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I just got the wife a new camera, and am wanting to buy adobe lightroom. She has a macbook with a 120 gig SSD. I'm wanting to get her an external HDD to put RAW picture files on. I'm not sure how it will work though because I have never used an external for anything.
Is this how it works? You boot up lightroom and somehow set it so that it's default drive to save to is the external and then any pictures imported will be saved to the external, and anytime you open lightroom any time the external is plugged in it will automatically search for the pictures off the external.
Another question. Will it still use the SSD drive to do the editing with so that you get the SSD speed and then when you finish and save it will save back to the external?
I really have no idea how to setup an external, but I'm guessing it's pretty much the same as using a second drive in a PC.
I haven't bought the external yet so any suggestions on an external would be great because I ahve no idea what a decent would be. i would like something that is fairly fast to write to, and would be great if it doesn't need a seperate power supply, so that it is more mobile and can be taken anywhere.
Any advice anyone has about setting up an exteranl for editing, and what brands or even an exact model to buy would be great. My wife is not that great with computers, so the most simple to use solution would be great.
Is this how it works? You boot up lightroom and somehow set it so that it's default drive to save to is the external and then any pictures imported will be saved to the external, and anytime you open lightroom any time the external is plugged in it will automatically search for the pictures off the external.
Another question. Will it still use the SSD drive to do the editing with so that you get the SSD speed and then when you finish and save it will save back to the external?
I really have no idea how to setup an external, but I'm guessing it's pretty much the same as using a second drive in a PC.
I haven't bought the external yet so any suggestions on an external would be great because I ahve no idea what a decent would be. i would like something that is fairly fast to write to, and would be great if it doesn't need a seperate power supply, so that it is more mobile and can be taken anywhere.
Any advice anyone has about setting up an exteranl for editing, and what brands or even an exact model to buy would be great. My wife is not that great with computers, so the most simple to use solution would be great.