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Jsroark
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February 4, 2020
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Lightroom storage

  • February 4, 2020
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I have recently built my own editing PC and I have 14TB of storage.  In that 14TB i have a 500GB SSD for my adobe products.  Little did I know that the local storage would be set to the SSD.  I was new to this and just thought I could start editing away without doing some assigning.  I am out of storage and cant even import any photos.  How can i relocated my imports to store in the HDD's instead of my SSD.  I only want Adobe software to run from my SSD not store all its files in it. 

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Rob_Cullen
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Rob_CullenCommunity Expert
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February 5, 2020

Please report the top 10 lines from Lightroom Menu: Help>System Info.. so we know exactly what version of Lightroom you are using.

 

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.3, Photoshop 27.5, ACR 18.3, Lightroom 9.3, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.3 .
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JsroarkAuthor
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February 5, 2020

Lightroom version: 3.1 [ 20191126-2330-434c343 ] (Nov 27 2019)

 

Adobe app says there is no new update.

Rob_Cullen
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Rob_CullenCommunity Expert
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February 5, 2020

In Lightroom on the PC, open the Preferences where you can [Browse] and choose the location of 'local' files.

Please wait for another answer (from more knowledgable user) on 'how to move' your local files from the SSD to the 14TB area.

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.3, Photoshop 27.5, ACR 18.3, Lightroom 9.3, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.3 .
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JsroarkAuthor
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February 5, 2020

I have tried that about 100x and it wont actually change the local file.  It keeps it the same.

Jim Wilde
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Jim WildeCommunity Expert
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February 5, 2020

Can you post a screenshot of the Preferences>Local Storage tab to help us figure out how you currently have Lightroom configured.

 

There are various aspects to the space that Lightroom requires on the local system, some space is always needed on the local system drive but this may be influenced to some degree by those Preferences settings.

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