Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >