[Leica] Using LR..... Questions..... Final Outcome.......

[Tina Manley]

I do this every day - use a laptop and desktop to edit my photos in LR  -
and it works perfectly.  I can't understand what your problem is.

Tina

On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 6:57 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net>
wrote:

> Some may remember my questions about using LR. they follow..
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> Scenario #1...  I am on a trip.  I have a PC with me.  I take images and
> wish to review them and sort out the bad ones in LR CC while on the road.
> The images will be located on a USB HDD ( Downloaded from the SD Card.)
> When I get home I wish to merge them into my master file on my desktop PC
> with all edits intact.  ( I think this is what the merge catalog function
> is
> used for.?).
>
>
>
> Scenario #2 ( and not mutually exclusive to the first scenario...)  I am
> home.  My PC  computer is on a home WIFI network, located in my office.
> All
> my images are on that computer.  I have a backup USB HDD with the same
> images on it that I COULD use.  I wish to edit my images from a Laptop (
> PC)
> in another room in the house.  Same questions.. How do I best access the
> images from a remote location?  What files must I access to make this
> scenario work?  Ideally, I should be modifying the file on the office
> computer so that I really only have 1 set of files in play.  I COULD use
> the
> external USB HDD if required as a temporary vehicle.. But this is less than
> ideal.
>
> First scenario  is no problem works like it is supposed to..
>
>
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> Second Scenario is different...
>
> I got a bunch of responses.. Mostly made me not to worry, it would work...
> So I went and bought a Dell Laptop.
>
>
>
> Went through setup routine, added LRCC and PSCC.  Got the Windows 10
> Network
> up and running.. I could SEE those files remotely.
>
> OK.. all looks good.. And opened LRCC  up on the Laptop, pointed to the
> correct location on the office computer,,,,,,,'
>
>
>
> Remember, I wanted to use a single catalog file fromn wherever I was..
> Office (desktop) or living room (laptop)..   No copying files back and
> forth...no synchronizing problems.
>
>
>
> And then there was the dreaded announcement that LR would NOT talk over a
> network.. Nope.  NADA.
>
> Tried a few workarounds, or so I hoped, NADA
>
> Went online to Google the problem.. No one else has been able to get it to
> work...   NADA
>
>
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> Those of you that make it work are using some form of localized LR Catalog
> and image HDD to make it work.  Basically, a USB HDD, when connected to the
> laptop, is considered a local drive and LRCC will work fine with that...
> Just not with the exact same info located on another computer..
>
>
>
> I wrote a script to copy the files to a portable USB Drive, will use THAT
> to
> play "sneaker-NET" with the files, then copy the changed catalog plus new
> sidecar files and new images back to the desktop ... erasing the deleted
> ones in the process.  Basically my portable USB HDD, that I thought would
> be
> used as a backup, is now my "sneaker-net" HDD...  and requires synching in
> BOTH directions.  After each use...!
>
>
>
> So for those of you out there that want to do the same thing ( keep all
> your
> files on your Desktop and edit them on your Laptop ( or room A and room B),
> here is the definitive response...
>
>
>
> It does not work.  You MUST HAVE local image files ( I think) and catalogs
> (positive about this.).  Period.  ( For now)...
>
>
>
> Note: Windows 10, LRCC
>
> You MAC guys need to figure it out for yourselves..
>
> Frank Filippone
>
> Red735i at verizon.net
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