Moving images between libraries

In OSX and Lightroom 2, how to I move images between libraries? I know that probably sounds like a dumb question, but I am a total LR2 newb. I know I can move an entire library folder into another library folder, but what if I just want to move selected images from one library to another?
Thanks in advance!

Open a catalog and choose FILE...IMPORT FROM CATALOG. Choose the other catalog and then select the images you want. That will copy them into your catalog. If you don't want them in the second catalog then open that one and delete them. Just choose the remove from catalog option since you want the image source files to remain on your drive for the other catalog to reference.

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OSB gives confusing volume information when moving tapes between libraries

Hi,
We have an SL500 tape library as our main backup device. We also added an SL24 to the OSB domain for testing prior to installation elsewhere. We have an RMAN-FULL-MF media family, which at some point in the past had unexpired media in both libraries.
As part of the process of decommissioning the SL24 prior to shipment, I unloaded the volumes from the SL24 and imported them into the SL500. However, I may not have run the necessary OSB commands, such that OSB has up-to-date information as to where the physical media is located.
Our DBA has tried to delete some old database backups, and this has failed because the backup pieces cannot be found. However, we have a volume in the SL500, RMAN-FULL-MF-000007 which appear to contains the backup pieces (see 'lspiece' output below), but OSB thinks the volume is still in the SL24.
When I do an inventory of the SL500 I get:
lsvol -L SL500
Inventory of library SL500:
in 1: volume OSB-CATALOG-MF-000085, barcode 000001, 408693760 kb remaining, expires 2008/10/02.07:01
in 2: volume CLIENTS-INCR-MF-000042, barcode 000000, 405070848 kb remaining, expires 2008/10/14.03:01
in 3: unlabeled, barcode 000002
in 4: volume RMAN-ARCH-MF-000006, barcode 000003, 387257344 kb remaining, content manages reuse
in 5: volume RMAN-ARCH-MF-000003, barcode 000004, 358014976 kb remaining, content manages reuse
in 6: volume RMAN-FULL-MF-000005, barcode 000005, 353155072 kb remaining, content manages reuse
in 7: volume OSB-CATALOG-MF-000087, barcode 000006, 408693760 kb remaining, expires 2008/10/04.07:01
in 8: volume RMAN-FULL-MF-000006, barcode 000007, 361881600 kb remaining, content manages reuse
in 9: volume CLIENTS-INCR-MF-000044, barcode 000010, 407601152 kb remaining, expires 2008/10/20.02:02
in 10: volume OSB-CATALOG-MF-000084, barcode 000011, 408794112 kb remaining, expired
in 11: volume CLIENTS-INCR-MF-000039, barcode 000012, 406033408 kb remaining, expires 2008/10/10.03:02
in 12: volume CLIENTS-INCR-MF-000036, barcode 000013, 405890048 kb remaining, expires 2008/10/03.03:02
in 13: volume OSB-CATALOG-MF-000086, barcode 000014, 408708096 kb remaining, expires 2008/10/03.07:02
in 14: volume CLIENTS-INCR-MF-000038, barcode 000009, 407687168 kb remaining, expires 2008/10/04.04:04
in 15: volume CLIENTS-INCR-MF-000043, barcode 000008, 407586816 kb remaining, expires 2008/10/17.03:03
in 16: volume CLIENTS-INCR-MF-000037, barcode 000015, 409627648 kb remaining, expires 2008/10/03.03:02
in 17: volume CLIENTS-FULL-MF-000028, barcode 000016, 337067008 kb remaining, expires 2008/10/05.04:18
in 18: volume CLIENTS-FULL-MF-000029, barcode 000017, 318909440 kb remaining, expires 2008/10/05.05:08
in 19: volume CLIENTS-INCR-MF-000041, barcode 000018, 408406016 kb remaining, expires 2008/10/11.05:09
in 20: unlabeled, barcode 000019
in 21: volume CLIENTS-FULL-MF-000031, barcode 000020, 312597504 kb remaining, expires 2008/10/12.05:04
in 22: volume CLIENTS-FULL-MF-000033, barcode 000021, 389140480 kb remaining, expires 2008/10/19.05:08
in 23: volume CLIENTS-FULL-MF-000034, barcode 000022, 392922112 kb remaining, expires 2008/10/19.05:08
