>On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 2:35 PM, Charles Robinson <charl...@visi.com> wrote: >> On Jun 8, 2010, at 13:23, Sam L wrote: >> For the physical files in the directories above, he leaves the newer >> files on his laptop. But the old stuff (say anything before 2008) he >> removes the files/directories and stores them physically on a backup >> drive. And the drive has the same simple file structure. >> His backup drive might look something like this: >> >> e:\sams_stuff\sams_photo_files\2008\... >> e:\sams_stuff\sams_photo_files\2009\... >> e:\sams_stuff\sams_photo_files\2010\20100501 - Pentax EVIL Camera Preview\ >> e:\sams_stuff\sams_photo_files\2010\\20100601 - Dads Birthday\ >> etc >> >> Lightroom mostly allows him to look at his collections, tags, photos, >> etc, for the files that are no longer physically on his laptop. If he >> wants to manipulate/edit those files, however, he would first need to >> copy the old directory and files from the backup drive back onto his >> laptop. >> > > You could do it that way, but it's much more work than you need to go through. > > Next time you want to edit an old photo... click on the question-mark in the > corner of the thumbnail and it will ask you where you want it to look for the > location of that file now. Point it to the right folder (you might need to > click on the actual file - can't remember for sure) on that external drive, > tell it you'd like it to find other missing files that may be nearby, and > you're good to go.
Thanks Charles. I will pass on that tip! --------------------------- Sam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
