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Subject: [Leica] Computer Woes
From: ric at cartersxrd.net (RicCarter)
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2014 12:38:51 -0500
References: <CA+yJO1CZgjU8COCUGMkZyxqFXZ2L9UVc-x-HOWLGiNVJT0eENQ@mail.gmail.com> <52EE3D73.2070004@summaventures.com> <CA+yJO1DG6qAdxSMyqqaZ=hciTFwRZ8VNC5NJVOZqAPMHX1wjyg@mail.gmail.com> <B1AEAFFE-6B68-43CD-B39D-D5D8A66B337A@cartersxrd.net> <242F3836-769A-4F63-AAD8-C83603830856@cartersxrd.net> <CA+yJO1Aqfjbro8HqnGp70MgOY9eOWfBVby3wSfboUjyb2SM7kg@mail.gmail.com> <7A3E2BAA-E41E-4C5D-89FF-BBB6E0E1DE2E@cartersxrd.net>

i did NOT duplicate cam files 

left them in the original archive


On Feb 2, 2014, at 12:37 PM, RicCarter <ric at cartersxrd.net> wrote:

> yes
> 
> and so far as i know nothing changd in the files other than that they are 
> now referenced by another catalog
> 
> 
> On Feb 2, 2014, at 12:34 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:
> 
>> Are you using File menu > Import from Another Catalog to move the photos 
>> to
>> the other catalog?
>> 
>> Tina
>> 
>> 
>> On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 12:18 PM, RicCarter <ric at cartersxrd.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> i'm trying this strategy and have a worry
>>> 
>>> imported yesterday's images into slimmed "current"
>>> 
>>> later imported additions from "current" to "full" catalog of several 
>>> years
>>> images.
>>> 
>>> did not duplicate image files, left them in the same arachive folder
>>> 
>>> now all those images (in current) are showing metadata change warnings
>>> asking if it should overwrite or import
>>> 
>>> nothing has changed except they were included in a different catalog
>>> 
>>> what should i do?
>>> is it unavaoidable?
>>> 
>>> ric
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Feb 2, 2014, at 10:34 AM, RicCarter <ric at cartersxrd.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> i've just stated trying something like that.
>>>> 
>>>> my LR catalog was getting slow as the devil to open or search
>>>> 
>>>> I'm trying annual catalogs plus current which is last year and this year
>>> so far plus one slow open master with everything
>>>> 
>>>> keeping those older annuals up to date is one concern i'm having now
>>>> 
>>>> ric
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Feb 2, 2014, at 9:16 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi, Peter - Just the fact that you can't open more than one catalog at 
>>>>> a
>>>>> time.  If you know what year a particular photo was made, you would 
>>>>> only
>>>>> have to open that one catalog, but if you need to search (which I often
>>>>> do), you cannot search across several catalogs.  My plan, recommended 
>>>>> by
>>>>> Peter Krogh, is to have one catalog for Archive photos - anything made
>>>>> before this year - and one catalog for the current year.  The current
>>> year
>>>>> catalog would be much smaller and would normally be the one that I'm
>>>>> working on most of the time.  The smaller catalog would be faster to
>>> work
>>>>> on and the Archive catalog would be for searching anything I've already
>>>>> keyworded and filed.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Tina
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 7:43 AM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at 
>>>>> summaventures.com
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Tina,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I am only just starting to work with LR and am thinking about how I
>>> might
>>>>>> handle
>>>>>> my stuff (which is nothing like as big as yours of course!) I thought
>>> that
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> might split the Archive up by years. Is there any reason that you 
>>>>>> can't
>>>>>> split up
>>>>>> into more than two?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Peter
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 31/01/2014 14:43, Tina Manley wrote:
>>>>>>> PESO:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I haven't commented on photos lately because I can't get to them.  My
>>>>>> main
>>>>>>> computer is tied up with LR.  After reading Peter Krogh's latest book
>>> on
>>>>>>> digital management, I decided to divide my photos into two LR 
>>>>>>> catalogs
>>>>>>> instead of one huge one.  I made one for Archive photos and kept the
>>>>>>> original catalog for Current photos.  That part went fine.  Then I
>>> had to
>>>>>>> remove all of the Archive photos from the the Current catalog.  LR
>>> worked
>>>>>>> on it for two days, I left it working when I went to Charleston.
>>> When I
>>>>>>> came back it was 88% finished, but I got a notice that my computer 
>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>> dangerously low on memory and was shutting down.  I had to start all
>>> over
>>>>>>> again.  Now it's been working for three days and is 85% finished.  I
>>> have
>>>>>>> shut down everything else on the computer, including e-mail.  I'm
>>> using
>>>>>> my
>>>>>>> little Acer netbook for e-mail.  LR is using 99% of the physical
>>> memory -
>>>>>>> 8GB.  I had over 500,000 photos in the one catalog and am trying to
>>>>>> remove
>>>>>>> 175,000.  I guess I should have done it in smaller amounts.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> The Acer is too small and slow to look at photos, but I'll catch up
>>>>>> someday.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Any suggestions besides throwing the computer out the window would be
>>>>>>> greatly appreciated.  I can't even download the photos I took in
>>>>>>> Charleston!!
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Tina
>>>>>>> .
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ===========================================================
>>>>>> Dr Peter Dzwig
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
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>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
>>>>> Tina Manley
>>>>> http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com
>>>>> 
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>> 
>> 
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>> 
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