in 24: volume CLIENTS-INCR-MF-000035, barcode 000023, 409815040 kb remaining, expires 2008/10/02.05:06
in 25: volume CLIENTS-FULL-MF-000032, barcode 000024, 356518912 kb remaining, expires 2008/10/19.02:02
in 26: volume CLIENTS-INCR-MF-000040, barcode 000025, 409699328 kb remaining, expires 2008/10/11.04:04
in 27: volume CLIENTS-FULL-MF-000030, barcode 000026, 375496704 kb remaining, expires 2008/10/12.04:18
in 28: volume CLIENTS-INCR-MF-000034, barcode 000027, 408218624 kb remaining, expired
in 29: unlabeled, barcode 000028
in 30: unlabeled, barcode 000029
in 31: volume RMAN-ARCH-MF-000004, barcode 000056, content manages reuse
in 32: unlabeled, barcode 000059
in 33: volume RMAN-ARCH-MF-000005, barcode 000055, content manages reuse
in 34: volume RMAN-FULL-MF-000007, barcode 000057, content manages reuse
in 35: unlabeled, barcode 000058
in 49: unlabeled, barcode CLNU00
in 50: unlabeled, barcode CLNU01
This shows the relevant volume. However, when I do an 'lsvol' by media family, I get:
lsvol -f RMAN-FULL-MF
VOID OOID Seq Volume ID Barcode Family Created Attributes
166 166 1 RMAN-FULL-MF-000005 000005 RMAN-FULL-MF 07/06.03:20 never closes; content manages reuse
167 167 1 RMAN-FULL-MF-000006 000007 RMAN-FULL-MF 07/06.03:23 never closes; content manages reuse
324 324 1 RMAN-FULL-MF-000007 000057 RMAN-FULL-MF 08/31.02:27 never closes; content manages reuse
288 288 1 RMAN-FULL-MF-000007 000057L3 RMAN-FULL-MF 08/31.02:27 never closes; content manages reuse
The volume RMAN-FULL-MF-000007 appears twice! The long version of this command gives:
lsvol -lf RMAN-FULL-MF
Volume OID: 166
Volume ID: RMAN-FULL-MF-000005
Barcode: 000005
Volume sequence: 1
Media family: RMAN-FULL-MF
Current location: SL500
Label host: ldvbspa01
Created: 2008/07/06.03:20
Closes: never
Expires: never; content manages reuse
Space remaining: 336.8 GB
Original OID: 166
Volume OID: 167
Volume ID: RMAN-FULL-MF-000006
Barcode: 000007
Volume sequence: 1
Media family: RMAN-FULL-MF
Current location: SL500
Label host: ldvbspa01
Created: 2008/07/06.03:23
Closes: never
Expires: never; content manages reuse
Space remaining: 345.1 GB
Original OID: 167
Volume OID: 324
Volume ID: RMAN-FULL-MF-000007
Barcode: 000057
Volume sequence: 1
Media family: RMAN-FULL-MF
Current location: SL500
Label host: ldvbsm01
Created: 2008/08/31.02:27
Closes: never
Expires: never; content manages reuse
Original OID: 324
Volume OID: 288
Volume ID: RMAN-FULL-MF-000007
Barcode: 000057L3
Volume sequence: 1
Media family: RMAN-FULL-MF
Label host: ldvbsm01
Created: 2008/08/31.02:27
Closes: never
Expires: never; content manages reuse
Space remaining: 390.1 GB
Original OID: 288
I ran the 'lspiece' command to get information about the specific backup pieces in question and I get:
lspiece -l -S 7ujpclm8_1_2
Error: can't read location SL24(DELETED) - UUID not found
Warning: can't obtain section and volume data for piece OID 2058 - UUID not found
Backup piece OID: 2058
Database: ukldmoms
Database ID: 3307807331
Content: full
Copy number: 0
Created: 2008/08/31.02:27
Host: ldvbsm01
Piece name: 7ujpclm8_1_2
BSOID: 3378
Volume ID: RMAN-FULL-MF-000007
File: 1
Sect: 1
lspiece -l -S 7vjpcn5b_1_2
Error: can't read location SL24(DELETED) - UUID not found
Warning: can't obtain section and volume data for piece OID 2059 - UUID not found
Backup piece OID: 2059
Database: ukldmoms
Database ID: 3307807331
Content: full
Copy number: 0
Created: 2008/08/31.02:31
Host: ldvbsm01
Piece name: 7vjpcn5b_1_2
BSOID: 3379
Volume ID: RMAN-FULL-MF-000007
File: 2
Sect: 1
This appears to indicate that OSB still thinks the volume is in the SL24, which has now been removed from the domain.
Does anyone know what I can do to get OSB to recognise that the volume is now in the SL500? Do I need to run the 'obtar' command with the -G option to re-catalogue the tape?
Ultimately I like to see some documentation on how to transfer tapes between libraries in the same domain, and also between domains, with specifc commands to run.
Thanks.

