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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 .
      Wurstkrapfen
      Wurstkrapfen
      Inspiring
      September 23, 2023

      There are things the mobile versions can't do, at some point the desktop version is needed if you also use the mobile version.

      JohanElzenga
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      JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
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      September 25, 2023

      This was not my initial message. You are quoting someone else. I do use the cloud apps very often. It still sucks that the Desktop version insists on wasting so much space one C: that can't be moved by settings in the program.

       

      You ansered to my messasge that "Cloud Desktop is needed for some features the mobile app can't provide" implying I don't know what I was talking about and meant LR Classic instead. Which is wrong and has no place in this forum section that is NOT about LR Classic.


      Right. You highjacked the thread. I did not notice that and thought you were the OP. The suggestion to use Lightroom Classic is very relevant to the OP.

       

      -- Johan W. Elzenga
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