Ugly Hedgehog - Photography Forum
Home Active Topics Newest Pictures Search Login Register
Main Photography Discussion
LrC merge catalogs question
Aug 1, 2021 17:10:04   #
Sergey
 
Hi all,

I was going away for a weekend and wanted to work on some images while I'm away. So I imported set of pictures as a catalog from LrC on the iMac to a USB flash drive. During the weekend I worked on the catalog on the flash drive on my MacBook Pro (doing directly on the flash drive without copying the images/catalog to the hard drive). Now I am back home and want to merge the flash drive version back into main catalog on iMac with the editing I did.

I know how to merge catalogs in general but I didn't do it with catalogs that have the same images. I want to be sure that my changes from the flash drive applied to the images in the main catalog on iMac.

I probably could delete these images from the main catalog and the select Import From Another Catalog option. But there should be a better way, right? How do I import with the latest changes taking precedence?

Thank you in advance
Sergey

Reply
Aug 1, 2021 17:33:13   #
CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City
 
You can allow LR to treat any overlaps at virtual copies and create 'stacks'. Just place the flash-drive version within the resulting stack at the top of the stack. This option occurs when you use the File / Import from another catalog and point the import to the LRCAT on the flash drive.

Reply
Aug 1, 2021 17:55:41   #
Sergey
 
CHG_CANON wrote:
You can allow LR to treat any overlaps at virtual copies and create 'stacks'. Just place the flash-drive version within the resulting stack at the top of the stack. This option occurs when you use the File / Import from another catalog and point the import to the LRCAT on the flash drive.


Thank you Paul, it worked!

Reply
If you want to reply, then register here. Registration is free and your account is created instantly, so you can post right away.
Main Photography Discussion
UglyHedgehog.com - Forum
Copyright 2011-2024 Ugly Hedgehog, Inc.