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• Lightroom CC backup on external hard drive Seagate

  My Seagate hard drive is perfectly functional, make backups of several programs, including CClone, Joelle, and Time Machine.

  Yet when I recently tried to backup a catalog from Lightroom CC, I get the following error message.

  
  

  "Lightroom is unable to create a folder for your exports in the location you have chosen. Please select a different location. »

  
  

  Lightroom has no problem backup up to my 2 TB Lacie external hard drives.

  
  

  I use a Mac Pro with the latest version of the OS

  
  

  Can you guide me through this?

  This is the location you have chosen, IE the folder on the drive. Create a new folder on this drive called Lightroom backups and LR point in this folder to make its backups to. In Finder Right click on the new folder that you created and make sure that your username has both read + write permission.

  Also, it's a bad idea to have a single drive for Time Machine and store other files on this disc. Time Machine should have it own dedicated player to do back ups for that is not used for anything else.

• How can I move all my images Lightroom 5 25 000 since an external hard drive on an internal drive (ssd) on a mac?

  I have all my image files from Lightroom (LR) on an external hard drive that is complete and has been too slow in use.

  I want to keep my existing LR but catalog to move ALL images, etc. on my laptop with ssd quick nice previews.

  How?

  Any suggestions?

  This should be really basic information but I searched through pages and pages of comments, tutorials, videos, books, but doomed if I see a relevant clear explanation anywhere!

  I copied all the folder containing everything for my portable drive.

  But when I opened LR I get no option to locate images, folder etc.

  When I open the new folder on my laptop drive I can see all the content but .lrcat items are not selectable.

  What I am doing wrong?

  The process should be:

  Move photos in their existing folder structure to the new hard drive.

  Move the catalog as well as the catalogname Previews.lrdata folder settings folder in a folder on the new hard drive.

  Double-click the catalogname.lrcat file to open it in LR.

  Right-click on the files in LR-library level and make a lack of find file (or whatever the phrase is) and LR to say where is the folder is now on the new hard drive.

  You say there is no option to find missing in LR library files when you right click on one of the folders in the left panel?

• Moving files from lightroom on external hard drive

  I read a few post on this topic, but I have not found the answers I'm looking for.

  I want to take all the pictures on my computer and put them on an external hard drive.  If I'm in lightroom and connect my external hard drive, if I just move all files to a disc external hard takes them out of my computer?

  In addition, I want to do is make a folder for each calendar year and the changes made to the photos.  So, if I save my project and move it over the pictures, this means that any changes I made on these photos will stay with these photos?

  To have all my pictures on the computer, if I wanted to reopen a file from my external hard drive through lightroom, they automatically opens with all the changes always made for them?

  TamLee333 wrote:

  I read a few post on this topic, but I have not found the answers I'm looking for.

  I want to take all the pictures on my computer and put them on an external hard drive.  If I'm in lightroom and connect my external hard drive, if I just move all files to a disc external hard takes them out of my computer?

  In addition, I want to do is make a folder for each calendar year and the changes made to the photos.  So, if I save my project and move it over the pictures, this means that any changes I made on these photos will stay with these photos?

  To have all my pictures on the computer, if I wanted to reopen a file from my external hard drive through lightroom, they automatically opens with all the changes always made for them?

  Point 1: Yes, Lightroom will move from your computer to the outside. However, I would not recommend doing so, I copy the files from the computer to the external help for your operating system and when you checked the copy is ok and you've "updated the location of the folder" in Lightroom and then you can delete the folders on your computer.

  Point 2: You can do manually in Lightroom using the sort options to reach the older that you want or craete a new catalog and import your current and the importing stage move files to folders by date order.

  Point 3: Yes, it will be, but you won't be able to 'work' the files that are on the drive offline, unless you have generated clever insights.

• How can I change lightroom 5 previews smart on the book of mac pro (mbp) when lightroom master image files 5 are on my external hard drive is disconnected from the mbp

  How can I change lightroom 5 previews smart on the book of mac pro (mbp) when lightroom master image files 5 are on my external hard drive is disconnected from the mbp? So far when I try to disconnect the external hard drive the mbp, I get the pop following window: "external hard drive A" disc could not be ejected because it uses 'Lightroom '. Exit this application and try out this disc again. When I do that and restart Lightroom 5, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom - screen select catalog appears, but does not list my external hard drive A as a choice.

  I've been reviewing Adobe's Lightroom Help | Smart web page Previews Lightroom 5 and still have not been able to understand what I am doing wrong. Any help would be appreciated.

