Lightroom uses a library, or are files stored on the hard drive?

So, Lightroom uses a librbary to store photos and any changes made, or it updates the disk image files?

I had a Mac in the summer, but subsequently discovered that software Mac (iPhoto & Apperture) stores the images in a library owner rather than update the JPEG files on the hard drive. This makes it useless to me because I need to share files with Windows PCs, which means all the work done on the Mac it is lost (I know that I can export all images changed individually, but it is unfeasable). The lock-in Mac means also the backups are useless, because you need a Mac to read in the library of Apperture saved.

While hoping that Lightroom is easier to use and allows you to share images on the platforms.

Thank you.

Or you can export the complete catalogue on an external drive and place it between the computers.  The catalog file is on the external hard drive, and all you have to do is double-click on it.

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