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Amber_Rami1319
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November 1, 2024
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Corrupted catalog - moving catalog and photos to new external drive

  • November 1, 2024
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Hello again! My 8tb hard drive corrupted but I am still able to open and copy files. My 16 TB drive comes today- I am planning to copy my photos to the new drive. I also purchased a 5TB drive. I would like to start fresh and have ONLY my current albums I am working on, put onto this 5 TB drive along with my current backed up LRC catalog that has all my edits and presets actions etc. is this possible? It also would be great to put my catalog on the internal drive of my Mac for faster performance but only house the currents projects I'm working on, not  all 130k photos it has now however I don't know if my Mac has that much storage either as it's only 1 TB. 

Anyone have a clear step by step way to do this ? I am so slow when it comes to this stuff & it's fall and I'm so behind in editing thanks to this mess! Thanks so much to anyone who reads this! 

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dj_paige
dj_paige
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November 1, 2024

It also would be great to put my catalog on the internal drive of my Mac for faster performance but only house the currents projects I'm working on, not all 130k photos

 

Drive speed of the drive where the photos are stored makes no difference to Lightroom Classic Develop Module, except for a trivial amount that you will never notice. You will lose more time moving photos from one drive to another than you will gain from drive speed.

 

I would like to start fresh and have ONLY my current albums I am working on, put onto this 5 TB drive

 

Again, it is simpler and easier to put all your "albums" (there are no albums in LrC so I assume you mean collections) on one drive. I don't see a benefit of splitting them up to the human user, and Lightroom Classic doesn't care at all what drives the photos are on.

 

It also would be great to put my catalog on the internal drive of my Mac for faster performance

 

This is where catalog files should go.

    kglad
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    kgladCommunity Expert
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    November 1, 2024

    in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

    p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post (like this one has already been moved) if it helps you get responses.



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