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1. Re: Lightroom and External USB Drive
John Blair Oct 30, 2007 10:33 AM (in response to mikeobe)Mike,
I have my main stock catalog and images on an external hard drive, although I use a firewire drive. A USB drive maybe slower. That way I can use it on my desktop computer during the day and work on it at night on my laptop.
John
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2. Re: Lightroom and External USB Drive
J McWilliams Oct 30, 2007 10:44 AM (in response to mikeobe)I was told at MacWorld last year that USB2 is slightly faster on a MacBookPro, at least my model, which doesn't have FW800, just 400.
However, I believe it's the sustained rates we ought to be looking at, which indicates FW is faster than USB2, even if only 400.
From the LaCie site:
Interface Transfer Rate : FireWire 800: up to 800Mbits/s (100MB/s);
FireWire 400: up to 400Mbits/s (50MB/s);
Hi-Speed USB 2.0: up to 480Mbits/s (60MB/s)
Max Sustained Transfer Rate : FireWire 800: 40-50MB/s
FireWire 400: 30-40MB/s
Hi-Speed USB 2.0: 30MB/s -
3. Re: Lightroom and External USB Drive
mikeobe Oct 30, 2007 11:30 AM (in response to mikeobe)thanks for the response! I'm running out of Space on my internal drives, Just got a Digital Camera last spring and well, really eats up the space!!:) Bot the camera for a family trip to Italy to visit my oldest, stationed in Naples with the Navy, Took over 1400 pictures!:)
It's a sickness!!
Is there a FAQ about setting this up?? -
4. Re: Lightroom and External USB Drive
Casamagnolia-wSzxs8 Oct 30, 2007 11:43 AM (in response to mikeobe)My catalog and data is on a USB drive. Actually, it will connect by firewire but I had some problems with that so it's been USB ever since. I took this drive (I have a backup drive that was up to date) with us this summer on our extended trip north away from Texas heat. So I was able to easily work on photos as well as other things that I store on my huge USB drive during the summer.
I don't like to keep important stuff on an internal drive. True, I have a kind of mirror drive (not exact mirror) but nonetheless I like to have my important stuff on an external drive. -
5. Re: Lightroom and External USB Drive
John Blair Oct 30, 2007 12:18 PM (in response to mikeobe)Mike,
When you create a new catalog, just navigate to your external drive and tell LR where to put it on the drive when it asks you. Put all of the images for that catalog on that drive in an appropriate folder structure. Really, it takes more time to explain it than to do it. :-)
John
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6. Re: Lightroom and External USB Drive
mikeobe Oct 30, 2007 12:37 PM (in response to mikeobe)John,
Is it possible to move an existing Catalog? -
7. Re: Lightroom and External USB Drive
J McWilliams Oct 30, 2007 12:47 PM (in response to mikeobe)Mike-
Yes, if you can copy over the same file structure to a new computer/drive/partition/folder, it should pop right up and look just like it does on the other machine/drive/partition. -
8. Re: Lightroom and External USB Drive
John Blair Oct 30, 2007 12:59 PM (in response to mikeobe)Hi Mike,
As John McWilliams said, it is easy to do. I just tried it by dragging an existing catalog and images from one disk to another and it started right up without any problems.
John
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9. Re: Lightroom and External USB Drive
mikeobe Oct 30, 2007 1:01 PM (in response to mikeobe)OK, Last Question, I promise, Until the Next One! It seems this software is Too SMART for me, Now what do I do??:) -
10. Re: Lightroom and External USB Drive
John Blair Oct 30, 2007 1:39 PM (in response to mikeobe)Mike,
What you need is a user-selectable switch that would set the software intelligence. You would have to enter your IQ in Preferences so it would have a reference point. That is a new feature request, and should be requested in the feature request forum rather than here.
John
John G. Blair
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11. Re: Lightroom and External USB Drive
John O Connor Oct 30, 2007 2:00 PM (in response to mikeobe)No problem using external USB Drive. The one that I have is a Maxtor 500Gb. It works fine, I keep my photos and catalogs on it.
Previously I had all my photos on an internal second hard drive; No problem moving them and their catalogs.
But of course, 500Gb is probably small too, so next time it will be a 2Tb drive, and then what will I do for backups etc. (As an aside, that is one of my reasons for using small catalogs and folders).
Also, USB3 appears to be on the way so then all we will need to do is update all or our hardware again to use the new speed!! -
12. Re: Lightroom and External USB Drive
mikeobe Oct 30, 2007 3:57 PM (in response to mikeobe)John G,
Now you are startin to sound like my wife!:)
Both Johns,
Thanks for the help! I'm a Newbie at this stuff, Just in case ya hadn't figured that out!!?:) -
13. Re: Lightroom and External USB Drive
John O Connor Oct 30, 2007 5:07 PM (in response to mikeobe)Mike,
I wont answer for John G, but your wife must be great if she only gives advice!!!
Couldn't resist responding for a bit of lighthearted banter. -
14. Re: Lightroom and External USB Drive
J McWilliams Oct 30, 2007 5:12 PM (in response to mikeobe)Thanks, third Johnny on the spot!
My S.O. gives a little advice, gives a lot of good things, but heaven help me if I forget and give her advice.....
~ John P


