Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Nathan, Thanks. I am hoping the catalog can be on a network drive as it seems to me it would be easier. Your system is, of course, do-able. I was hoping for a more automatic sync ability. I am still working on learning its capabilities; Thanks for your input, Dennis Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Dennis, I don't think you can have the catalog on a network drive, but I > am prepared to be corrected. > > I travel reasonably frequently and have LR 3.2 on both my iMac at home and > on the Macbook Pro laptop that travels with me. However, the primary > catalog is on the iMac at home. When I go on a trip, I create a catalog > specific to that trip on the laptop. During the trip I process pictures > etc. Just before flying home I copy all the pictures and that trip catalog > to my iPod, both as a backup but also to transfer it to the desktop on > return. Once everything is on the desktop, I simply open the main catalog, > do the "file...import from catalog..." bit, point LR to the trip catalog, > and voila--everything is together. > > It actually sounds more complicated than it is in practice. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > On 14 Sep, 2010, at 10:50 , Dennis wrote: > > >> I downloaded the eval copy of Lightroom 3 and it looks very good but I'm >> not sure about the catalog feature. >> >> The license indicates I can install a copy on my laptop and on my desktop >> and I would want to do that. >> >> One issue that may prevent me from using Lightroom is the catalog and how >> to deal with a catalog on the desktop computer and a catalog on the >> laptop.I don't see how to synchronize the two catalogs The desktop and >> laptop are on a network and ideally one click would do the trick. It may >> be in Lightroom, but so far I haven't found it. If you have two >> computers how do you synchronize the catalogs? >> >> As a separate question can a catalog be on a NAS box and shared between >> the two computers? >> >> Thanks for any assistance, >> Dennis >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >