Thanks for working with me on this. Here's what I am after. PC-1: is my main desktop PC that I use with LR Classic and Photoshop. My LR Classic catalog and all of my image files live here. PC-2: is a low-power laptop with a small drive that I want to use with LR CC. No image files or catalogs live here. I want to store the raw files on PC-1 but do some basic edits/culling with PC-2 using LR CC. Since I am often away from internet access I want to store the PREVIEWS of my sync'd catalogs on the local drive of PC-2. LR CC seems to be misleading me my indicating that it's going to download the entire image file when I click "Store Album Locally". The collection (album) in question is stored on the local drive of PC-1, not in the cloud. Note the screenshot below. When I click "Store Locally" in LR CC, it tells me it will require over 700MB of storage. The only way that it could require that much storage (for 18 images) is if it was trying to download the entire raw file, not smart previews. So my entire question/issue evolves around: "why does LR CC tell me it wants 700MB of disk space, if it's only storing the previews locally?" Note the picture below
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