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How to backup photos and catalog to external hard drive

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May 2, 2017
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Beginner Here!

I have a iMac desktop and CC. I am concerned about making sure that I have dual backups of my photos and catalogs. I have purchased an external hard drive and would like that to be one of my two backups. How do I get LR CC to backup photo folders/files and catalogs to my external hard drive? My second backup is my Time Machine that backs up my entire iMac desktop.

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Lisa

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Mejor respuesta de dj_paige

Lightroom does not make backups of your original photos, except at Import. So you need to use a third party backup solution -- as far as I know Time Machine works fine -- to back up your photos.

The catalog itself can be backed up by setting the proper option in Lightroom. Under Catalog Settings, there is a backup option. You want to set it to make backups at the desired frequency (the choice is up to you), and when Lightroom asks you if you want to make a backup, choose a location on the external drive.

JoeKostoss

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I keep all my photos on an External Hard Drive rather than the computer Hard Drive and use Super Duper by Shirt Pocket for auto backup to a second hard drive for a Mac. SuperDuper!

If both EHDs are kept in your home next to the computer, you are not protected from home disasters than can wipe out both drives.

You might consider cloud back up as another method, such as CrashPlan, which offers unlimited storage for about $60 per year.

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CosmicCruiser

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not trying to hack the thread but I have a similar situation. I have my LR photos on an ext HD and I back up to another ext HD using CCC. I noticed last night that if I double click on the back up hd I see the master folder "my photos" and below the LRCat. Clicking on lrcat opens LR Classic and I can see all my previews. But on the left ALL the folders have "?" on them and trying to open a photo in develope gets me "file is missing". And on the left side just above the master folder the HD name has a greyed out "online" light. I can't figure out what's wrong and yet the GB load is the same as my master HD so it appears the photos are there.

JoeKostoss

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Short answer, there is nothing wrong.

The lrcat on your back up EHD is an exact clone of your original lrcat. That means it is looking for photos in your main EHD, not your backup EHD. With the light grayed out on the main EHD, it means that your main EHD is not connected to your computer, ergo, the files and folders are missing. If you plug in the main EHD, the catalog should find these.

You can reconnect all the files and folders to those on the back up EHD if you want to, but as long as your main EHD is good and your original lrcat, not your back up lrcat, is OK, there is no need to do this and not recommended unless you have problems with the Main EHD and it has to be replaced. You should continue working with your original lrcat, which by default would be on the computer hard drive, and keep your main EHD plugged in as you have been doing.

SolonasM

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I suggest Carbon Copy Cloner

As dj_paige says, you can make backups of your photos at import but i can`t recommend it .

dj_paigeRespuesta

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Lightroom does not make backups of your original photos, except at Import. So you need to use a third party backup solution -- as far as I know Time Machine works fine -- to back up your photos.

The catalog itself can be backed up by setting the proper option in Lightroom. Under Catalog Settings, there is a backup option. You want to set it to make backups at the desired frequency (the choice is up to you), and when Lightroom asks you if you want to make a backup, choose a location on the external drive.

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LisaMRenyAutor

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Thank you both for your help..

But another question comes to mind;

What is the difference between LR Catalog Settings for your back location of your Catalog and the LR Box that appears when you exit LR (it too offers a location for your Catalog Backup)?

dj_paige

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There is no such thing as LR Catalog Settings "for your back location of your catalog". You can only set the frequency of backups under Catalog Settings.

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