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External storage as primary

fechalk
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Feb 15, 2020 Feb 15, 2020

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I have backed up all of my photos to an external hard drive. How do I set it up with lightroom as my main catalog?  Can I import from the external HD and LR use that location instead of my laptop hard drive? I need space on my laptop.  

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