Can I install CC or atleast some CC apps on an external hard drive?

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July 18, 2022
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I need a deifinite yes or no answer. I am working on a web banner for my company. Anyway I needed to update my Photoshop app so I can make the animation for the banner. Well no matter what I do I can't update Photoshop because I don't have enough space on my hard drive on my laptop. I can not free up anymore space on my laptop hard drive. I have deleted all pictures, documents, and apps that arent needed. The only apps I have been using from CC is Illustrator and Photoshop. So am I actually able to install these apps onto an external hard drive or am I completely SOL on the matter.

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Legend

Why do you need to update Photoshop at all? Animation isn't a new thing.

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MaKenna25294209m1syAuthor

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Idk I guess I'm so used to having it auto update and always having the newest version that works never really realized why I have done it that way.

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mpauliks

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Have the same issue with external drive at iMac...Did open a case at Adobe support some month ago. They have not been such convinced from hotline that this will really happen to be fixed but at least said, they will give it to development or so....CC App allows you to specifiy installation locations for programs on external drives. However this does not work. Hotline said, this is because I am using USB drives...Hm, iMac...Sure USB... Whatever...So, I do from time to time fresh installs of PS and LR and .... on systemdrive and then just move to the external drive. Also you can move the application icon to the launch icon of Mac.... Anyway this works.... But you have each time the manual steps to do instead of the automatic updates... 😞

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

NO.

You can keep your work & data files on externals. But you must install programs on a system drive otherwise the programs can't operate. And you really do need a computer that meets or exceeds the min-requirements -- CPU, GPU, hard disk space, RAM, etc... Or your user experience will be frustrating if not impossible.

https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/system-requirements.html

The more apps you use, the more resources you need to support them.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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MaKenna25294209m1syAuthor

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The only program I have on my laptop that didn't come with my laptop is Adobe CC! I had no issues before until it came to these current updates! My laptop was doing just fine and meets all requirements until now! Literally the stuff that is taking up all my space is the stuff I can't uninstall from the laptop! So I can't do my job because my laptop has no storage and Adobe products can't be put on a hard drive. That's stupid and will most likely cost me my job now! Great!!!