I want to move a PSE 5 catalog and photos from an old Dell Dimension desktop to already installed PSE 13 on a new Dell XPS. Can it be done?

I want to move a PSE 5 catalog and photos from an old Dell Dimension desktop to already installed PSE 13 on a new Dell XPS8700. Can it be done? If so, how? Link to any clear cut instructions?

Hi,
You can visit Common catalog upgrade issues | Organizer | Elements 6 or later and see if it works.
You can also visit Converting a catalog from previous versions | Learn Photoshop Elements 11 | Adobe TV for visual help.
Regards
Kishan

Similar Messages

How can't I move all my contacted and photos from my old iCloud account to my new account

How can't I move all my contacted and my photos from my old iCloud account to my new iCloud account . And how do I know I got photos saved on my iCloud account

If you sign into your old account using your iPhone and turn on contacts (Settings > iCloud) then once all of your contacts are on your iPhone turn contacts back off and select keep on my iPhone. Then delete account on the old account and sign in with your new iCloud account and turn on contacts and select merge. That will get your contacts over.
If you have photos stored in iCloud it will be in My Photo Stream. This section only keeps the last 30 days of auto uploads from any of your devices or computers that are using this feature. You can access these photos by signing into the old iCloud account in Settings > iCloud and enable Photos > My Photo Stream. If you have any photos in there, they will load into your Photos App. In the Photos App, tap Albums in the bottom right, then tap My Photo Stream. There is no way to upload them to your new iCloud account once you sign into it short of creating a Shared Photo Stream and inviting yourself to it.
In the end you should really try to keep one Apple ID for everything when possible as there is no way to merge Apple IDs and you can end up in a tangled mess.
How to export iCloud contacts as vCards: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH3606
My Photo Stream FAQs: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4486
Shared Photo Stream FAQs: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5903

HT201269 HI, I have bought a new Iphone and want to sync it will all my stuff from my old iphone, but I have set it up as a new iphone and nt sure how to sync it now.

HI, I have bought a new Iphone and want to sync it will all my stuff from my old iphone, but I have set it up as a new iphone and nt sure how to sync it now.

See: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2109

HT4889 how do you import itunes and photos from my old mac book to my new macbook air

I have just purchased a new mac book air and want to transfer my itunes and photos form my old to new. Is there any easy way to do this as most of the tutorials seem to want to move everything and my old mac book is 512GB but my new air is 256GB solid state. I do not want to move everything ( except for itunes) but it seems to be difficult to select bits and pieces. Also is there a need to transfer all the user information form my old to new or can I start fresh? And can you still use the old mac and thenew mac with the same itunes library?

Hi pjktl,
The document that you are referencing shows screen shots under the Firewire/Thunderbolt section that shows how you can selectively migrate parts of the Macintosh HD. Skip down to that section and see if that is what you are looking for.
I don't see why you can't have the same library on both Macs, but I don't know if there is any way to keep them in sync, and you need to select one of them to sync your iTunes content with (this does not include Photos, as they are kept in the iPhone library. My husband and I sync our devices with the iTunes library on his Mac, but sync our photos with the iPhoto library on my Mac. You just have to make sure you have the device profile screens set up correctly for each device in each library).
Also, you can set up the User information as new on the new Mac
Cheers,
GB

I have a new iMac - how do file share my music and photos from my old mac to my new mac?

I want to transfer my music and photos from one Mac to another - but I don't want to transfer anything else - what is the best way to do this?
Thanks

the simplest way would be to connect the two Macs with a firewire cable, boot the source Mac in Target Disk Mode, and copy the entire iTunes folder (not just the iTunes music folder) from /users//music on the source to /users//music on the target (overwriting the iTunes folder in place there).
do the same with your iPhoto library. see this support article for more information (except, you won't have to option-launch iPhoto)

Hi just had a new laptop. How can I easily transfer my music and apps from my old one to this one?, Hi just had a new laptop. How can I easily transfer my music and apps from my old one to this one?

Hi Just had a new laptop - windows 7, and need to transfer all my music and apps from my old one. HOw do I do it easily?

Type "move itunes library" into the Google search bar.

How can I move all my info and apps from my old Ipad to a new one

I use to have a 32 Gb iPad2 and I just bought a new 64 Gb iPad2 and want to move all that I have to the new one and reset the old one to sell it... how can i do that?

