Re: I have been working on raw files on my lap top, copied the raw and xmp files to my home pc but couldn't see there the work I saved on my laptop in the xmp files, mainly metadata. Then I tried to export the catalog from the laptop to pc, but that didn'

Hi Naftali,

Did you check the Preferences settings for you Catalog on the PC?

It might be that the settings are set to use the Lightroom Database instead of saving as XMP

1. Choose Edit > Catalog Settings (Windows) or Lightroom > Catalog Settings (Mac OS).
2. Click the Metadata tab, and then do either of the following:
   • To write adjustments and settings metadata to XMP, select Automatically Write Changes Into XMP.
   • To write adjustments and settings metadata only to the catalog, deselect Automatically Write Changes Into XMP.

If you don’t write adjustments and settings metadata to XMP automatically, you can select a file and choose Metadata > Save Metadata To File.

- Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 * About metadata and XMP

Lets hope this helps to get the issue resolved.