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title: "Opening Catalog Files in Retrospect Novus"
slug: "opening-catalog-files-in-retrospect-novus"
updated: 2026-05-29T12:47:20Z
published: 2026-05-29T12:47:20Z
canonical: "docs.retrospect.com/opening-catalog-files-in-retrospect-novus"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.retrospect.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Opening Catalog Files in Retrospect Novus

To open an existing .rbc catalog file in Retrospect Novus, you click on Backup on the left side of Retrospect and click Backup Sets at the top. After you click on Backup Sets, you can click Locate of the top right. ![Screenshot 2026-05-20 at 2.32.28 PM.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/6d1fe0c6-ccdb-4ee9-a621-0504cb91b4be/Images/Documentation/Screenshot%202026-05-20%20at%202.32.28%E2%80%AFPM.png)

You can then put a check mark next to each catalog you need to open inside Retrospect. ![Screenshot 2026-05-20 at 2.35.07 PM.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/6d1fe0c6-ccdb-4ee9-a621-0504cb91b4be/Images/Documentation/Screenshot%202026-05-20%20at%202.35.07%E2%80%AFPM.png)