Mojave/Big Sur Partition specifics wrt Lightroom Classic.
Currently running Mojave 10.14.6 on 2017 iMac. I have not upgraded to Big Sur because I have several years of photos edited in Lightroom Classic, which isn’t supported on OS later than Mojave. If I were to partition the hard drive to put LR on a partition running Mojave and update the rest of the computer to Big Sur, how, exactly, would that work?
I currently import my photos from the SD card to an external hard drive, and from there into Lightroom, but am a little squiffy on where those edits are archived in the world of LR (if you know that detail, please share)?. Would I be able to access previously edited photos from inside the Mojave partition or do I need to migrate older photos imported to and edited in Lightroom to the new partition (which requires me to know where the edits are kept and which obviously affects the required size of the partition)? If I want to email or text a photo do I do that from within the Mojave partition (do I have to install messages and mail on that partition?) or do I have to reboot into Big Sur (after which, how do I access the photo I want to send?)? I can’t even figure out the correct vocabulary to ask this question. I have the program on a DVD - will I have to reinstall it on the partition?
Please assume I’m a complete idiot on this topic, if you hadn’t already come to that conclusion from my question. I kind of understand the mechanics of forming a partition, but working with partitions is completely foreign to me. Thanks in advance for any assistance.
iMac 27″ 5K, 10.14
