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Subject: [Leica] Computer Woes
From: ric at cartersxrd.net (RicCarter)
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2014 12:37:21 -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>

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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>>>> 
>>>> 
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> 
> 
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