Syncing RAW library and JPG library

The situation:
I have an external hard disk with a library of many RAW photos. These same photos I also keep in my library of my Macbook, but in JPG. The problem is, is that it's very time consuming and unhandy when want to edit things in one of these libraries, and make sure the other library is updated.
For example, if I see a photo on my Macbook (JPGs) and I want to change something, I label it. And when I happen to be in the reach of my external HD (RAWs) and recall changing this photo, I do so. But that's not it, I have to export it as a JPG, import it in my other library, and delete the old version.
It would be great if this process could be made easier. Ideally, I want to pair the RAWs and JPGs from different libraries, and that they share the adjustments. In that way I can edit the RAW or JPG in either library, and they will sync.

Thanks for the message.
I don't replace the RAWs, and I don't edit the JPGs. When I don't have the RAWs at hand (which means "no access to external HD"), I label the JPGs of the photos I'd wand to edit. When having access to the drive, I find the RAW-equivalents of these labeled JPGs, edit these RAWs, and export and replace these labeled JPGs on my Macbook.
Sure, copying the adjustments to the RAWs won't work very well, but if it's for example just cropping it shouldn't be a problem. And if more "difficult" adjustments could work nicely too, but you probably will have to fine tune them on the RAW-master. But like I said, I don't do this (because I don't know how), I label the JPGs to edit the RAWs later on. And then update these old labeled JPGs again.
It's not handy at all, but if I'm on a trip for a couple of months, I can't bring these RAWs with me (too much HD space), so that's why I want their JPGs on my Macbook.

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