Transferring existing images from Lightroom 5
Dec 29, 2014 15:31:58 #
Jackattack
Loc: Pismo Beach Cali.
I just purchased a new computer for my images only and need to transfer the existing images from Lightroom on my old computer to my new computer. Can someone give me a easy route to do this. Cheers Jack
Dec 29, 2014 15:45:47 #
Dec 29, 2014 15:56:35 #
Dec 29, 2014 16:09:25 #
Go to user, app data, roaming, Adobe and Lightroom. Copy and transfer all of it.
Dec 29, 2014 16:51:04 #
lightcatcher wrote:
Which one windows or mac.
What would it be for Mac?
Dec 29, 2014 16:53:37 #
gsconsolvo wrote:
What would it be for Mac?
Sorry not familiar with Mac some other UHH'er should be able to help you.
Dec 29, 2014 16:56:26 #
lightcatcher wrote:
Go to user, app data, roaming, Adobe and Lightroom. Copy and transfer all of it.
Wouldn't this depend on WHERE the users images were stored? Surely not every user stores a library of images under user/app data....
In many cases the image library might be located on an external drive.
Dec 29, 2014 17:02:27 #
Dngallagher wrote:
Wouldn't this depend on WHERE the users images were stored? Surely not every user stores a library of images under user/app data....
In many cases the image library might be located on an external drive.
In many cases the image library might be located on an external drive.
My image library is on an external USB drive and not under library of images under user/app data.... Windows stores it info for all programs under appdata and can get very large.
Dec 29, 2014 17:03:40 #
gsconsolvo wrote:
What would it be for Mac?
I think you need to provide some details - like WHERE are your images stored... local or external drive?
Several ways to accomplish a transfer, but you will need to make sure you move all your images AND your current Lightroom catalog or you will need to reimport everything and lose any edits that were not written out to the files.
Dec 29, 2014 17:05:59 #
lightcatcher wrote:
My image library is on an external USB drive and not under library of images under user/app data.... Windows stores it info for all programs under appdata and can get very large.
Exactly - so copying user/app data really does not get him access to his images, and what happens if the usb drive gets a different drive letter on the new computer? The catalog would not find the images.
I think more details would be needed from the OP to properly recommend a method.
Dec 30, 2014 10:37:56 #
Dec 30, 2014 11:18:16 #
Do not touch the Appdata files, these are specific to the computer they live on and are not directly transferable to a new machine.
the new computer will have to have Lightroom installed on it and the Appdata files will be built by the system.
The link posted by sueyeisert is good to follow.
the new computer will have to have Lightroom installed on it and the Appdata files will be built by the system.
The link posted by sueyeisert is good to follow.
Dec 30, 2014 11:44:52 #
Searcher wrote:
Do not touch the Appdata files, these are specific to the computer they live on and are not directly transferable to a new machine.
the new computer will have to have Lightroom installed on it and the Appdata files will be built by the system.
The link posted by sueyeisert is good to follow.
the new computer will have to have Lightroom installed on it and the Appdata files will be built by the system.
The link posted by sueyeisert is good to follow.
I have a related question... I have my photos on the C-drive, along with the Lightroom program. I also have a second copy of most of the photos on an external drive. Those on the external drive are simply untouched copies of the photos.
I'd like to reorganize my filing system by moving my photos to a new external drive. I will do that through lightroom. My goal is to clean up a filing system mess, as I know that there are lots of duplicates on the computer, under different folders and/or drives. Some of those have been subjected to my LR efforts, some have not.
So, in the process of moving, will LR check to see which is most current and only move those? Or, will LR ask me to accept that action? And, what happens to the LR adjustments for the photos as they are moved?
I know that LR needs to be "pointed" to the photo storage location if it can't find the files. When I bring photos into LR, I also make a second copy on the backup drive. So, does LR also know about the backup copies?
Dec 30, 2014 12:04:14 #
Jackattack wrote:
I just purchased a new computer for my images only and need to transfer the existing images from Lightroom on my old computer to my new computer. Can someone give me a easy route to do this. Cheers Jack
Buy and external hard drive and attach it to the old computer. Move pictures to the external then attach it to the new computer. Copy pictures to the new computer. Now you have a backup of your pictures on the external and you've got them on your new computer. Then copy the LR catalog to a thumb drive and then copy to the same folder on the new computer so that LR is up to date. You need to take care that you move/copy pictures to the same folders on each computer. In other words, if your pictures were in the Pictures folder of your old computer, put them in the Pictures folder of the new computer. This makes it easy for the LR catalog to sync up with the pictures on the new computer.
Dec 30, 2014 12:54:57 #
Gitchigumi wrote:
I have a related question... I have my photos on t... (show quote)
The 2nd copies although created by LR, have also been forgotten by LR.
LR will not discriminate against new and older versions, so if through LR you move a stack of images to a new location, all the images will move, and the catalogue will know where they are and any previous edits will still be applied.
If you have not renamed your images, i.e. they are still DSC_1234.xxx, the easiest way to find and remove duplicates is to (in the Library) choose All Photographs and sort by file name. You can then see the actual images side by side in Survey mode and eliminate the duplicates visually.
Another way, in the search filter, I would enter 1234, black flag any dups, enter 1235, and so on.
Getting rid of duplicates is a boring, tedious and thankless task, it's a choice between learning how to use a vacuum cleaner or cleaning out LR. Obviously the dups are far more important to bring under control.
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