New Mac: I just ordered a new MacBook Pro and expect next week. I need advice on how to move Lightroom over. My cloud is FULL and has been for awhile so that won’t be the answer... My...

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I just ordered a new MacBook Pro and expect next week. I need advice on how to move Lightroom over. My cloud is FULL and has been for awhile so that won’t be the answer... My intentions are to use a separate hard drive to keep from bogging this one down though I did get 32 GB and 1 TB SSB. Would the Apple store be my best bet?
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you! Y’all are the best!

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

The Apple Store SSD prices are up there, order of $250 per TB. Suggest you check other places, like OWC (MacSales company). Make sure the device can be made bootable and your preferred OS is first thing on it. Will your new MBP have optical drive and full array of ports for USB, Firewire, etc.

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TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Why not just purchase more ICloud storage for a month? Cheap and seamless transition.

sloscheider Loc: Minnesota

I would suggest getting a 2nd external drive and designate it as a Time Machine backup device. You should do this regardless. Are you able to update to Mojave on your old system? If so, create a complete backup of your old Mac and then restore it to your new Mac.

Chadp Loc: Virginia Beach

TriX wrote:

Why not just purchase more ICloud storage for a month? Cheap and seamless transition.

👍 ICloud storage is relatively cheap.

jbk224 Loc: Long Island, NY

I think your best bet for external drives is to check out Samsung's T5 and Sandisk's Extreme and Extreme Pro. They both have connectors to your new MacBook Pro; are SSD's, and small and easy to carry around.
On another note, you only have Thunderbolt 3 connectors on the new MBP--they are great but you need to make sure you have adapters for your other accessories.
Last, but most important-- If your new MBP has High Sierra native and you upgrade to Mojave; or it comes native with Mojave--hold off uploading your LR until you have run a few 'battery cycles' of just normal work on the computer. i.e. browsing, emails, etc. The reason is that most new MBPros when running Mojave run extremely hot and have a significant degraded battery life.
I am typing this on one of these--my 5th copy since December. If the issue is not properly solved, I will return this and continue to use my MBAir with High Sierra, until this is solved. Your configuration is twice mine, so you may not have the same issue. Would love to hear back from you.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

roset wrote:

I just ordered a new MacBook Pro and expect next week. I need advice on how to move Lightroom over. My cloud is FULL and has been for awhile so that won’t be the answer... My intentions are to use a separate hard drive to keep from bogging this one down though I did get 32 GB and 1 TB SSB. Would the Apple store be my best bet?
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you! Y’all are the best!

Use Apple Migration Assistant to move files from Mac to Mac. Buy a 4 to 10 GB external dual redundant drive for backup and storage.

traderjohn Loc: New York City

roset wrote:

I just ordered a new MacBook Pro and expect next week. I need advice on how to move Lightroom over. My cloud is FULL and has been for awhile so that won’t be the answer... My intentions are to use a separate hard drive to keep from bogging this one down though I did get 32 GB and 1 TB SSB. Would the Apple store be my best bet?
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you! Y’all are the best!

I would take it to an Apple store.

mrjcall Loc: Woodfin, NC

burkphoto wrote:

Use Apple Migration Assistant to move files from Mac to Mac. Buy a 4 to 10 GB external dual redundant drive for backup and storage.

Mmm, not gonna get much on a 4-10 GB external drive, eh? 😉

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

You can have LR on two computers simultaneously. To move it from one to another, you must deactivate it on the old machine. Then you go through the regular installation process with the serial number.

Any good quality (HGST UltraStar) internal drive used externally will be fine. There is a large variety of cases/enclosures available. The 4TB refurbished HGST is an amazing bargain. I've been using them for years.

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Moving LR -
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moonhawk Loc: Land of Enchantment

jbk224 wrote:

I think your best bet for external drives is to ch... (show quote)

I have a brand new 13" MBP, and the one big thing I've noticed is how much cooler it runs than my old 2013nmodel. Yes I am running Mojave, loaded up on memory, and 1 TB SSD.

BobHartung Loc: Bettendorf, IA

roset wrote:

I just ordered a new MacBook Pro and expect next week. I need advice on how to move Lightroom over. My cloud is FULL and has been for awhile so that won’t be the answer... My intentions are to use a separate hard drive to keep from bogging this one down though I did get 32 GB and 1 TB SSB. Would the Apple store be my best bet?
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you! Y’all are the best!

Do you just want to move LR or the entire boot HD contents?

If your current computer is an Apple and has < 1 TB HD used you can migrate all your current settings, programs, usernames, stored passwords etc. using Apples migration assistant. The easiest connection is with connect the two with a CAT5 or CAT6 network cable or USB-3 cable with appropriate adapters.

An alternative and a good safety valve is to purchase an external HD docking station (OWC has them) and make a bootable copy of your current HD and then copy that back to the new MacBook Pro. I use a program called SuperDuper. I am not sure if Time Machine can do this as I have never used it.

HTH.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

moonhawk wrote:

I have a brand new 13" MBP, and the one big thing I've noticed is how much cooler it runs than my old 2013nmodel. Yes I am running Mojave, loaded up on memory, and 1 TB SSD.

The SSD reduces power consumption and heat considerably. Although more memory requires more base power, the OS doesn't "page" or "thrash" as much, so fewer calls to memory for cached data mean less overall power usage.

My iMac used to get VERY warm with a conventional 1TB HD in it and just 8GB RAM. I replaced the 4x2 RAM sticks with 16GB (8x2), and installed a 2TB SSD. It works many times faster, and stays cool to the touch. Even rendering a long 1080P video doesn't get the fan cranking audibly.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

BobHartung wrote:

Do you just want to move LR or the entire boot HD ... (show quote)

I've used Carbon Copy Cloner, which is similar to SuperDuper. But when I put a new drive in my iMac last month, I installed a virgin copy of Mac OS Mojave, along with fresh installations of the latest versions of all my applications. Then, I migrated all my data from the four User profiles on my old drive. The new system is clean, lean, and mean, and the Late 2013 iMac now screams, compared to what it was before the upgrade to 2TB SSD and 16GB RAM.

By doing it that way, I was able to get rid of all the crud in the system that had built up since Mac OS X 10.6.8! Actually, I had migrated a much older drive to the iMac when I bought it, and there was crud from it from 11 years ago.

Yes, it takes a bit longer to do it that way, but it really improves performance and ensures old code and caches get removed.