Reset and Erase before selling
Settings>General>Reset>Erase all Content and Settings

How do I move bookmarks, cookies, history and settings from an old Firefox version to my new one

I have the previous version of my Firefox from an old computer now located on my C drive. I would like to move the bookmarks, cookies, history and settings to my new Firefox (it is an upgraded version on my new computer). When I click on the File drop down, the import section can not be opened because it is not active. I have dozens of bookmarks that I would like to have loaded in my new Firefox application. I would also like to have my passwords moved to the new Foxfire application. How do I get that to happen?

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile

I want to get back all contactss and app from the old iphone is it possible ? and will the old iphone that i gave to have access on getting what i sync ?

need help on this. as i'm selling off my used iphone and get a new one.

Hello Lindster,
Congratulations on your new computer! I recommend following the steps in the article below to transfer your entire library from your previous computer to your new computer:
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4527
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.

HT4527 I just had to clear the hard drive on my computer - now I want to transfer all the music and pictures from my ipad back onto my computer. 'Sync' doesn't do it. What do I do?

I had toclear the hard drive of my computer and reinstall Windows 7. Now I want to transfer all the music and photos from my iPad back onto my computer. I authorized the computer (it is the ONLY computer authorized on this account - and this is the ONLY account on this iPad). ITunes then downloaded my purchases...or at least it tried - out of the hundreds of tracks I have purchased, it managed one album that I bought over a year ago and NOTHING else. So I tried to Sync - since on older versions of iTunes (that were SO MUCH MORE user friendly) that would do the job -transferring things that were only on the iPad onto the computer and vice versa. It doesn't do that anymore. So I went from my iPad's summary to the Music tab - the box for Music was not checked but when I checked it said the only thing it could do was erase EVERYTHING from my iPad and replace it with what was on my computer (that ONE album). What is going on?
Why hasn't iTunes downloaded my other purchases since I authorized the computer? (there are over 3,000 tracks...not 18)
How can I download my iPad to my computer?

-Me again - it also won't upload the few new pictures I have on the computer onto the iPad without deleting all the photos that are already there....

I used the migrator utility to transfer music and picture from my old PC and now I have 2 accounts on my new Mac, how can I get back to one account and still have the music and photos transfered ?

I used the migrator utility to transfer itunes and photos from my old PC to my new Mac and ended up with 2 accounts on my new computer. How do I transfer the music and photos and only have the 1 account on the new Mac ?

That's not easy. The Windows migration tool makes a new user account, and you can't prevent it.
You may be able to transfer what you want manually, but it's not quick or easy. See Transferring files from one User Account to another.

How to move entire catalog and collection from old PC with PSE 4 to new PC with PSE 9

I have read various answers regarding upgrading to new PC's using newer versions of PSE
. All solutions seem to differ slightly. Can anyone give me a good path to follow for upgrading from PSE 4 on old windows XP PC to PSE 9 on a new Win 7 PC
Any help would be greatly appreciated

I did it like this:
copy all your photos from your old PC to exactly the same folder in your new PC.
Install the trial version of PSE9 to your new PC. Copy the old catalog from your old PC to your new PC. In the new PC choose File/Catalog/Convert/Find more catalogs, locate the folder where you copied the catalog, choose Convert. And there it is! Everythingworks beautifully!
Of course I'm not 100 % sure was it exactly like this what I did just half an hour ago. But I had exactly the same problem as you: PSE4+old PC --> New PSE + new PC (I wanted to have all the old tags to be in use also in the new PC and new version of PSE9).
Some more advice: to locate the catalog in your old PC: start PSE4, choose File/Catalog/New and you'll see on the screen the folder where old catalog is located (in my PC it was: c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Adobe\Catalogs - file named "My catalog.psa").
Good luck,
MattiS

What is the best option to store catalogs and photos not located on the desktop CPU for easy access by PSE? My 2TB HD is almost full.

