2 Replies Latest reply: Sep 11, 2011 8:42 AM by John Nez RSS

    How to limit the external drives that Bridge searches?

    John Nez Community Member
    John Nez Sep 10, 2011 10:58 AM

      I'm experiencing the problem that I find myself working on the files chosen from Bridge that have been selected from my external drive.

       

      This can lead to catastrophic results, of course, when the user will overwrite the wrong files, etc.

       

      I have looked all through the Bridge preferences, but I can't find anyplace to limit the searches to just the original main hard drive.

       

      Of course it's nice to have backup on the external drive, (which I have cloned with Carbon Copy Cloner)... but often I look up from working on a photoshop file and realize I've been working on a file that originated from the external drive, and not the original HDD.

       

      This is driving me nuts! 

       

      So.... is there any way to limit the external drives that Bridge will search?

       

      Thanks!

       

      jn

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        • 1. Re: How to limit the external drives that Bridge searches?
          Omke Oudeman Community Member
          Omke Oudeman Sep 11, 2011 3:44 AM (in response to John Nez)

          So.... is there any way to limit the external drives that Bridge will search?

           

           

          Yes, in the find menu (cmd+F or menu:Edit/Find) you have a window that let's you select the source where to look in, if you choose your hard drive as source to look in it will only find the files there.

           

          The folder panel may also be useful for your purpose, although I personally almost never have need for the find option in Bridge it might be when having Bridge pointed to a certain disk or folder the quick find field top right in Bridge window might also do the trick for you.

           

           

          Of course it's nice to have backup on the external drive, (which I have cloned with Carbon Copy Cloner)...

           

           

          I would not use Carbon Copy Cloner for back up but a dedicated back up application like Synchronize Pro, Just copy the whole content you want to use for back up to an external HDD and customize Synchronize the way you like it (when to back up, archive the older files etc etc). There are also a lot of other (some free) back up utilities.

          • 2. Re: How to limit the external drives that Bridge searches?
            John Nez Community Member
            John Nez Sep 11, 2011 8:42 AM (in response to Omke Oudeman)

            Thanks!  I never knew there was a command F key for Bridge!