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01/11/2019 08:34:53 AM · #1 |
My c drive is a small SSD. And the lightroom folder with the previews is taking up close to 80GB!!
Help!
It says I should have the previews on the boot drive. The photos themselves are on a 4TB drive.
I need the space and I don't have anything else to purge.
Suggestions?
And if I move them off, do I have to move them through lightroom (like you have to do with the photos)
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01/11/2019 09:06:38 AM · #2 |
First thing to check is how long you are keeping the 1:1 previews. If you are keeping them longer than you need to, you can reduce that time and greatly reduce the number. The 1:1 previews are the largest of the files, so that would gain the most space. |
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01/11/2019 10:40:18 AM · #3 |
Pretty good discussion of the drive space issue over in the Lightroom Queen forum (here ). The use of symbolic links looks interesting, but I have never ventured into such territory myself. |
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01/11/2019 02:08:59 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by bob350: Pretty good discussion of the drive space issue over in the Lightroom Queen forum (here ). The use of symbolic links looks interesting, but I have never ventured into such territory myself. |
Any use of a link as a redirect would incur the same penalty as moving the catalog off the fast drive. Moving the catalog to a rotating drive will incur a substantial penalty in response time, however the real impact on the responsiveness of the interface would be up for debate. There's no reason not to try it. To do so:
- Quit Lr
- Copy the catalog.lrcat, Previews.lrdata, and (if present) Smart Previews.lrdata files to a folder on the rotating drive
- Double click the catalog.lrcat file in the new location; it should launch Lr with that catalog open.
- Test the performance of Lr. If it is acceptable, you can then delete the files in the old location. |
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01/11/2019 03:43:06 PM · #5 |
Thanks -- I look into all of that! |
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