I have too many pictures to save on my laptop

I'm new to Photoshop and the problem I have is that I have too many pictures to save on my laptop (the memory is full). I want to save to an external drive (saved to cloud) and use only ongoing projects on my laptop. I currently have 11 items. Can I use elements tags, catalogs etc. on the external hard drive? How can I do this safely? Thank you

andreal74179651 wrote:

I'm new to Photoshop and the problem I have is that I have too many pictures to save on my laptop (the memory is full). I want to save to an external drive (saved to cloud) and use only ongoing projects on my laptop. I currently have 11 items. Can I use elements tags, catalogs etc. on the external hard drive? How can I do this safely? Thank you

You have to consider where to store images and catalogs as well as your backup procedure.

Your photos and catalogs are now on your laptop.

You can move your photos from wihin the Organizer files: use the left in mode files Panel and drag and drop folders (including their subfolders) to the new external drive. This is the same procedure as with the Explorer/finder. This makes the Organizer ensures that the path of the image files is updated in the catalog. You can have the part of your library in your laptop and the other in the external hard drive.

You can also move your catalogs on the external hard drive from the Catalog Manager.

If you want to move the catalogs and photos to Catalog Manager, you can also do so safely using the backup/restore procedure:

Using Backup, Restore to move the catalog | Organizer | Elements 6 or later version

About backups: you can use the built-in backup method or an external one as your cloud solution.

Photoshop Elements 6/7/8 frequently asked Questions (FAQ)

My advice is to make sure that your catalogs are included in your cloud backup solution AND backups oganizer periodicals. This is the only easy way to restore or move your library and catalogs if your laptop or SMT fail.

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