Move lightroom catalog to external drive

In Lightroom, a catalog is a database that tracks the location of your photos and information about them. When you edit your photos and add metadata or keywords to them in Lightroom, all of these changes are stored in the catalog.

The photo files themselves are not touched.

There is fierce debate about on how to best approach catalogs in Lightroom.

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Some photographers say that it’s best to have one master catalog. Others say it’s best to have multiple catalogs, organized by client or shoot or date (like one per year).

There are pros and cons to each approach.

When you’re opening and closing the same catalog all the time, there is a greater chance for your files to become corrupted.

On the other hand, having more than one catalog can become complicated when you want to access different photographs from different folders, as you can’t search through multiple catalogs without opening each one.

Also, Lightroom’s mobile sync only works with one catalog.

So what can you do if you have several catalogs now but just want to have one main one?

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