Hi,
Not quite as straightforward as you suggest, but we have made progress.
The volume has to have a rotation policy before the 'chvol' command will run, which seems logical. So I created a policy for movement of tapes between the SL24 and SL500, and created and ran the media movement job. However, I then tried to remove the rotation policy, but could not because it was associated with the volume just moved.
I then tried a 'chvol -R "" RMAN-FULL-MF-000007' which returned an error:
"Error: can't relocate volume RMAN-FULL-MF-000007, volume has no rotation policy"
Which was the effect I wanted really - the removal of the association of the volume with the policy. I was then able to remove the rotation policy.
Also, 'lsvol -f RMAN-FULL-MF' still shows this volume listed twice.
The upshot of all this is that OSB now appears to show the volume in the right location and our DBA was able to delete the obsolete backups via RMAN.

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I take lots of photos, and, with previous incarnations of iPhoto, this was a bit of a problem. To get around it, I created multiple users on my computer, each with a themed library (family, travel, hobbies, etc.)
With iPhoto 6 I can have much larger libraries, and multiple libraries for a single user. I have migrated my libraries (via an external hard drive) back to my main user, and open them as needed without a problem.
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luba:
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Moving images between folders is SLOW

Moving images from one folder to another seems unusually slow, even if the folders are on the same hard drive.
Additionally, the thumbnails stay in the original folder until I restart LR. I vaguely recall something that caused the thumbnails to update very slowly, but right now I find it's quicker to just quit LR and restart it.
Special circumstances that might be contributing to the problem -
Source Folder -
18 GB of images from a wedding shoot. 6 multi GB cards, each with a few subfolders of their own.
I'm trying to move about 500 images at a time.
Destination Folders -
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Turn on curmudgeon switch -
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Provide an easy way to move an image between Lightroom folders with LR updating the database information on the image location. I have been told you can simply drag and drop but the process is not intuitive and I am cconcerned that I am going to lose an image in the process.

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I have just bought a new computer with Windows 7 installed. I now also have Adobe CS5 Design Premium installed.
When I try to MOVE or DRAG and DROP an image from one folder to another using Adobe Bridge I get the following error message:
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Oracle doesn't have a byte[] data type and the procedure code you posted appears to be written in SQL Server's T-SQL. If this is a SQL Server question, you're probably better off finding a forum that deals with SQL Server. Very few of us in these parts use SQL Server with any regularity.
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I opened a .dng image in LR and then opened it in the Develop module. I clicked on Crop Overlay and then on the ‘As Shot’ drop down menu (the lock is closed) and cropped to 11 x 17 and clicked ‘Done’-.
I click Cntl-E and the image opens in CC. There I click on Image > Image Size and the Image Size is 13.288 inches by 20.533 inches.
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The penny will drop soon or maybe the cloud will lift.
In Lightroom all editing is undoable/nondestructive.
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100pixels per inch and will end up at 60x40" when printed.
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300ppi will end at 20x13.3"
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