  HI Thomas,

  Thank you very much for your suggestions! They finally gave me the direction I go solve the problems I had. Basically, the Mac Book Pro based Lightroom irdata files still had thumbnails. Once I removed the and redirected Lightroom external hard disk, smart previews of the external drive work when the player is well off the MBP. Much obliged.

  I was wondering if you have any suggestions on how to backup all the files content and related data of Lightroom that exists on the external hard drive to another external hard drive as a backup? Ideally, it would be great if I could be able to launch security HD since the Mac Book Pro and do the work of Lightroom with the backup image files and intelligent previews correctly. Thanks again. Your help has been invaluable.

• Lightroom does not recognize the external hard drive?

  When I try to import files from anywhere - my office, or a SD - card in Lightroom 4 or now 6 (updated just to see if it would help), Lightroom is the photo file in what I would call an external hard drive of ghost. It creates a second external hard drive file that seems to be a copy of the original. A few weeks ago, the name of external hard drives has been accidentally changed or partially erased when I backup my hard drive without supervision in Time Machine. I'm working on an iMac with OS 10.11.4. At that time there Lightroom could not find any of my files of course! So, I renamed with much attention the hard drive exactly the same original name and Lightroom everything very well - recognized except, I started having this problem of import. When I import a file of the photo, he put it in an external hard drive of Ghost with the same name, size and number of files. If I try to move the file to the real external hard drive where it is supposed to go, Lightroom told me that the file already exists in Lightroom. If I look in my external drive outside of Lightroom, the file is where it is supposed to be. I tried just 'Add' the file to Lightroom, rather than copy or move, and that's okay. I tried to re-pointing Lightroom on your drive. Does not work. The only way I can get the files to go where I want they is to import, then highlight the recently imported file and move it to the folder of the mother. So, I have to move the file into the folder of the mother in the subfolder and then delete the now empty ghost the disk folder manually hard phantom. Help! Is there a way to merge the external hard drive with his ghost (or duplicate)? I can't find anything in the forums or documentation, and when I tried to call tech support, I came across a brick wall which is very frustrating. They said I couldn't get help by phone, I have to use the forums. So, please, let me know what I can try.

  Hello Deborah

  Seems to me this is probably a problem of conflict with the readers in your catalog and LR is confusing where to put images and creates a clone instead. You have to work smart to get rid of the clone disk keeping the images with the same folder structure. If it's a long process, however, I'll try to be as simple as I could.

  To do a test at White folder on the drive itself out of Lightroom that must be maintained at the same place where the main images folder (main folder means - the very first folder under your player in your catalogue which should include all subfolders on the disc itself), then put a picture in the test folder and import it. the test folder will be part of the new drive of clone in catalog you would then move the main folder of the Original disc to the Clone drive in your catalog. Once you are done with the displacement of all the structures of folders in the test under drive clone folder. The original drive that was not identified by Lightroom would be gone if this isn't the case you can remove it manually and this is how you would leave with single drive with all your files/images existing and if you try to import the images now. They would go directly in the same destination folder that you choose on the screen to import instead of going in any drive clone/ghost.

  Thanks Deborah for bringing This issue to our view. And I amso glad I was able to solve this problem for you on call.

• I use Lightroom with an external hard drive?

  I have my Lightroom Catalog and photos stored on an external hard drive. When I try to import photos from my camera card into the Lightroom Catalog I get this message "could not open the lightroom catalog called Catalog Lightroom because it is too new to be used by this version of Lightroom." I have Lightroom 5.7.1 and uses a Macbook pro. Should I be storing my LR catalog on my laptop and not the external hard drive?

  Hi robinbeaton,

  Greetings!

  Should I be storing my LR catalog on my laptop and not the external hard drive?

  You can save the Lightroom catalog on your laptop and the external drive.

  But storing on the external drive is only useful if you access Lightroom with catalog even on other computers too.

  "Could not open the lightroom catalog called Catalog Lightroom because it is too new to be used by this version of Lightroom.

  Do you have you installed or used Lightroom before 6/cc?

  This error appears when you try to open 6/cc Lightroom Catalog Lightroom 5.

  Kind regards

  Assani

• Editing photos on an external hard drive using two different computers - a laptop computer and a desktop computer

  Hi, I have all my photos on an external drive. I want to change my photos on my desktop at home and then to be able to work on my laptop when on mobile. My catalog is stored on my external hard drive. But the changes that I did for the photos on my laptop do not seem to have been recorded on my external hard drive when I watched tonight on lightroom on my desk.

  The file that I watched tonight is a native import of original photography don't not presenting the any fixtures that I made earlier today.

  Any suggestions on where I'm wrong.

  Hi juliew,

  The adjustments you make in Lightroom are stored in the catalog itself. It makes no changes directly with the original files.

