Charles Lo
Member
- Joined
- Sep 30, 2018
- Messages
- 62
- Lightroom Experience
- Intermediate
- Lightroom Version
- Cloud Service
- Lightroom Version Number
- Lightroom Classic version 11.0.1
- Operating System
- Windows 10
I am a 'weekend amateur' and have been using LR Classic for about 4 or 5 years. I shoot using jpg with typical file size of 15Mb. On my laptop in folder named 'Pictures' I keep the original image files (56,600 pictures total size approx 106Gb) - so far, so good - this is as expected.
In the LR folder is Lightroom Classic with all the files and sub folders that go with it. During installations and upgrades, I always take the defaults. I am not using anything like removable storage.
My worry (and hence this question) is that I am now getting close to using full capacity of hard drive in laptop: I wonder if LR is behaving normally in creating so many folders and associated files?
Here's an overview of disc usage:
In pictures: 56,600 photo files occupying total space 106Gb
in LR folder: 95,634 files in 54,806 folders occupying 109 Gb
Is it normal that LR uses so much disc space for it's own files? I wonder if some files are redundant or leftovers from previous upgrades? I have already identified the LR Backups folder where I have the two most recent catalog backups (older ones have been deleted)
I don't understand how there can be nearly twice as many LR files over the number of jpg files - is it because I have smart previews switched on? And, if so, can I safely switch off smart previews? And can I safely delete 'old' smart previews to save disc space?
Thank you everyone - I really appreciate the help!
In the LR folder is Lightroom Classic with all the files and sub folders that go with it. During installations and upgrades, I always take the defaults. I am not using anything like removable storage.
My worry (and hence this question) is that I am now getting close to using full capacity of hard drive in laptop: I wonder if LR is behaving normally in creating so many folders and associated files?
Here's an overview of disc usage:
In pictures: 56,600 photo files occupying total space 106Gb
in LR folder: 95,634 files in 54,806 folders occupying 109 Gb
Is it normal that LR uses so much disc space for it's own files? I wonder if some files are redundant or leftovers from previous upgrades? I have already identified the LR Backups folder where I have the two most recent catalog backups (older ones have been deleted)
I don't understand how there can be nearly twice as many LR files over the number of jpg files - is it because I have smart previews switched on? And, if so, can I safely switch off smart previews? And can I safely delete 'old' smart previews to save disc space?
Thank you everyone - I really appreciate the help!