Moving my catalogue from windows to mac with photos on network storage
Hi
I've been using LR for a while and have a catalogue of about 15,000 photos.
I import my camera files to the windows vista machine but periodically move them over to my network attached storage (linux host with USB drives) where I have more space and file backup available.
I want to move the catalogue from the windows PC onto my new Macbook as I'll be moving to that for all my photography work.
So how do I move the catalogue onto the Mac and retain the links to the photographs that are on the external drive.
Would it be easier to move all the files back on to my Vista hard drive and then export the catalog with the negatives or can I export the catalog and somehow relink the files?
I've got Lightroom 2.7 installed on both machines and I can access the network drive where the photos are stored from my MAC
Thanks
Colin
Hey Colin,
Well, I didn't have a problem with that when i moved my main editing from PC to mac. I just backed up everything onto the fileserver, then loaded it onto the mac. It opened just fine. To "find" files again, simply right click on the left hand side menu where it shows the question mark of the missing folder, and it will let you browse to find it. So finding new drive locations for the top level folder is easy, and the rest fell into place automatically.
I routinely backup my catalog and images onto a portable drive, which I then use to edit on my laptop.
One thing that makes it work, I think, is that I put my catalog files and image files into one subdirectory, and export the whole subdirectory onto the portable. Then told the PC to always load that portable disk as the same drive letter... That let me open the laptop LR and tell it where the catalog was, and always works the same.
This may not be what you've asked, and if it isn't, sorry!
Cheers!
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