The Volume Browser

The Volume Browser in the Folders panel provides information about the storage resources for the photos you’re working with in Lightroom. The Volume Browser displays the name of each volume that contains photos in the catalog, as well as information about the volume resource. For example, it lets you see whether a volume is online or offline, and how much disk space is available. The Volume Browser updates dynamically as you import and work with photos in Lightroom.

The colored LED to the left of the volume name indicates the availability of the resource:

Green
10 GB or more of space is free.

Yellow
Less than 10 GB of space is free.

Orange
Less than 5 GB of space is free.

Red
Less than 1 GB of space is free and the tooltip warns that the volume is nearly full. When less than 1 MB of space is free, the tooltip warns that the volume is full.

Gray
Volume is offline and photos on that volume are unavailable for editing. When photos are unavailable, only low-resolution previews display in Lightroom.

  • To change the information you see for a volume, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the volume name and choose any of the following:
    Disk Space
    Displays used/total disk space on the volume.

    Photo Count
    Displays how many photos in the catalog are on the volume.

    Status
    Indicates whether the volume is online or offline.

    None
    Hides all volume information.

  • Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) a volume name and choose Show In Explorer (Windows) or Show In Finder (Mac OS) to open that volume in an Explorer or Finder window.
  • Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) a volume name and choose Properties (Windows) or Get Info (Mac OS) to view the Properties (Windows) or Info (Mac OS) window for that volume.
  • To change the information provided by the colored LED next to the volume name, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) it and choose one of the following:
    Show Status
    Indicates whether a volume is online (green) or offline (gray).

    Show Status And Free Space
    Indicates whether a volume is online or offline, as well as how full the resource is. Green indicates the volume is online and has plenty of storage availability. Yellow/orange indicates the volume is online but getting full. Red indicates the volume is online but full. Gray indicates the volume is offline.