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1. Re: Moving Catalogs and Folders
camerahans Jun 17, 2010 10:57 PM (in response to Deep Woods)a) delete the files on the local harddrive with your operating system. (the preview is still there.Going to develop will give a message that the file is offline)
b) write the changes on the files of disk a to an xmp file and backup that xmp to the second disk b. That xmp contains the changes. The RAW is not altered at all.
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2. Re: Moving Catalogs and Folders
Dorin Nicolaescu-Musteață Jun 18, 2010 12:19 AM (in response to Deep Woods)Using LR 3 - After importing pictures from my camera to a notebook I need to archive everything to 2 external hard drives.
Do you want to have two separate copies of the same photos or spread your image library into two because they won't fit onto one?
I assume the former... If the former, then move them from notebook to the first external HD. Open Lightroom, right-click the top-level folder and update the location. After that, you can mount and unmount the external drive, but your catalog will still see previews and you'll be able to edit metadata.
Finally, if I connect to the primary hard drive and edit some images, what would be the easiest way to update the data in the secondary hard drive.
Just use some sync software to keep the two external drives in sync.
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3. Re: Moving Catalogs and Folders
Deep Woods Jun 18, 2010 7:23 PM (in response to Dorin Nicolaescu-Musteață)Thanks you so much for your quick reply Dorin.
The easiest solutions are sometimes the hardest to find. It works perfectly.
DW.
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4. Re: Moving Catalogs and Folders
Deep Woods Jun 18, 2010 7:25 PM (in response to camerahans)Easy to do and it works. I couldn't find anything this simple after 2 days of searching online.
Thank you,
DW.


