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1. Re: Transfering catalog from PSE9 to new computer
dj_paige Aug 5, 2011 12:41 PM (in response to EPHRAIM GITELMAN)I have read how to tranfer the catalog to a new computer
Please tell us what you read so we can be sure we have the same understanding.
Is it also true that the albums would also be transferred when backing up the catalog and restoring it to the new comoputer?
Yes, if you do it properly.
Since the catalog references the previous image files in the original computer where do you put the image files on the new computer(Windows 7)?
Well that depends on my comment earlier. If you are using the PSE Organizer commands File->Backup Catalog followed by (on the new computer) File->Restore Catalog, you can tell PSE to put the photos anywhere you want. (By the way, since your question is "where do you put...", let me say that YOU don't put the photos anywhere, PSE puts the photos where you tell it to put them. "YOU" are not moving the photos yourself. I realize this is a minor point and comes up perhaps because of your choice of words, but I want this to be clear.)
The image files on the original computer were stored in the my pictures folder in the document directory. I am assuming that the images should be put in the Windows 7 pictures folder.
If you are using the PSE Organizer commands File->Backup Catalog followed by (on the new computer) File->Restore Catalog, you can tell PSE to put the photos anywhere you want. Oh, but I said that already.
Also, what do you do about the xmp files?
If you are using the PSE Organizer commands File->Backup Catalog followed by (on the new computer) File->Restore Catalog, then PSE will handle this for you. Advice: if you let PSE manage your photos, you never ever ever have to worry about the xmp files, because PSE takes care of that for you.
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2. Re: Transfering catalog from PSE9 to new computer
Elements User Aug 5, 2011 12:00 PM (in response to EPHRAIM GITELMAN)Check out http://photoshopelementsbyadobe.blogspot.com/2010/06/how-to-transfer-your.html , if it helps to understand the workflow
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3. Re: Transfering catalog from PSE9 to new computer
EPHRAIM GITELMAN Aug 5, 2011 12:56 PM (in response to Elements User)Thanks for the help. As I understand it the restore function includes all the images on the organizer that originally were part of the particular catalog file. By selecting the option in the Restore menu to restore to the original location then the images that were in my original computer in the My pictures folder would be copying into the pictures folder in Windows 7. That would mean that I would not have to copy the original images in the my pictures folder into the Windows 7 pictures folder since that would duplicate the original images in the original catalog. Is this correct?
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4. Re: Transfering catalog from PSE9 to new computer
dj_paige Aug 5, 2011 1:21 PM (in response to EPHRAIM GITELMAN)By selecting the option in the Restore menu to restore to the original location then the images that were in my original computer in the My pictures folder would be copying into the pictures folder in Windows 7.
To tell you the truth, I don't think it is that simple. On your old computer, if it had a different operating system, then My Pictures was in a different place, and I don't know where the photos will wind up if you tell it to restore to the original location. One possible path forward is not to put pictures into My Pictures anyway, when you do the restore, tell PSE to put them somewhere easily found, such as C:\My Photos or D:\My Photos. But it really doesn't matter where the photos are, PSE knows how to find them.
That would mean that I would not have to copy the original images in the my pictures folder into the Windows 7 pictures folder since that would duplicate the original images in the original catalog. Is this correct?
You do not copy the photos in this procedure. You let PSE take care of that.