I currently use PSE 11 & have purchased PSE 13, I use a Dell XPS8300 that is was purchased in 2011 and has a 2TB HD, however, it is 75%full. I have several large catalogs, all located on drive C (My Catalog, Scrapbooking Supplies, Etc), I would like to move these catalogs to another larger external device, along with the tagged jpgs, pngs, and psd files that go with them, while maintaining the ability to access them quickly from my desktop, using PSE. I have briefly considered My Cloud or My Book, but an uncertain if either of these are the correct choice, or if another option would better suit my needs. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Tyna

In a similar situation you are right in your option to move your image libraries to external drives. Your choice is to move only the picture files tree or to move also the catalogs. Keeping the catalogs on your C: drive does not require much disk space and speeds up the operations a little.
There are mainly two ways to move your pictures to a new drive:
- Using the 'Folders' panel and dragging the master folder of your pictures tree to the external drives. You keep the catalog in its original default location and the paths of the files in the new drive are automatically updated. Be patient, that may take hours. You can move all your files at once, or choose to move folder by folder (moving a folder also moves its subfolders).
- Or use the backup/restore procedure.
http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/kb/backup-restore-move-catalog-photoshop.html
You specify a master folder on the new external drive for the custom location. That will also move the catalog folder to the new drive, but you can choose to move it back to the default location on your C: drive.
Even if you choose the 'move' solution, do a full backup before for safety.
Keeping the catalogs on the new external drive may slow down the process a little, but the big advantage is that you can access your catalog and library from another computer with Elements.

I want to move pic's in a folder from iPhoto to a flash drive. Everything I've tried allows me to "copy" the contents of the folder, but when I access the flash drive it does not allow me to "paste". What do I do??

I want to move pic's in a folder from iPhoto to a flash drive. Everything I've tried allows me to "copy" the folder but no "paste" to the flash drive. What do I do? What am I doing wrong??

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
Your USB drive is formatted in NTFS, and OS X can't write on disks with NTFS. To fix this:
1. Use an app like Paragon NTFS.
2. Format the USB drive in another filesystem like "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)", "MS-DOS (FAT)" or "exFAT" > http://pondini.org/OSX/DU1.html Make a backup of your files on the external disk.
After doing that, you will be able to copy your photos to the external disk. Note that you can also use the Export feature in iPhoto to get more export options

Moving catalog and photos with external drive, Elements can't see catalog database

Tried searching, but couldn't find my situation.
I have an old computer with a second hard drive (1.5 TB). I pulled it from my old computer and put it in the new computer.
I also copied my "My Catalog" folder which contains the catalog database file (catalog with a type "PSE8DB").
Got the second drive installed fine in my new computer.
Reinstalled Elements 8.
But the File / Catalog dialog box can't seen the existing catalog database. I can browse to the folder, but it doesn't show up.
Old computer was Windows XP. New computer is Windows 7.
Both are using Photoshop Elements 8.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
John

solodarwest wrote:
Tried searching, but couldn't find my situation.
I have an old computer with a second hard drive (1.5 TB). I pulled it from my old computer and put it in the new computer.
I also copied my "My Catalog" folder which contains the catalog database file (catalog with a type "PSE8DB").
Got the second drive installed fine in my new computer.
Reinstalled Elements 8.
But the File / Catalog dialog box can't seen the existing catalog database. I can browse to the folder, but it doesn't show up.
Old computer was Windows XP. New computer is Windows 7.
Both are using Photoshop Elements 8.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
John
John,
1 - Where are your photo files located ? What is the drive letter assignment of this second drive ?
My suspicion is that the photos (and perhaps also video files) reside on that second hard drive which you physically moved and installed in the new computer.
2 - Where is the PSE Catalog file (both on the old XP system and on the new W 7 system) ? Is that folder containing the PSE Catalog on the C drive or on that second hard drive which is now installed on the new W 7 system ?
3 - FYI - I agree with the DJ Paige recommendation to "In Windows, double-click on the *.pse8db file" as a means of starting the Organizer with the Catalog that you previously had under XP . This generally works on most versions of PSE although I did have an experience with PSE 8 where it did not work initially.
4 - FYI - If your photo files were stored under My Pictures under XP, then I think that the other suggestions about PSE not being able to find photosand needing to do a PSE Backup are relevant -
"You catalog will be holding the absolute location of the files in the catalog. These will no longer be valid when porting to Win7 from XP"
However, if your photo files are stored on that second hard drive, I am skeptical about that conclusion.
5 - FYI - I have seen a report of successfully moving a physical second internal drive from old XP PC to new Windows 7 PC with PSE 10. I think that you should be able to do the same with PSE 8.

I want to move a PSE 5 catalog and photos from an old Dell Dimension desktop to already installed PSE 13 on a new Dell XPS. Can it be done?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for