Laura Smith
Member
- Joined
- Mar 9, 2018
- Messages
- 76
- Location
- UK
- Lightroom Experience
- Intermediate
- Lightroom Version
- Cloud Service
- Operating System
- Windows 10
I'm finding myself using Lightroom cloud much more than Classic, so I'm looking for workarounds for the things I still use Classic for, to see if I can stop using it completely. One thing I still use Classic for is a local backup. It'd be great to hear your thoughts on the pros and cons of different approaches to backing up Lightroom cloud without Classic.
Option 1: "Store a copy of all originals at the specified location"
Seems like a no-brainer: just do this and then backup that directory using my normal backup system. But I have a small SSD in my laptop, so the originals would have to be stored on a USB disk that isn't connected all the time (that's what I do with Classic at the moment, and just have the current month's photos on the SSD). Has anyone tried that on a removable disk? How does Lightroom cope if you try to use it without that disk? Does it just happily use its cache and pull originals on demand as usual? Or does it get confused?
Massive downside of this idea: I don't have a local copy of edits.
Option 2: "Export Original + Settings"
This will give me a local backup of edits, as well as let me put it on a removable disk without any hassle. Periodically I would go to All Photos, sort them by Import Date, select all and export to the USB disk (which itself is backed up locally on another disk).
Downsides: It's a manual process that I have to remember to do and has the room for human error.
If you've got anything to share on these two options or if you've got an Option 3 of your own, that would be great to hear!
Option 1: "Store a copy of all originals at the specified location"
Seems like a no-brainer: just do this and then backup that directory using my normal backup system. But I have a small SSD in my laptop, so the originals would have to be stored on a USB disk that isn't connected all the time (that's what I do with Classic at the moment, and just have the current month's photos on the SSD). Has anyone tried that on a removable disk? How does Lightroom cope if you try to use it without that disk? Does it just happily use its cache and pull originals on demand as usual? Or does it get confused?
Massive downside of this idea: I don't have a local copy of edits.
Option 2: "Export Original + Settings"
This will give me a local backup of edits, as well as let me put it on a removable disk without any hassle. Periodically I would go to All Photos, sort them by Import Date, select all and export to the USB disk (which itself is backed up locally on another disk).
Downsides: It's a manual process that I have to remember to do and has the room for human error.
If you've got anything to share on these two options or if you've got an Option 3 of your own, that would be great to hear!