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addieleman
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Cannot move files from loval folder to network drive in Adobe Lightroom Classic

Issue A file from a Dropbox-synched local folder on the computer cannot be moved to a network drive (NAS) in Adobe Lightroom Classic (LrC). Moving a file from non-Dropbox-synched local folder to th...
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addieleman
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Thanks for coming back to me.

 

Yes, the Dropbox folder is located in the Cloudstorage folder.

 

All files that I tried to move, have a green checkmark, like so:

 The folder "Lightroom" under Dropbox contains the Lightroom catalog. Moving it temporarily to a non-Dropbox synched folder doesn't make any difference.

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Jay
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2 years ago

Thanks for the info, generally, we dn't support NAS drives in Dropbox, unless a third party developer has an app for it.

 

Is it actually stored on a NAS or is it the Adobe servers instead?

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    addieleman
    Explorer | Level 3
    2 years ago

    The target location for moving the files is actually a NAS drive. The NAS is a Synology DS214 of which the operating system offers the "Cloud Sync" app in which synchronization with Dropbox can be configured.

    Moving a file to a location on the NAS which is not synched with Dropbox on the NAS, gives the same problem and error message in Lightroom Classic.

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      Jay
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      2 years ago

      Sorry, please clarify where the NAS drive is exactly in this Dropbox setup? Have you mapped the Lightroom to a NAS drive? Does the NAS only work when files have been updated in the Lightroom folder, using the Synology app?

       

      Are you able to copy files directly to the NAS from the root folder of the Dropbox folder?

       

      A detailed explanation would help to determine where the issue lies.

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        addieleman
        Explorer | Level 3
        2 years ago

        First off, I never have a problem when copying files in Finder to and from the NAS: as far as I have seen, I can copy any file from any folder on the local computer to any folder on the NAS or vice versa, whether the files reside in a Dropbox-synched folder or not.

         

        Only problem is Adobe Lightroom Classic's (LrC) refusal to move files from a local Dropbox-synched folder to any NAS folder.

         

        Additionally, if a file has been in a Dropbox-synched folder and is moved to a non-Dropbox-synched folder afterwards, I cannot move the file LrC to the NAS. I tried this with a file in the Dropbox root folder, same problem and error message.

         

        It looks as if a file is modified as soon as it has been residing in a Dropbox-synched folder on the computer.

         

        Dropbox configuration

        Both the computer and the NAS have Dropbox-synched folders, but in this case they are mutually exclusive: a folder containing image files is either synchronized on the computer or on the NAS.

         

        Computer

        Image files are in the folder "Mac Foto"

         

        NAS

         Image files are in the folder "Foto"

         

        I hope this clarifies it sufficiently, I appreciate you digging into it.

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