  For example, you won't find any changes on the original images.

  If you are not able to see editing in Lightroom itself, please make sure that you opened the same catalog from the external hard drive on both computers.

  I hope this helps.

  ~ UL

• Can I install a stand-alone version of Lightroom on my IMac and my MacBook Pro and then use an external hard drive to store all my photos?

  Can I install a stand-alone version of Lightroom on my IMac and my MacBook Pro and then use an external hard drive to store all my photos?

  Yes.  To keep both computers synced, keep a copy of your catalogue on the EHD also.

• How to copy a catalog of external hard drive to the hard drive of the computer to use smart insights not connected to the external hard drive?

  I am very new to LR5. I put LR5 in place so that my catalog and photos are on an external hard drive. I discovered that when not connected to the hard drive, LR5 can't find my catalog, therefore, I can't do any editing in intelligent insights, unless it is connected to an external hard drive. How can I fix this so that I can edit photos without being connected to an external hard drive. Is it possible to copy the catalog out of the hard disk on the computer's hard drive or I have to re-establish a new catalog using LR5? Must the catalog always be loaded onto the hard drive? Thank you in advance.

  Yes that's correct. The LR catalog must be on the computer's internal drive. Then when you have smart previews activated you can change the image without going through the reader that they are connected. When you connect this drive images will be updated.

  Simply COPY these 4 folders on your internal drive in a folder called Lightroom catalog that you create. Then open LR and go on the file menu point and select open catalog. Navigate to the folder you created called catalog in Lightroom and select the Lightroom Catalog.lrcat 5 file and click Open. Once restart Lightroom open change preferences, > preferences, and under the general tab, in the catalog default section make sure that "when starting to use this catalogue:" listings in the area where you copied the files. Something like Macintosh HD/Wherever, have created it this folder/that folder name/Lightroom catalog.lrcat 5.

• Problem with Lightroom and external hard drive. Files and folders deleted.

  In the classroom (8.1 windows computers) import us images that .dng files on an external hard drive using Lightroom.

  After the Lightroom, insert us the memory card containing photos and attach an external hard drive. (formatted to ntfs)

  We create a new catalog on the external hard drive and then create a folder as the destination for the images on the external drive as well.

  After passing to the newly formed catalog in Lightroom, we import the photos from the memory card to the external hard drive.

  Photos are present in the folder 'import' on the external hard drive after the end of the import, so checking with windows Explorer.

  After the closure of LR and disconnect the external hard drive of the computer, it appears that the newly created files and imported files have disappeared.

  We tested with an external hard drive in exfat. The same problem.

  There is no problem when you copy directly in Explorer windows of memory card files to the external drive.

  The files are not hidden. Tested on mac and windows.

  If you said that the photo files are on the external hard drive when you checked using Windows Explorer during the class? Is this correct? YES
  Then you go home and the files are not on the external hard drive? YES

  Well, it is a mystery, but there is no way that Lightroom can be the culprit.

  Is it the same for the catalog file, in class, he was present on the hard disk according to the Windows Explorer, and when you get home, is no longer on the drive? YES

  Same conclusions, it is not Lightroom.

• SMART Disk FireLite 80 GB external hard drive USB drivers

  My computer does not recognize my drive external hard disk smart firelite 80 GB usb at all...

  Plug in there and nothing, the blue light is on the disk. But when I check in 'MY COMPUTER' just shows how many slots usb ate open, but nothing else...

  This drive worked at one point but now?

  Thanks for any help

  George

  Hello

  1. don't you make changes to the computer until the problem occurred?

  2. that you get an error message while you connect the external hard drive?

  I suggest you try the steps mentioned below and check if it helps.

  Method 1: Try to connect the hard drive to a different USB port or try to connect the hard drive in another computer and check that the problem persists.

  Method 2: Try running the Fixit tool from the link below.

  Hardware devices do not work or are not detected in Windows:
  http://support.Microsoft.com/GP/hardware_device_problems

  Method 3: If the previous step fails, check if the hard drive is detected in disk management.

  To open disk management

  (a) from the start menu, click Run.

  (b) in the Open box, type diskmgmt.msc, and then click OK.

   

  Method 4: Also try to follow the steps from the link below.

  A computer that is running Windows XP cannot detect a USB, an Apple iPod flash drive or an external hard disk drive: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925196

  Hope this information is useful.

• Get a "Smart failure predicted disk hard om 0: Tosiba mk6021gas-(pm) external hard drive, how can I save everything?

  The full error message is: Smart failure predicted on hard disk 0: Toshiba MK6021gas-(pm) WARNING: immediately back up your data and replace your hard drive. A failure may be imminent.  Bought an external hard drive, but cannot locate the instructions on how to do it. Help please.

