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# How to transfer the Catalog to another device?

Need to edit your photos in Luminar Neo on more than one machine? Here’s how to manage your workflow using an external hard drive (EHD).

### 📦 Step-by-Step: Move Your Catalog to a New Computer

1. **Locate Your Catalog on the First Device**\
   By default, your Luminar Neo Catalog is in your **Pictures** folder unless you saved it elsewhere during setup.
2. **Move the Catalog and Photos to an External Drive**\
   Copy:
   * The **entire Luminar Neo Catalog folder**
   * Your **original image files**\
     Make sure to keep the same folder structure when moving to your new device.
3. **Plug the EHD into the New Device**\
   Connect the external drive to your second device.
4. **Open Luminar Neo on the New Device**\
   Launch the app and go to:\
   **File > Catalog > Open**
5. **Navigate to the Transferred Catalog**\
   In the Luminar Neo Catalog folder on your EHD, select the **.luminarneo** file. This will open the transferred catalog and restore your edits.

{% hint style="warning" %}
**This method only works if both computers run the same operating system**. You must use it either between two Windows PCs (Win-to-Win) or two Macs (Mac-to-Mac). You cannot open a Mac catalog on Windows or vice-versa.<br>
{% endhint %}

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💡 **Can I automatically synchronize my Luminar Neo catalog, photos, and edits between two computers?**\
No, Luminar Neo doesn’t support automatic real-time syncing. Your catalog and edits are saved locally.

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🔍 **How do I find my current Luminar Neo Catalog folder?**\
Open Luminar Neo on your main device and go to:\
**File > Catalog > Show in Explorer** (Windows) or\
**File > Catalog > Show in Finder** (macOS)

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🔄 **How do I switch back to my first computer (or go between the two)?**\
Before switching back, copy the **updated catalog folder** and **any new photo files** from the second device back to the EHD. Then, follow the same transfer steps to reopen the catalog on your original machine.

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