{"id":3918,"date":"2021-10-10T01:14:27","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T01:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/2021\/10\/10\/how-to-move-lightroom-catalog-to-external-hard-drive\/"},"modified":"2021-11-07T20:32:08","modified_gmt":"2021-11-07T20:32:08","slug":"how-to-move-lightroom-catalog-to-external-hard-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/lightroom\/how-to-move-lightroom-catalog-to-external-hard-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"How to move lightroom catalog to external hard drive"},"content":{"rendered":"
The easiest way to use your Lightroom Classic catalog<\/strong> on more than one computer (such as a desktop and laptop) is to keep the catalog and photos together on an external drive. Then, you can set that catalog as the default catalog<\/strong> in Lightroom Classic Preferences. Note: Using multiple catalogs is not recommended.<\/p>\n Likewise, how do I move<\/strong> a Lightroom CC catalog to an external<\/strong> hard<\/strong> drive<\/strong>? <\/p>\n Similarly, how do I move Lightroom to an external<\/strong> hard drive? From the Folders panel, click on a folder that you want to put on the external drive and drag it from your internal drive to the new folder you just created. Click the Move button and Lightroom transfers everything over to the external drive, with no extra effort required on your part.<\/p>\n People ask also, how do I move<\/strong> my Lightroom<\/strong> classic catalog? <\/p>\n Additionally, where should I keep my Lightroom<\/strong> catalog<\/strong>? For the best performance, store your Lightroom catalog on your local hard drive<\/strong>. A Solid State Hard<\/strong> Drive (SSD) is even better. If you need to be portable, store your Lightroom<\/strong> catalog and photos on a fast external<\/strong> hard drive.<\/p>\n Once you locate the folder containing your catalog, you can get access to the catalog files. You can delete the unwanted ones, but make sure you quit Lightroom first as it won’t allow you to mess with these files if it’s open.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Open Lightroom CC’s preferences and click the Local Storage option. Enable the \u201cStore a copy of all originals at the specified location.\u201d Click the Browse button and specify a location on your external disk. Click Done.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Select the photos that you want to restore. Click the Restore icon . In Lightroom desktop, you can also Control-click (macOS)\/right-click (Windows) and select Restore Photo. Your selected photos are then restored in All Photos and any albums that the photos were previously in.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Choose Edit > Preferences (Win) or Lightroom > Preferences (macOS). In the preferences dialog, choose Local Storage from the menu at the left. In Local Storage preferences, click Browse next to the Storage Location For Originals preference and then choose your network drive’s path.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The primary difference to understand is that Lightroom Classic is a desktop based application and Lightroom (old name: Lightroom CC) is an integrated cloud based application suite. Lightroom is available on mobile, desktop and as a web-based version. Lightroom stores your images in the cloud.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n So\u2026the answer would be that once you’ve upgraded to Lightroom 5 and you’re happy with everything, yes, you could go ahead and delete the older catalogs. Unless you plan on reverting back to Lightroom 4, you’ll never use it. And since Lightroom 5 made a copy of the catalog, it’ll never use it again either.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n I get this questions more than you might think, and it’s actually an easy answer: It’s because we’re using different versions of Lightroom, but both of them are current, up-to-date versions of Lightroom. Both share many of the same features, and the main difference between the two is how your images are stored.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n To set a default catalog in Lightroom Classic CC, select \u201cEdit| Preferences\u2026\u201d from the Menu Bar. Then click the \u201cGeneral\u201d tab in the \u201cPreferences\u201d dialog box that opens. In the \u201cDefault Catalog\u201d section, click the \u201cWhen starting up use this catalog\u201d drop-down.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The easiest way to use your Lightroom Classic catalog on more than one computer (such as a desktop and laptop) is to keep the catalog and photos together on an external drive. Then, you can set that catalog as the default catalog in Lightroom Classic Preferences. Note: Using multiple catalogs is not recommended. 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Can I delete my Lightroom catalog and start over?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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