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Subject: [Leica] Computer Woes
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2014 12:34:34 -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>

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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Tina Manley
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