Single Lightroom catalog that can be accessible by Lightroom (Windows) and Lightroom (Mac)

Question

Currently, I have Lightroom running on a iMac and a smaller MacBook Air.  The catalog is on a portable drive that I can take around with me while traveling with the MacBook Air.  However, the MacBook Air is nearing it's end of life and I want to start using my PC laptop for traveling.  I know I can install Lightroom/Photoshop CC on my PC laptop, but I need to know what to do so that the PC laptop and the iMac recognize the portable drive where the catalog resides.  Any guidance would be appreciated.

dj_paige · Accepted Answer

Use relative paths (if possible).

See the LAST message in this thread: https://feedback.photoshop.com/conversations/lightroom-classic/lightroom-ability-to-use-relative-paths-to-images/5f5f45574b561a3d42446149

gregs83115578 · Answer

Oh yeah, one more tidbit. When I plug the portable drive into the Windows laptop, it is not recognized at all. I'm guessing there's a formatting conflict, but I don't know what it is or what I would have to do to reformat the drive so that it is recognizable by both Windows and Mac OS

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