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<blockquote data-quote="nickt" data-source="post: 448242" data-attributes="member: 4923"><p>Thanks Rocketcowboy and Wayne. This was my understanding of xmp files as well, but I am now wondering if the Lightroom catalog is the active keeper of it's edits. I did include the catalog in my backups. </p><p>I am starting to believe yes, the LR catalog does completely store all LR edits and key words. In the LR catalog settings, we have the option to create side car files or not create them. Deselecting the option gives a warning that other applications will not see LR edits. LR continues to function normally without generating any xmp with the option turned off. </p><p>So I am cautiously hopeful I can delete these files and recreate fresh versions rather than renaming hundreds of files spanning many folders. I am also hopeful because as I look through my images today with clear head, I am seeing my latest edits and keywords even though there may be 6 versions of the same xmp in the folder. If Lightroom is using these files it would be likely looking at the xmp with the matching file name which would be the wrong one in my case. The matching xmp would be the oldest xmp as the more recent versions were renamed by my backup software. I think an outside application would definitely grab the wrong xmp due to the renaming of newer versions so this is why I am thinking I must get rid of them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nickt, post: 448242, member: 4923"] Thanks Rocketcowboy and Wayne. This was my understanding of xmp files as well, but I am now wondering if the Lightroom catalog is the active keeper of it's edits. I did include the catalog in my backups. I am starting to believe yes, the LR catalog does completely store all LR edits and key words. In the LR catalog settings, we have the option to create side car files or not create them. Deselecting the option gives a warning that other applications will not see LR edits. LR continues to function normally without generating any xmp with the option turned off. So I am cautiously hopeful I can delete these files and recreate fresh versions rather than renaming hundreds of files spanning many folders. I am also hopeful because as I look through my images today with clear head, I am seeing my latest edits and keywords even though there may be 6 versions of the same xmp in the folder. If Lightroom is using these files it would be likely looking at the xmp with the matching file name which would be the wrong one in my case. The matching xmp would be the oldest xmp as the more recent versions were renamed by my backup software. I think an outside application would definitely grab the wrong xmp due to the renaming of newer versions so this is why I am thinking I must get rid of them. [/QUOTE]
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