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Subject: [Leica] OT: LR Import Catalog fails...
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 01:53:18 +0200
References: <CAF8hL-Gix7VyQFECtHPwuY1Amkjz2dDU7qD=iF=n1YYvNKeXpw@mail.gmail.com> <CAE3QcF5rGKEq-cjVLP8KOJe15PFh49PORbQbJaqgt3mOPUsmcA@mail.gmail.com> <CAE3QcF7Ey6kVugW-+stdxs5hTNtx5-5247mw+fXbX04AA-cgBA@mail.gmail.com> <CAF8hL-Gsx8=UTxXmYuEJZLvUKToE5797cvcq_Q2ih-rpe7gs6g@mail.gmail.com>

Sounds weird indeed. I use the "import from catalog" option all the time, 
when coming home from a trip.

Cheers,
Nathan

On 11 Oct, 2011, at 23:25 , Richard Man wrote:

> That may be it! I will check.
> 
> I also do the have Martin's book, but since the technique worked earlier
> many times, it's a bit mystifying.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at 
> gmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> Forgot to say, There was a bug in one earlier version where it would fail
>> if
>> you tried to import a catalog to another machine that had identical folder
>> structure with copies of the originals too. That is fixed but why wouldn't
>> you upgrade to 3.5 on both machines as good practice anyway. You can copy
>> the upgrade if you have downloaded it once and it is a full install. But
>> then I'm sure that you knew that.
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Geoff
>> 
>> *Lighting- eyes- action*
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 12 October 2011 07:04, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Better to export the original files with the catalog than to try to marry
>>> it up with copies on another computer.
>>> Use 'export negative files' checked to copy the files as well as the
>>> catalog. Use 'Include available previews '  for the most complete.
>>> 
>>> On importing to second machine you will need to restart LR and select
>>> the*****.lrcat (whatever you called it on export)
>>> Martin Evening's LR3 book is very good to have.
>>> 
>>> Cheers
>>> Geoff
>>> 
>>> *Lighting- eyes- action*
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 12 October 2011 00:40, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> What's the option to set in LR to have all the LR changes associated
>> with
>>>> the actual files? I am trying to import the photos from the NYC trip and
>>>> the
>>>> desktop LR is failing with "Unknown Error" when I do the import catalog
>>>> function. This has worked with previous shoots and the two LRs are the
>>>> same
>>>> version (3.4). I also optimized the laptop catalog and updated my work
>>>> computer's LR to 3.5, and neither fixes the problem. So I am going just
>>>> import the photos directly.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> 
>>>> --
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