Lightroom Classic CC "Manual" Backups
Lightroom is a database and as such can be corrupted for a variety of reasons. Therefore, all catalogs must be maintained and backed up on a regular basis. Here is a link to Adobe's instructions for backup and restore. https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/help/back-catalog.html I am not typically working in Lightroom on a daily basis so for normal backups I tend to allow weekly backup and optimization. However, after a long trip I may be working in Lightroom for hours on end and want to backup more frequently than my default schedule. Adobe provides the option to manually optimize your catalog via the File | Optimize Catalog menu selection but they do not provide such an obvious method for performing manual backups. Fortunately they do provide a way to perform a manual backup via the Catalog Settings | General tab. In the link above search for "Back up a catalog manually" and follow their instructions. What Adobe fails to mention is...