Managing raw files from CC in LR desktop app

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hi all.

ive just got back from India and have 6,500 raw files in my cc which I uploaded whilst away via an sd card reader and lightroom mobile iOS.

when I opened lightroom desktop on my Mac I noticed all the files started syncing and downloading taking up hundreds of GB of space I don’t have.

i wanted to leave them in the cloud, and only have a smart preview or something on the Mac.

can someone help me to understand why this started happening and what’s the best solution?

Thanks!

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Theresa J

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Which lightroom on the desktop did you open? Classic or CC?

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benjamingordonAuthor

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Lightroom Classic

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Theresa J

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Benjamin, I had a feeling. When you sign into Lightroom CC with Classic, all of your photos will start to download. There is nothing you can do to turn that off. Lightroom Classic requires that images reside on a local drive, not the cloud. It's going to suck down copies of every image it finds in the cloud. You could however change the location of the download to an external hard drive if you are out of space.

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Sahil.Chawla

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Hi Benjamin,

As images are taking up too much space on the Mac, could you please try unchecking "Store a copy of all originals at the specified location from Lightroom's Preferences, then relaunch Lightroom and let us know if it helps?

Regards,
Sahil

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benjamingordonAuthor

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thanks.

before I try this out can I confirm it won’t affect anything else?

will it remove any copies of local files I have on my external hard drives for example?

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