Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]OK, back to Martin Evening's book. He says "there is a _prominent_ link button in Lightroom General Preferences that says 'go to Catalog Settings". Looking again, I see a dropdown for "edit>catalog setting", duh. So now problem solved, I have it set to backup every day upon exit with option selected to check file integrity. The catalog and the backup are in internal drive O, which Syncback backs up to external drives. It seems I should be OK if I follow the manual backup for the catalog, and then let SyncBack handle the nightly backups. Thanks again - I plead too many antibiotics. Ken On 3/17/2012 3:14 PM, Ken Carney wrote: > Mark, > > Thanks, that is most helpful. I have used PS for many years but am > just now coming to terms with LR. My version of LR3 does not have a > catalog setting choice under files or the preferences tab. Nor, can I > find any way to change the backup setting. I think what has happened > is that I was once given that choice, and now my internal HD backs up > to external discs once a week. I probably selected once a week in the > LR dialog when it was presented. So, LR probably thinks everything is > fine. I will change my SyncBack to more than once a week and see if > the LR dialog comes back, then select backup on closing and do that > manually. > > Ken > > On 3/17/2012 9:08 AM, Mark Pope wrote: >> Hi Ken, >> >> I think what Martin Avening means is to set up the catalog >> preferences so that the catalog is backed up when you exit Lightroom >> (this is the behaviour for LR3, but for 2, it backs up the catalog >> when you open the application). >> >> It's recommended because if your catalog becomes corrupted (I've had >> one catalog corruption), then you can load a backup copy and pick up >> from there. >> >> If you go to <file><preferences><catalog settings>, there is a >> drop-down menu where you can set your backup preferences. >> The options are 'Never', 'once a month when exiting Lightroom', 'once >> a day when exiting Lightroom', 'Every time Lightroom exits' and 'Next >> time Lightroom exits'. >> >> When backups are selected, the application will display a dialogue >> box which gives you the option to choose (or modify) the backup >> catalog location as well as to skip the backup and whether you want >> to optimise the catalog. >> >> The catalog backups are held in date-stamped directories on the >> backup disk. >> >> On our Windows system, our catalogs are backed up to a file share on >> network-attached server. Note that the catalog backup *does not* >> back up the image files, only the catalog database. >> >> Since you already use Syncback, then you could create a Lightroom >> catalog backups directory on your local hard disk and then this will >> be backed up with all of your other files. >> >> The images can be backed up when they are imported into Lightroom - >> check out the import settings. >> >> >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> All the best >> >> >> >> Mark Pope, >> Swindon, Wilts >> UK >> >> Homepage http://www.monomagic.co.uk >> Blog http://www.monomagic.co.uk/blog >> Picture a week (2012) >> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2012 >> Picture a week (2010) >> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2010 >> Picture a week (2009) >> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2009 >> (2008) >> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2008 >> >> On 15/03/2012 23:11, Ken Carney wrote: >>> I see from Martin Evening's book that the LR catalog should be >>> backed up >>> manually. I assume this is because it is checking for errors. For other >>> backups, I use SyncBack. It backs up my internal drive with my >>> photos to >>> two external drives each week, at 2 a.m. Then about once a month I back >>> up that internal drive to a third external drive. When the automated >>> backup occurs, how would I know that some internal drive files have not >>> become corrupted, and I am just backing up worthless data? I realize >>> this is a really basic question, but my choices are to ask the our >>> consultants at the firm and probably get deer in the headlights, or get >>> an understandable answer from the LUG. Thanks! >>> >>> Ken >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >