P: Allow Mobile Downloads.lrdata to be moved to another location

Now it's getting even more strange. Wanted to purge the caches, but when I click preferences in Lightroom it crashes. So I updated to 2015.2.1 on my Macbook Pro. Same issue. I deinstalled LR und deleted LR Prefs. Reinstalled LR and when I started it for the first time I could reach preferences. Quit LR and opened it again, crash on opening preferences.
After some trial and error I found out, when I hold the Option key on start up and choose the same catalog from there, opening preferences won't crash. What's going on here?

That is definitely no good. I'll have to try this. I've had problems with those cache files filling up my system before, but I haven't checked to see if it is still growing....
one thing, have you tried telling lightroom to clear the previews

have you tried clearing your cache?

this link shows how to do it

http://www.lightroomfanatic.com/tutor...

No, I did it all inside of Lightroom. And it's not only in the newest version. I also tried it on my Macbook Pro that still has LR CC 2015.1.1 MobileDownloads.lrdata was 4,8GB. I opend LR and moved all the stuff inside iPhone6/imported photos to a folder on my photos drive. Lightroom moved it there, the iPhones6 folder in LR is empty, but the size of mobildownloads.lrdata is still 4,8GB. Even after closing LR and rebooting the Mac.

How did you move them? Did you do it inside Lightroom? (the way your post is worded it could go either way)

If you did it inside Lightroom, then it sounds like you found a bug. If you moved it outside of lightroom...then that could be the problem. You'd have to move them back where Lightroom knows where they are and then move them from inside Lightroom..or have Lightroom locate them

I moved some photos and videos inside Lightroom from the mobile downloads (e.g. iPad/ IPhone volumes) to the drive where I store all of my photos, but the mobile Downloads.lrdata was not shrinking in size. Even the files are not in the package content anymore. Any ideas?

Please allow us to move this folder to a location we choose.

I'm glad Adobe is aware if the request. This is a huge problem. Mobile sync is quickly filling up my boot disc

As a novice LR/PS and now mobile LR user, it's really confusing on now to manage all the photos.

Meeeee toooo

Wondering if this idea is gaining any traction...