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skyeserene
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June 14, 2019
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Lightroom Classic on External Hard drive Update

  • June 14, 2019
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I have my entire Lightroom Classic on an external hard drive.  I made a copy 2 months ago.  I have now added many files to the original external.  How do I now update or sync copy 2 with copy one?

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AxelMatt
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Community Expert
June 14, 2019

Which files are stored on the external drives? Only the pictures or all files from Lightroom?

Without additional infos I would say you have to copy the catalog and the folder with the pictures. If you are using Windows you can do this with Robocopy or FreeFileSync.

My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 25H2 -- LR-Classic 15 - Photoshop 27 - Nik Collection 8 - PureRAW 5 - Topaz Photo
skyeserene
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June 14, 2019

My entire Lightroom Classic is on an external hard drive, includes all files associated with LRC, not just my library.  I made a backup copy on another external call it external b.  I have added many pictures to external A so now external B is not up to date so I want it to match External A.

How do I do this

dj_paige
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June 14, 2019

Please explain in more detail. The problem isn't clear to me.

skyeserene
Participating Frequently
June 14, 2019

My entire Lightroom Classic is on an external hard drive, includes all files associated with LRC, not just my library.  I made a backup copy on another external call it external b.  I have added many pictures to external A so now external B is not up to date so I want it to match External A.

How do I do this

skyeserene
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June 14, 2019

I have a MAC desktop and laptop