Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I run a single machine (MBP 17) day-to-day. I hook it to a 23 cinema display when home. If I'm visiting a comfortable place, I carry the master hard drive with me so I can import and tag, and all while there. I hit the back ups when I get home. I hold the cards until the backup to other hard drives is done. The cards are backed up to another hard drive also, though I hope to never need that one I have one catalog on the laptop for temporary things for publication or on trips where I do not carry the master hard drive. At those times, I use export and import catalog. ric On Sep 14, 2010, at 5:00 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > Ric that would work for having a second identical copy of your images for > back-up purposes. I think that the strength of using the LR second install > on your laptop is that you can go on a trip for example and keep new photos > shot along the way on it or perhaps edit copies of existing ones. Then when > you return the versions and new work are exported/imported with their > catalog to your main machine. So for example, if I shoot 1,000 new shots on > a trip to Raleigh, South Carolina, I import them into my laptop from the > memory cards and keywording, sorting etc. On there I have copies of shots > shown to LUG friends for comment and add some new keywords/edits to those. > Back home, I export the laptop catalog with the 'negatives' into the main > machine > and update the metadata (if I'd edited cpies of stuff that was on the main > machine). > > > > > > > On 14 September 2010 22:54, Ric Carter <ricc at embarqmail.com> wrote: > >> and here's another way to do it. >> >> all my photos reside on and external drive (i have an onboard catalog of >> stuff i need to carry with me) >> >> i use carbon copy cloner to synchronize the external drive with another >> external drive for backup >> >> CCC with synchronize and directories you like, so you could use it to >> match >> your lightroom folders >> >> ric >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sep 14, 2010, at 7:33 AM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: >> >>> Dennis you can indeed synchronisethe catalogs by following the correct >>> procedure with export and import. You can include the file versions or >> new >>> files from the second machine as well, if desired and update the metadata >> to >>> the main versions from that too. >>> As a separate concern, while a catalog cannot reside on a network drive, >> the >>> files themselves can. >>> You can actually have more than one catalog residing on one machine as >> well, >>> but that makes my brain hurt. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Geoff >>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >>> >>> >>> On 14 September 2010 19:28, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Dennis, I don't think you can have the catalog on a network drive, but I >> am >>>> prepared to be corrected. >>>> >>>> I travel reasonably frequently and have LR 3.2 on both my iMac at home >> and >>>> on the Macbook Pro laptop that travels with me. However, the primary >> catalog >>>> is on the iMac at home. When I go on a trip, I create a catalog specific >> to >>>> that trip on the laptop. During the trip I process pictures etc. Just >> before >>>> flying home I copy all the pictures and that trip catalog to my iPod, >> both >>>> as a backup but also to transfer it to the desktop on return. Once >>>> everything is on the desktop, I simply open the main catalog, do the >>>> "file...import from catalog..." bit, point LR to the trip catalog, and >>>> voila--everything is together. >>>> >>>> It actually sounds more complicated than it is in practice. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Nathan >>>> >>>> On 14 Sep, 2010, at 10:50 , Dennis wrote: >>>> >>>>> I downloaded the eval copy of Lightroom 3 and it looks very good but >> I'm >>>> not sure about the catalog feature. >>>>> >>>>> The license indicates I can install a copy on my laptop and on my >> desktop >>>> and I would want to do that. >>>>> >>>>> One issue that may prevent me from using Lightroom is the catalog and >> how >>>> to deal with a catalog on the desktop computer and a catalog on the >> laptop.I >>>> don't see how to synchronize the two catalogs The desktop and laptop are >> on >>>> a network and ideally one click would do the trick. It may be in >> Lightroom, >>>> but so far I haven't found it. If you have two computers how do you >>>> synchronize the catalogs? >>>>> >>>>> As a separate question can a catalog be on a NAS box and shared between >>>> the two computers? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for any assistance, >>>>> Dennis >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>> >>>> Nathan Wajsman >>>> Alicante, Spain >>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu >>>> http://www.greatpix.eu >>>> http://www.nathanfoto.com >>>> >>>> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 >>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >>>> Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman >>>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information