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September 19, 2023
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Changing storage locations - I don't want anything stored on my (c) Windows boot drive!

  • September 19, 2023
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To maximize the life span of my critical boot drive, I have a dedicated 1 TB SSD drive (e) for storing all HD-intensive applications and data. How do I set all the Adobe apps to use only my e: drive, particularly Adobe Lightroom?

Despite maybe hundreds of people asking the same or similar questions, I still can't figure this out.  


Notes:

  1. I don't need the cloud storage. For some reason, Lightroom uses over 200GB of space in the Adobe Cloud. I don't know why, nor do I want this! FYI, I ran a partial scan of my NAS photo storage before stopping it when I discovered it was eating up my c: boot drive space. 
  2. My entire photo library is over 1 TB (stored on my local Synology NAS), which exceeds the capacity of my e: drive. This means that I don't want Lightroom to duplicate all the files.


Questions:
1. How do I change "Local storage on: c:  TO e:?
2. Where is the Cache (79GB) stored and how do I ensure it's on e: drive?

3. What are copies of "smart previews" - I am assuming they are a kind of thumbnail? How do I configure Lightroom to store these smart previews on e: drive?

4. Storage Location for originals?? What is this exactly? If I point it to my NAS photos library, Adobe appears to insist on creating its own folder hierarchy "Z:\_PhotoLibrary\Lightroom CC\3383393df4cf4c088ea6bfd3a1093719\originals  WHAT IS THIS? I don't want this! I don't want Adobe Lightroom to modify my current organization of my photos.

I just want a photo manager that is better than File Explorer which allows for quick listings and previews, smart searching of content, quick opening to edit, etc.  As simple as it was, boy oh boy, I sure miss the old Lightroom or even Google's remarkable Picasa! 

 

Thank you, all. 🙂 



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    Rob_Cullen
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    Rob_CullenCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 19, 2023

    "I sure miss the old Lightroom"- Sounds like you really need to be using Lightroom-Classic.! (v12.5 of the "old" Lr.)

    COMPARE LIGHTROOM & LIGHTROOM-CLASSIC FEATURES

     

    Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.1.1, Photoshop 27.3.1, ACR 18.1.1, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.2 .
      K
      kind_days15B9Author
      Inspiring
      September 20, 2023

      Thanks, but since I am paying a lot (like all of us) for this software, I would much rather solve these problems so that I can use the latest versions going forward. 

      JohanElzenga
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      JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
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      September 20, 2023
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      Thanks, but since I am paying a lot (like all of us) for this software, I would much rather solve these problems so that I can use the latest versions going forward. 


      By @kind_days15B9


      You misunderstand what Rob says. There are two versions of Lightroom. Lightroom is a new app that was designed to store images in the cloud and uses special cloud-based features such as subject recognition. It needs the cloud for this. Lightroom Classic is the latest version of the Lightroom you knew and was used to. It is not 'old' or 'obsolete', it is just as current as Lightroom. It just got a new name. Adobe likes to confuse prople! It's clear that this would be the version for you, meaning you would have to contact Adobe and change your Lightroom Plan to the Photography plan, which costs the same and includes Lightroom Classic and Photoshop (and Lightroom and 20GB cloud space to play with it, but you don't have to use that).

       

      -- Johan W. Elzenga
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