mlondon
New Member
- Joined
- Feb 1, 2018
- Messages
- 18
- Location
- In the Redwoods
- Lightroom Experience
- Power User
- Lightroom Version
- Classic
- Lightroom Version Number
- 13.5.1
- Operating System
- macOS 14 Sonoma
I'm a professional photographer with 200,000+ images in Lightroom Classic, which I run on a MacBookPro.
When at home, my masters (7TB) are on an external RAID, which is backed up to a NAS, and also to an online backup app (Backblaze) which I can access remotely.
I have SmartPreviews of all my images which is good enough for basic editing and sharing while on the road. But if I need access to the original image I have to access the NAS or Backblaze to download the image - it's a little clunky and takes time.
I'd like to be able to copy a subset of my original RAW files (eg: "All 5*", or "My Portfolio Collection") to my MacBookPro, and have Lightroom Classic recognize their new local location. However I do NOT want to delete them from my external RAID. When I return from travel, I'd like to easily re-connect those images with their original masters on the RAID and delete from my MBP.
What is the best way to do this?
(Bonus question: For those of you uploading images to your website (not just social media), have you found JPEGs made using Smart Previews to be good enough quality?)
Thank you.
When at home, my masters (7TB) are on an external RAID, which is backed up to a NAS, and also to an online backup app (Backblaze) which I can access remotely.
I have SmartPreviews of all my images which is good enough for basic editing and sharing while on the road. But if I need access to the original image I have to access the NAS or Backblaze to download the image - it's a little clunky and takes time.
I'd like to be able to copy a subset of my original RAW files (eg: "All 5*", or "My Portfolio Collection") to my MacBookPro, and have Lightroom Classic recognize their new local location. However I do NOT want to delete them from my external RAID. When I return from travel, I'd like to easily re-connect those images with their original masters on the RAID and delete from my MBP.
What is the best way to do this?
(Bonus question: For those of you uploading images to your website (not just social media), have you found JPEGs made using Smart Previews to be good enough quality?)
Thank you.