i have my local storage on my macbook pro, the files in the cloud, i also have the files on a external HD which is backed up to backblaze.....but those last two are not ideal because the files are not synced and really outside of LR (settings,....) i was thinking about exporting all finished projects (albums/whatever) as originals to the HD which will then back up to backblaze....that would work but it a pain and really for a while, the latest files would be the most vulnerable.... setting the external HD as local storage (and saving an original copy there) seems strange to me because i work a lot away from that HD and want my LR library accessible and with me at all times...that is the whole point of LR CC to me.... so i actually asked adobe tech support.....they said it would just fine....could not answer any of my detailed questions about it but said it should work .....right there, "it should work" is not something i want to hear form somebody holding TBs of my work:).... adobe tech support says that: pointing local storage to an external HD (and keeping a copy of all originals there) will be fine even if: i am away from that HD, i will still be able to work with LR CC i will be able to import files into my existing LR CC catalog/library, they will upload to the cloud and copy to that external HD when it is connected again which sounds great to me, but doesn't that mean that the actual previews and catalog/library file/data is not in the same location as that designated "local storage"? any ideas anyone?
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