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PoppyFromNC
PoppyFromNC
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October 18, 2023
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Storage for Lightroom Classic

  • October 18, 2023
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I have a late 2014 27" iMac with a 3TB fusion drive, of which I am using just under 1TB for all my programs/apps.

I currently have about 50,000 photos stored on an external SSD.

I am interested in replacing my old machine with an M2 Macbook Pro, and adding disk space to a new Mac is very expensive and cannot be upgraded.

As my budget is limited, I am wondering if I buy a base M2 Macbook Pro with 16 GB of memory and upgrade to a 1TB SSD if I can run Lightroom Classic off of an external SSD and not worry about running out of space.

I don't do any heavy processing, as I am only an amateur photographer.

Thanks for any help!

 

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    dj_paige
    dj_paige
    Legend
    October 18, 2023

    Yes, you can put photos and catalog on an external drive. I believe the software itself has to be installed on the internal drive (but perhaps someone with more MAC knowledge can confirm)

    JohanElzenga
    Community Expert
    JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 18, 2023

    The software itself will be installed on the internal drive.

     

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