Saving/using only catalog files in the Adobe Cloud, instead, the photos locally

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Hi,I use a large OneDrive account (several TBs) to store my photos, using them mainly on 2 devices.On this Onedrive account the LR Classic catalog files are also stored. The folder is always / automatically synced. But sometimes I have problems to open a catalog. In the worst case I can't open it anymore – without getting any error message. And in the Task-Manager it looks like this:   My question: can I use/save only the LR catalog file in the Adobe Creative Cloud Storage, but leave the photos where they are, in OneDrive? Thanks!mycc  ... my photos take up more than 100 GB – too large for the Creative Cloud Storage ...  Edit: I was able to repair the corrupt catalog via:https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/troubleshoot-crash-or-freeze.html#:~:text=Press%20and%20hold%20the%20Alt... but my question is still the same &#128521;

dj_paige · Answer

Catalog file cannot be stored in the cloud, it must be on a local disk (internal or external).

Catalog file stored in a OneDrive folder is a poor idea, it causes many many potential problems, and you can read about them by searching this forum.

Photo stored in a OneDrive folder is a poor idea, it causes many many potential problems, and you can read about them by searching this forum.

Perhaps you want to use the cloud-based software called Lightroom (not Lightroom Classic), and go for the 1TB plan, then you have space for everything.

So in summary, you pay for this space via your monthly fees, or you pay for more hard disk space. Your choice

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