Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think the easiest for you would be to use the Image Capture utility - it will download your files dorectly to the desired destination - BUT it will not catalogue them in Aperture. Of course you can after that manage those downloads sort them through and decide which ones you want to catalogue and the import them without copying them from the harddrive. KM On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 6:56 PM, Craig Semetko <csemetko at gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you Alastair and Jayanand--I've moved from Phnom Penh to Hanoi and my > internet has been sketchy. I appreciate the help--I am taking all advice. > In > the meantime, I bought another 8 gig card in Laos and it's serving me well. > I'll try to post some pix when I get some more downloaded. > > Thanks again, > > Craig > > > On Mar 28, 2010, at 11:45 PM, lug-request at leica-users.org wrote: > > >>> Hey All, >>> >>> I'm on the road and getting overwhelmed with digital files, and >>> computer technology is not my strong point. I have a 500 GB lacie hard >>> drive with me, and I'm running a macbook pro with Aperture 2. The hard >>> drive on my computer is virtually full. Is there a way to download >>> digital files from my M9 directly onto the Lacie, bypassing my >>> computer's hard drive? Or do I have to download the files in Aperture, >>> then dump the files from Aperture onto the external drive? >>> >>> The thing that makes me crazy about doing that is in Aperture, a >>> typical M9 file is 17.48mb; when I drop and drag them on the Lacie, >>> and subsequently open them from the Lacie in PS3, they are 12.9mb, at >>> 72 resolution. To the technically challenged, this appears that by >>> simply dropping and dragging a file on to an external HD I'm losing >>> almost 5mb of information. Is this the case? Am I doing something wrong? >>> >>> Thanks in advance, >>> >>> Craig >>> >> >> Can't be specific in Aperture, but in LR and I suspect aperture you can >> choose where the files are being stored at the time of download. I always >> download onto the external drives NOT the lap or desk top hard drives for >> this very reason. LR keeps track of where they are stored and even if the >> external drive is not connected it will give me thumbnails. I would use >> the finder to transfer files from the computer hd to the external and you >> should not lose data that way, but you will have to re-import them anyway >> into aperture, so why not do it at the time you first import from the >> camera. >> >> Cheers >> >> Alastair >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- *** http://imperfiction.com