LR4 ~ help setting up of so 2 computers share an external hard drive.

Hi all

I'm helping a friend set up his 4 Lightroom on his office laptop computers. Ideally, we would like the catalog on an external drive that we attached to the two computers. I already loaded the LR4 s/w on both, but put catalogs in the default location in the image file in a folder called Lightroom Photo.

1. How can I change the default on the external drive?

2 is what drive be interchangeable between the mobile and desktop?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

(1) copy or move the catalog file, i.e. the file with the <  .lrcat="">extension and, possibly, previews, i.e. the file with the <  .lrdat="">extension on the external drive.

I recommend to create a top level on the named external folder "catalogue Lightroom and saw" and established catalog and found there.

Note: You can put the catalog where you want; It doesn't have to be in the default location. And, the catalog may not be on the same folder as the pictures.

-On two computers - double-click the file catalog and Lr will open with her. LR will "remember" the location of the catalog. Later by default, Lightroom opens the most current catalog at startup.

(2) Yes, but make sure that the drive has the same drive letter on both computers. If the drive letters are different, you will get the "missing image / file ' message.

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