In LR 5 can't copy files to one external device to another

I am trying to copy my photos from an external drive (formatted MAC only) to another which is in the format ExFAT to allow me to use the pictures on PC and Mac.

One that has all of my files are all on the LR catalog.  LR allows me to copy the files to new external drive... IMPORT is not highlighted.  Help, please.  Thank you.

There is no function in Lightroom for photos that have already been imported, to copy from one place to the other. Move is possible, the copy is not.

Instead, you must make copies of your operating system, then in Lightroom, point Lightroom for photos new location via a right-click on the top-level folder and select the location of the update folder.

Oops this will double my work and take forever!

Copy all the pictures of these will take a long time, no matter how you do it.

DO NOT RE-IMPORT YOUR PHOTOS. Let me say again, with emphasis: DO NOT re - IMPORT YOUR PHOTOS.

Regarding the using the 3 t as the backup once done, how you make backups of new photos taken after today?

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