How do I get lightroom to save my presets to an External Drive

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February 24, 2017
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I am trying to get Lightroom to save my develop presets to an external hard drive as I use 2 separate computers in 2 different locations. The problem is when I save a preset onto one computer, it doesn't appear on the second when I plug in the external drive.

I have my catalogues setup up to stay on my external drive. I just cannot figure out how to do the same with my presets. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Martyn

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Correct answer Just Shoot Me

You could try checking Store Presets with this catalog in the LR preferences on the Presets tab.

Other than that I don't know a way to change the default location of where LR stores the User created presets.

elie_dinur

Participating Frequently

Use right-click/Export to put a copy on the external and then on the other computer create a new presets folder and then right-click/Import. You end up with multiple copies of each preset, but they are small - 2 to 4 KB each one.

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Glitzerwelt

Participant

I don't get the Export/Import option when I right click on my new presets? Can anyone help me? If I Show in Finder it's an xmp document instead of LRpresets like usually.