pulling light room C photos from laptop
Mar 30, 2022 16:13:10 #
Margar
Loc: Mass
On my MacBook Pro--LightRoom Classic, I have approx. 1000 pix....Giving the laptop away, I will erase, but prior could I have a simple built detailed information, how to remove the pictures from the laptop and for the time being put one my never opened SeaGate backup plus hub storage unit...The SeaGate is 4 TB (waiver kill, but that's all I have...so will have to format for my Apple (How PLEASE......) then back up pix before I delete all so I can give to my grandson....
thank you
thank you
Mar 30, 2022 16:32:15 #
How old is your grandson? He might be your best help. External drives usually connect via a USB cable. When plugged in, the computer OS 'sees' that connected drive as just another storage area available to the computer. You'd connect the drive, create maybe a high-level folder on the new drive like "copied pictures', then, just copy the highest level folder from your computer into that new folder on the target drive. If you images reside under multiple high-level folders, that's more complex and you just have to be sure to copy them all.
LR classic won't recognize the old images in their new location until their location is updated inside the LR catalog. You definitely want to assure you copy the entire \Lightroom folder from the computer onto the portable drive drive, the \Lightroom folder where your LRCAT folder resides. It's probably inside your "pictures" folder so it may come along automatically when you copy your images. Just review and confirm.
LR classic won't recognize the old images in their new location until their location is updated inside the LR catalog. You definitely want to assure you copy the entire \Lightroom folder from the computer onto the portable drive drive, the \Lightroom folder where your LRCAT folder resides. It's probably inside your "pictures" folder so it may come along automatically when you copy your images. Just review and confirm.
Mar 30, 2022 16:41:14 #
mr1492
Loc: Newport News, VA
There are a lot of sites with lots of good info. I'll put some at the end of this post.
Just remember to format the Seagate drive for the Mac operating system. I use MacOS Extended Journaled as my file system.
We need some additional information. Did you just copy the pictures from a memory card? Are they already in your iCloud storage? Are they in Photos? Did you copy upload them from another program? Where they are and how they got on your computer are important.
As long as you take your time and think through the steps before you take them, you should be fine.
What you want to do isn't hard. Here are some websites that you can refer to later.
https://macpaw.com/how-to/transfer-photos-mac-external-drive
https://www.fonelab.com/resource/how-to-transfer-photos-from-mac-to-external-hard-drive.html
https://www.aiseesoft.com/how-to/transfer-photos-from-mac-to-external-hard-drive.html
https://en.freedownloadmanager.org/tutorials/how-to-transfer-files-from-a-mac-desktop-to-an-external-hard-drive.html
Phil
Just remember to format the Seagate drive for the Mac operating system. I use MacOS Extended Journaled as my file system.
We need some additional information. Did you just copy the pictures from a memory card? Are they already in your iCloud storage? Are they in Photos? Did you copy upload them from another program? Where they are and how they got on your computer are important.
As long as you take your time and think through the steps before you take them, you should be fine.
What you want to do isn't hard. Here are some websites that you can refer to later.
https://macpaw.com/how-to/transfer-photos-mac-external-drive
https://www.fonelab.com/resource/how-to-transfer-photos-from-mac-to-external-hard-drive.html
https://www.aiseesoft.com/how-to/transfer-photos-from-mac-to-external-hard-drive.html
https://en.freedownloadmanager.org/tutorials/how-to-transfer-files-from-a-mac-desktop-to-an-external-hard-drive.html
Phil
Mar 31, 2022 06:59:59 #
Mar 31, 2022 08:47:28 #
mr1492 wrote:
There are a lot of sites with lots of good info. I... (show quote)
Also, before you can format Seagate for your photos, you have to remove everything you may have on Seagate to a zip drive, then format, then you can add back contents from your zip drive. ~ Eileen
Mar 31, 2022 13:24:20 #
amfoto1
Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA
First, what computer will you be using with the Seagate drive? A Mac or a PC? This will decide how (or even "if") you need to format that external storage drive. It needs to be set up for the computer you WILL be using, not the one you'll be removing the images from. (Your original post suggests the Seagate drive is new, never used. If in fact it has been used for something in the past, you should NOT format it until you have backed up any and all data on that drive you want to keep. The formatting will erase everything on the drive.)
