{"id":47426,"date":"2022-04-16T18:50:19","date_gmt":"2022-04-16T18:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/lightroom\/best-answer-can-you-run-lightroom-from-an-external-hard-drive\/"},"modified":"2022-04-16T18:50:19","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T18:50:19","slug":"best-answer-can-you-run-lightroom-from-an-external-hard-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/lightroom\/best-answer-can-you-run-lightroom-from-an-external-hard-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Best answer: Can you run lightroom from an external hard drive ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More Detail: The Lightroom Classic catalog can be stored on an external hard drive, as long as that drive has excellent performance. If the external <strong>hard<\/strong> <strong>drive<\/strong> isn&#8217;t fast, overall performance within Lightroom can suffer significantly when the catalog is on an <strong>external<\/strong> drive.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, can you run <strong>Lightroom<\/strong> off an external drive? From the Folders panel, click on a folder that you want to put on the external <strong>drive<\/strong> and drag it from your internal <strong>drive<\/strong> 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<p>Also know, how do I connect <strong>Lightroom<\/strong> to an external <strong>hard<\/strong> <strong>drive<\/strong>? <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Step 1: Backup Your Lightroom Catalogue and Images.  <\/li>\n<li>Locate your catalog and images.  <\/li>\n<li>Step 3: Plug in your external drive.  <\/li>\n<li>Step 4: Copy\/Move Your Catalog and Images.  <\/li>\n<li>Step 5: Copy your images (Optional)  <\/li>\n<li>Step 6: Open the new catalog in <strong>Lightroom<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Quick Answer, can I run Lightroom from an <strong>external<\/strong> SSD? Running Lightroom with its catalog on an <strong>external<\/strong> SSD is fine, and 500 GB should give you enough room for now. But 1 TB means you&#8217;ll never have to worry about the size of the catalog folder. A bus powered SSD should be fine.<\/p>\n<p>Frequent question, can I <strong>run<\/strong> Adobe from an external hard drive? 1 Correct answer All the CC applications cannot be installed on the <strong>external<\/strong> <strong>drive<\/strong>.<strong>Lightroom<\/strong> is a catalog app, not a browser. It will not show any drives that do not contain any photos that are imported. So in order to let Lightroom &#8216;recognise&#8217; a drive, you simply need to import at least one photo from that drive.<\/p>\n<h2>What is the difference between Lightroom and Lightroom Classic?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>What are the differences between Lightroom and Lightroom Classic? Lightroom is the new cloud-based photo service that works across desktop, mobile, and web. Lightroom Classic is the desktop-focused digital photography product.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Does Lightroom store photos locally?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Lightroom CC stores your entire library in one place. On the Mac it&#8217;s in a package file, which is a folder that looks and acts like a file (within your Pictures folder); under Windows it&#8217;s a folder buried a few layers deep (specifically, UsernameAppDataLocalAdobeLightroom CC).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Where are Lightroom photos stored?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Your Lightroom Classic catalogs are located in the following folders, by default: Windows: Users[user name]PicturesLightroom. macOS: \/Users\/[user name]\/Pictures\/Lightroom.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Should Lightroom catalog be on SSD?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Photo files should go on regular spinning hard disks and not on SSD. Catalog should go on SSD.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do I move my Lightroom catalog to SSD?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Find where your catalog is located (Lightroom can show you)<\/li>\n<li>Make sure Lightroom is closed.<\/li>\n<li>Copy the folder where your catalog is located to the SSD drive.<\/li>\n<li>Validate the copied catalog opens.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure the new location will be used going forward.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do I install Adobe programs on an external hard drive?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Open the Creative Cloud desktop app and click the gear icon at the top right of the window. Choose Preferences > Apps > Install location > Change.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Can you run Photoshop from an external SSD?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>You can use a secondary drive as scratch disk space, either another internal drive or even an external hard drive\/ssd drive as long as you are using a fast connection like USB 3.0 or Thunderbolt.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do I move Adobe to an external hard drive?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width:100%;height:420px;\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qgqPymiglDw\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do I add an external hard drive to Lightroom Classic?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width:100%;height:420px;\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3H6w6UdSEAQ\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Do professional photographers use Lightroom or Lightroom Classic?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>As such, for professional and advanced photographers and those familiar with Lightroom already, Classic is still the best choice.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Is luminar AI better than Lightroom?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Luminar vs Lightroom \u2013 Which is Better in 2022? The main difference between Luminar and Lightroom is that Luminar has a faster editing process than Lightroom. Luminar also features a much easier to use interface, than Lightroom, with one-click artificial intelligence that benefits professional photographers.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>What happened to Lightroom?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>What Happened? Adobe announced that Lightroom, as we know it, will now be known as \u201cLightroom Classic CC.\u201d There is a new version called \u201cLightroom CC\u201d and it&#8217;s completely new and cloud-based. If you decide to continue using the regular old Lightroom Classic, then not much will change for you.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do I save my Lightroom photos to a hard drive?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Choose File > Export, or click the Export button in the Library module. Then, choose Export To > Hard Drive in the pop-up menu at the top of the Export dialog box. Choose the presets, in which you want to export your photos, by selecting the checkbox in front of the preset names.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do I move Lightroom to a new hard drive?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Connect your external drive to your computer.  <\/li>\n<li>In the Folders panel, click and drag the folders from the existing location to the new external drive location (the new folder you created above).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do I save my space in Lightroom?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Final Projects.  <\/li>\n<li>Delete Images.  <\/li>\n<li>Delete Smart Previews.  <\/li>\n<li>Clear Your Cache.  <\/li>\n<li>Delete 1:1 Preview.  <\/li>\n<li>Delete Duplicates.  <\/li>\n<li>Clear History.  <\/li>\n<li>15 Cool Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How many photos can Lightroom handle?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Although you can have multiple Lightroom Classic catalogs, try to work with just one. There&#8217;s no upper limit to the number of photos you can have in a catalog, and Lightroom Classic offers myriad ways to sort, filter, and otherwise organize and find photos within a catalog.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Does Lightroom copy photos?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>When you import photos into Lightroom, you&#8217;re given three broad options: Copy, Move, or Add. You can copy the photos, which creates a copy of each file in the selected location but leaves the originals alone. Then, when you ask Lightroom to show the location of the images, it will display the location of the copies.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Does Lightroom store photos in cloud?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Lightroom is a cloud-based app that stores your images in the cloud. The main benefit to Lightroom is that because your images are stored in the cloud, they will appear on any device where you have Lightroom downloaded. This can be a huge benefit to people who work on the go and use multiple devices.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Does Lightroom run faster on SSD?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Using Solid State Drive (SSD) Not only does Lightroom run better, every single process runs much faster.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Where should I store my Lightroom catalog?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>The ideal approach is to put Lightroom and its catalog in the Pictures folder on your computer, no matter where you store the image files. (I find, however, it&#8217;s useful to store the primary copy of the catalog and the image files in the same folder location.)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More Detail: The Lightroom Classic catalog can be stored on an external hard drive, as long as that drive has excellent performance. If the external hard drive isn&#8217;t fast, overall performance within Lightroom can suffer significantly when the catalog is on an external drive. Additionally, can you run Lightroom off an external drive? 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