Store a copy of all originals on removable drive

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June 1, 2024
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I would like to store a copy of photgraphs on a external removable drive.

My primary computer is a MacBook Pro. I take my computer out of the office a lot , the external disk will not be attached 100% of the time.

Will this confuse LR? In the evening when I attach the external drive will LR pickup where it left off?

Thanks

Monty

macOS

Jim Wilde

Community Expert

Which version of Lightroom are you referring to? Lightroom (Lr icon) or Lightroom Classic (LrC icon)? You've posted in the Lightroom ecosystem forum, which implies you are using the cloud-centric Lightroom (Lr), is that correct?

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MontyMontgomeryAuthor

Inspiring

Yes that is correct. I am using the "cloud-centric" verson of LR.

I know Adobe stores all of my images on thier servers, but I would like a local backup.

In the past I have just stored the backups on my Mac, but because of limited disk space I would like to store the backup on an external drive. As I said in the original post, this external drive may not be connected to my Mac 100% of the time.

I have attached the dialogue box for selecting a storabe location

Thanks

Jim Wilde

Community Expert

Yes you can change thge location to an external drive, and Lightroom should thenn move the images from the current location to the new location. If you subsequently open Lightroom when the external drive is not connected you will receive a warning message like this:

It's not a problem, but just something to be aware of. You can even use the "Don't Show Again" to stop the message being issued every time you start Lightroom with that drive disconnected.

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