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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Adobe Lightroom Q&A => Topic started by: marcgoldring on December 06, 2007, 08:43:31 pm

Title: Saving catalog backups
Post by: marcgoldring on December 06, 2007, 08:43:31 pm: I have been saving the backups of my catalog since the get-go and it occurs to me that I really don't need all those backups. I figure I can save maybe 1/2 a dozen of the most recent and delete the others. Is there something here I'm missing? Is there any reason to save older versions??

Thanks,

Marco
Title: Saving catalog backups
Post by: The View on December 07, 2007, 04:59:35 am: Generally speaking, you only need the most recent catalogue and preview data.

What sense would it make to have a two month old catalogue.

I always hand copy my catalogue and the preview data to the external hard drive.

Now I'm getting another external hard drive for double back-up (just in case something happens during the back-up process).

But I understand your feelings. It is always weird to erase back-ups. I haven't done it myself. Possibly digital photographic superstition.
Title: Saving catalog backups
Post by: berbig on December 07, 2007, 07:49:41 am: Quote
I have been saving the backups of my catalog since the get-go and it occurs to me that I really don't need all those backups. I figure I can save maybe 1/2 a dozen of the most recent and delete the others. Is there something here I'm missing? Is there any reason to save older versions??

Thanks,

Marco
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Be careful if you delete the old ones if you earlier have used one of these backups to restore the catalog. If this is the case, I believe your working catalog will remain in that backup catalog. My advise is to check the File -> Catalog Settings to find out if your catalog is placed in one of the backup folders.
Title: Saving catalog backups
Post by: marcgoldring on December 07, 2007, 10:50:34 am: Quote
It is always weird to erase back-ups. I haven't done it myself. Possibly digital photographic superstition.
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Glad to have my sense confirmed. So I'll let go of the superstition in favor of my inherent tidiness that has me eliminate a zillion backups that I don't need.

Cheers,

Marco
Title: Saving catalog backups
Post by: digitaldog on December 07, 2007, 12:40:30 pm: Quote
I have been saving the backups of my catalog since the get-go and it occurs to me that I really don't need all those backups. I figure I can save maybe 1/2 a dozen of the most recent and delete the others.
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Absolutely. Personally I'd rather have one or two back-ups on OTHER media than a few dozen older, out dated ones on the same media.

If you're updating the catalog often, OK, keep a few (so you can, if you'll excuse the Apple metaphor go back in time). But copies of a catalog that haven't changed? Waste of arguably cheap hard drive space.