Synchronize photos between 2 computers

I have 2 desktops in different places. I run Lightroom on both and keep the catalogue on Dropbox. Because 2 sites are very remote and I can access the remote computer from the one local, I have never had a problem with the maintenance of the synchronized catalog. However, I'm done over time using a very complicated method to synchronize my photos on both computers. I don't have room on my SSD to keep my pictures on the computer and kept them on a mini of Drobo (is not networked) connected to each computer. I support these photos to a carrier, which gives me a local and a remote backup. At the end of each month, I copy the folder of this month of Drobo to the carrier, and when I move the places I copy new files on the carrier to Drobo to this place. However, given that I work from the Drobo and back to carry, photos that are transferred from a folder to another on the Drobo as he tried to organize the photos of 15 tend to not move on the carrier, so they also are transferred to the remote computer. I'm looking for suggestions for a simpler and more elegant solution to keep my work on both computers synced folders and providing a local or remote backup solution. With the photo viewer in each place, be a player fast enough to run that Lightroom at top speed is also important for me.

I'm not on a particular budget and reflected on the use of Synologies, but do not have an idea of how fast they are or how sure they synchronize. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Hi badgermom,

It seems that you want to use the Lightroom catalog on two different computers.

I suggest you keep the images and the catalog in the external hard drive. You just connect the hard drive of the computer you use and start Lightroom using the catalog from an external hard drive.

I hope this helps.

~ UL

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