The Seagate drive may not need formatting. The last couple external drives I got were a different brand, but came already formatted for Mac. I had to re-format to use them with a PC.
Next, how much total space do the 1000 photos occupy on your MacBook? What sort of connectivity do that and your other computer have? It may be possible to temporarily network them, then copy the images from one to the other (external drive only connected to the new computer). Or if both computers are Macs (and both use the same operating system?) it may be possible to attach the external drive (formatted properly) to the old computer, copy the images to it, them simply detach the external drive from the old computer and connect it to the new one. Or it may be better to write the 1000 photos to a memory card, thumb drive, or DVD... depending upon what type of media both computers are able to read... then use that card/drive/DVD to copy the images onto the new computer.
Whatever you do, don't MOVE the images. Instead COPY them from their current location to the media or the new location on that external drive.
Confirm that the images are all safe and secure in their new location, before deleting them from the old computer.
All the above can be done without Lightroom.
If you have Lightroom Classic on the new computer, you can now start it up and Import the images from their new location. (This merely makes record of the images and creates thumbnails of them in your LR catalog.)
If you had LR Classic on the old computer, had already Imported and worked on the images in it, you may instead want to move the catalog from the old to the new computer (after installing LR Classic on the new computer). If you already have LR Classic on both, each with their own catalogs, there are ways to merge those on the new computer. (Search for how-to do this online.)
If you move the catalog or merge the catalogs, LR Classic on the new computer will not know where to find those 1000 images. You'll see the folder(s) containing those images grayed out with a question mark next to them. This is easy to fix. Right click on the folder in LR to open a dialog box where you can point LR to the new location of the images. As soon as that's done, you should be all set. The advantage of doing this (rather than a fresh Import of the images), is that this will retain any previous work you've done on the images.
The Seagate drive may not need formatting. The last couple external drives I got were a different brand, but came already formatted for Mac. I had to re-format to use them with a PC.
Next, how much total space do the 1000 photos occupy on your MacBook? What sort of connectivity do that and your other computer have? It may be possible to temporarily network them, then copy the images from one to the other (external drive only connected to the new computer). Or if both computers are Macs (and both use the same operating system?) it may be possible to attach the external drive (formatted properly) to the old computer, copy the images to it, them simply detach the external drive from the old computer and connect it to the new one. Or it may be better to write the 1000 photos to a memory card, thumb drive, or DVD... depending upon what type of media both computers are able to read... then use that card/drive/DVD to copy the images onto the new computer.
Whatever you do, don't MOVE the images. Instead COPY them from their current location to the media or the new location on that external drive.
Confirm that the images are all safe and secure in their new location, before deleting them from the old computer.
All the above can be done without Lightroom.
If you have Lightroom Classic on the new computer, you can now start it up and Import the images from their new location. (This merely makes record of the images and creates thumbnails of them in your LR catalog.)
If you had LR Classic on the old computer, had already Imported and worked on the images in it, you may instead want to move the catalog from the old to the new computer (after installing LR Classic on the new computer). If you already have LR Classic on both, each with their own catalogs, there are ways to merge those on the new computer. (Search for how-to do this online.)
If you move the catalog or merge the catalogs, LR Classic on the new computer will not know where to find those 1000 images. You'll see the folder(s) containing those images grayed out with a question mark next to them. This is easy to fix. Right click on the folder in LR to open a dialog box where you can point LR to the new location of the images. As soon as that's done, you should be all set. The advantage of doing this (rather than a fresh Import of the images), is that this will retain any previous work you've done on the images.
Mar 31, 2022 14:32:21 #
delder
Loc: Maryland
I would NOT give away the Legacy MacBook Pro but retain it for archival purposes.
