the
File menu and choose
Open Catalog
. In
the Open dialog, navigate to your Backups
folder (wherever you chose to save it in
Step Two), and you'll see all your backups
listed in folders by date and 24-hour time.
Click on the folder for the date you want,
then inside, click on the LRCAT file (that's
your backup), click the Open button, and
you're back in business.
TIP: Optimizing Your Catalog if
Things Start to Get Kinda Slow
Once you accumulate a lot of images
in Lightroom (and I'm talking tens of
thousands here), things can eventually
start to get a little slow. If you notice this
happening, go under the File menu and
choose
Optimize Catalog
. This optimizes
the performance of the currently open
catalog, and while it might take a few
minutes now, you'll get that time back
really quickly with much faster perfor-
mance. Even if you don't have tens of
thousands of images in Lightroom, it's
a good idea to optimize your catalog
every couple of months or so to keep
everything running at full speed. You
can also do this when you back up your
catalog by turning on the Optimize
Catalog After Backing Up checkbox.
