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(UN)syncing or (RE)syncing to a new location

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mbartle

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Hi, I recently uploaded all my photos to the cloud via CC. I subsequently installed the LRC on my desktop and began to sync. I got few thousand pics in and decided I wanted them to sync to a portable hard drive instead. How can I restart this process? I see a butto that says delete all syncd data but does that erase the cloud too?
 
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No process needs restarting. Nothing need be Deleted. Nothing requires Importing.
*See the 'Hint' below!
Open the Lr-Classic Preferences to the 'Lightroom Sync' Tab and define [Choose] the portable Drive as the Location for downloaded files to be saved.
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Restart LrC and future downloads go to that location.

For photos that have already downloaded to the default download folder {MobileDownloads.lrdata} (that appears like an additional Drive), you can 'Move' them over to a folder on the portable Drive by Drag & Drop in the folder panel.

Notes: You can only Sync ONE Classic Catalog with the Cloud.
Hint: Rename the Portable Drive with a Drive Letter that is further down the alphabet (eg. "P:" ) Then it will always be linked to the Catalog with the same Drive letter "P:" and never appear to be 'Missing'.
 
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