  Hello

  Plug your external hard drive and let it be recognized.

  To save the data:

  Click Start > My Documents > click Edit at the top (file, edit, viiew, etc.) > select all > in the right pane, all your data (photos, music, files, etc.) need to be highlighted > right click anywhere in the box put folders > crushed cursor send to > click on the external drive letter in the list > they should all then copied on this disc (this may take a while).

  See you soon.

• Two XP computers cannot access shared external hard drive connected to win 7 computer

  I have a Lacie 1 t hard shore connected via USB for win 7 computer. It is shared to "everyone" correctly on the network... with the same settings/properties as internal drives. the other 2 computers XP can see the drive letter and the name of the external hard drive, but cannot access the drive. When I try to save the files on this disc of compuers XP, I get an access denied message. I have caontacted LaCie and they say it is a matter of win 7.

  Hi Faye,

  Thanks for posting in Microsoft Community!

  It seems that you have a problem with access to a shared external drive of Windows XP computers and "Access denied" error message.

  I imagine the inconvenience that you are experiencing. We are here to help and guide you in the right direction.

  Method 1:
  I suggest you to make sure whether or not the disk is shared properties.

  (a) right click on the drive that you want to access.

  (b) click on the sharing tab.

  (c) click on share tab.

  (d) select user name or residential group you want to share with and click on the Add button.

  e level) right click on the user name or the Group residential and fixed the permissions you want.

  Method 2:
  If the problem persists I suggest you apply the full control permission on the disk that you want to share and check if it helps.

  What to know before applying permissions to a file or folder

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/what-to-know-before-applying-permissions-to-a-file-or-folder

  For more information, please see the link.

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/share-files-with-someone

  Get back to us and let us know the State of the question, I'll be happy to help you. We, at tender Microsoft to excellence.

• Lightroom - Initial Drive Setup (work out of an external HARD drive)

  I am very new to Adobe Lightroom; It caught my attention recently as an ideal method to keep all my huge photo libraries organized and in one place, easy to use and locate, as well as to give me great abilities to edit, export, etc. etc. I'm running the trial for now, just to play and I love the software. Before you begin to enter too and import my hundreds of GB of photos in the trial version, I thought I should wait until I bought the lot and maybe reformatted my MacBook to start with this new piece of equipment.

  My question is: can I use Lightroom from an external hard drive with ease that is have all my hundreds of GB of photo files on the hard drive with file LR if it takes a lot of space, so whenever I use it, I plug the HDD external, if necessary. Another quick question, is the file than Lightroom use (recording, projects, previews, etc.) take up a lot of space, or would it be better to run my Lightroom off internal drive 120 GB of my MacBook and my photo on the outside files?

  
  In addition, there are many differences between Lightroom 6 and the new CC with the monthly subscription version. I really hate the idea of paying every month forever, would much rather pay a single fee of £100.00.

  The ultimate goal is to speed up my Mac and leave enough free space on drive HARD single internal of my MacBook, as well as presenting all my photos easily accessible for manipulation in one place (on my external 2 TB HDD).

  All advice or recommendations for the initial setup of the directories before me forking out fresh 12:00 would be well appreciated.

  Thanks in advance.

  LS

  I thought that I should wait until I bought the lot and maybe reformatted my MacBook to start with this new piece of equipment.

  It's really up to you. I think that it is optional, there is no reason to wait until you have made the purchase, and similarly, there is not reason to reformat your MacBook pro just for the benefit of Lightroom (you can have other reasons that may require a reformat...)

  My question is: can I use Lightroom from an external hard drive with ease that is have all my hundreds of GB of photo files on the hard drive with file LR if it takes a lot of space, so whenever I use it, I plug the HDD external, if necessary.

  Yes, keep the pictures on the external HD won't put on the first internal, then move them later.

  Another quick question, is the file than Lightroom use (recording, projects, previews, etc.) take up a lot of space, or would it be better to run my Lightroom off internal drive 120 GB of my MacBook and my photo on the outside files?

  Lightroom Catalog and previews can occupy a large amount of the 120 GB internal disk, you can put them on an external drive as well, but there could be a drop in performance when you perform this operation.

  In addition, there are many differences between Lightroom 6 and the new CC with the monthly subscription version. I really hate the idea of paying every month forever, would much rather pay a single fee of £100.00.

  The remarkable differences (not a complete list)

  • LR CC comes with CC Photoshop and Lightroom for mobile; LR 6 doesn't have a CC of Photoshop or Lightroom Mobile.
  • LR CC has features that LR 6 does not work: dehaze, local black and white adjustments, border chain, vertical adjustments guided...