Too many horror stories on UHH of people attempting to move LR but failing to save their photos properly.
Too many horror stories on UHH of people attempting to move LR but failing to save their photos properly.
Apr 2, 2022 14:58:24 #
Margar
Loc: Mass
Thank you very much...I plugged in the Seagate, registered it, went into Lightroom , hit export all files, but nothing in Seagate...Do you allow a phone call, please
thank you
thank you
Apr 2, 2022 15:05:50 #
Margar
Loc: Mass
I try to copy to Seagate but says no folder...I do not know how to make a folder on seagate
Apr 2, 2022 15:14:23 #
Margar wrote:
I try to copy to Seagate but says no folder...I do not know how to make a folder on seagate
I believe you first have to format the drive.
It cannot be formatted if there are items on the drive. They have to be temporarily removed.
Apr 2, 2022 18:27:04 #
mr1492
Loc: Newport News, VA
You need to slow down and take your time. Did you look at any of the links I posted in my earlier answer? They will help you a lot.
Now, remember, you have to do a couple of things.
1. You have to know what type of computer you will be using to access the photos on the Seagate drive. If you will be using a Windows PC, you should probably not worry as the Seagate is probably formatted for Windows already. However, if you will be using an Apple Macbook or other Apple computer, it would be best to format the drive as "MacOS Journaled."
2. Once the drive is formatted, you need to copy the files from the existing Macbook to the Seagate drive. Don't use Lightroom. Don't try and export pictures from Lightroom. Just copy the folders on the Macbook's hard drive to the Seagate hard drive.
3. You need to copy the directory named "Lightroom" on your Macbook to the Seagate drive. That folder contains all the Lightroom files you will need.
4. Once they are there, get your new computer. Navigate to the Seagate drive. In the Lightroom folder, double-click on the file named XXX.lrcat which is the name of your Lightroom catalog. Lightroom will launch with this catalog. You may have to reattach the folders you copied in Lightroom but all your photos and adjustments, and keywords will be transferred to the new computer.
The bottom line is that this isn't hard but it does require quite a few steps to do properly. Once again. Do your research and write down the steps you need to take in order. Then execute them one at a time. Don't rush. Take your time.
Good luck.
Now, remember, you have to do a couple of things.
1. You have to know what type of computer you will be using to access the photos on the Seagate drive. If you will be using a Windows PC, you should probably not worry as the Seagate is probably formatted for Windows already. However, if you will be using an Apple Macbook or other Apple computer, it would be best to format the drive as "MacOS Journaled."
2. Once the drive is formatted, you need to copy the files from the existing Macbook to the Seagate drive. Don't use Lightroom. Don't try and export pictures from Lightroom. Just copy the folders on the Macbook's hard drive to the Seagate hard drive.
3. You need to copy the directory named "Lightroom" on your Macbook to the Seagate drive. That folder contains all the Lightroom files you will need.
4. Once they are there, get your new computer. Navigate to the Seagate drive. In the Lightroom folder, double-click on the file named XXX.lrcat which is the name of your Lightroom catalog. Lightroom will launch with this catalog. You may have to reattach the folders you copied in Lightroom but all your photos and adjustments, and keywords will be transferred to the new computer.
The bottom line is that this isn't hard but it does require quite a few steps to do properly. Once again. Do your research and write down the steps you need to take in order. Then execute them one at a time. Don't rush. Take your time.
Good luck.
Apr 3, 2022 09:24:01 #
Margar
Loc: Mass
Gspeed wrote:
I believe you first have to format the drive.
It cannot be formatted if there are items on the drive. They have to be temporarily removed.
It cannot be formatted if there are items on the drive. They have to be temporarily removed.
I copied all pics to a new desk top folder… how do I get that folder into the hard drive- yes, all formatted.. the HD is plugged in an sitting on my desktop, triers to drag it in but won’t take it
Thank you
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