Post by michelb on Apr 9, 2017 7:00:45 GMT
I'll describe the process schematically and leave comments for further discussion if you are interested.
My devices: main desktop computer and secondary one in vacation secondary home, DW's laptop, smartphones and tablets.
My main catalog manages 62 000 files today, with about 500GB. Backups on external drives.
My Cloud: Dropbox account synched between my two desktops. It could be OneDrive or similar, a cloud solution synchronizing a folder on my C:\ main folder to the cloud and back to selected computer(s).
Critical choice:
Creating and maintening a separate 'light' catalog and library for what is important to share and make accessible everywhere even on smartphones.
The organizer lets me select what is important and export adequate versions from albums or folders into a folder tree in my Dropbox folder.
That secondary catalog and library holds today 7 500 files for 10 GB. Perhaps still too much.
Creating and managing the secondary library.
That's the most important and useful part. The organizer lets me select files by rating, keywords, albums or folders. I can export selections to new subfolders in the DropBox folder in jpeg format without resampling. No raws, only 'top of version sets'. Once the files are selected, I 'write metadata to files' if necessary to keep all keywords, ratings, captions and notes. Dropbox takes very little time to synch with the Cloud.
Creating the 'DropBox' catalog(s) in the synched PCs.
The proces is to create a new empty catalog in each PC and to import all from the Dropbox folder tree on C:. That would work even if the different computers had different Elements versions. Any search is possible, especially the new text search in version 15.
Udating the Dropbox library and catalogs:
The Dropbox app takes care of synchronizing Cloud to PC and vice versa. You simply have to wait a little for this process to be complete. I can add, remove or rename media from any computer to the catalog. I can manage keywords, captions, notes or ratings. Once the synch to the Cloud is complete, I have to update the catalog in the other pc.
- search and delete missing files
- Import new files. I can use the watched folder service or bulk import the whole Dropbox main folder, only new files will be added.
My Dropbox library is availabe everywhere from my smartphone. Its folder structure is enough for searching without the organizer. My two computers are in sync and provide the powerful search tools of the organizer. The stored jpeg format allows for displaying and good printing in both PCs. I can use DropBox tools to send links to share to selected people.
Thoughts?
My devices: main desktop computer and secondary one in vacation secondary home, DW's laptop, smartphones and tablets.
My main catalog manages 62 000 files today, with about 500GB. Backups on external drives.
My Cloud: Dropbox account synched between my two desktops. It could be OneDrive or similar, a cloud solution synchronizing a folder on my C:\ main folder to the cloud and back to selected computer(s).
Critical choice:
Creating and maintening a separate 'light' catalog and library for what is important to share and make accessible everywhere even on smartphones.
The organizer lets me select what is important and export adequate versions from albums or folders into a folder tree in my Dropbox folder.
That secondary catalog and library holds today 7 500 files for 10 GB. Perhaps still too much.
Creating and managing the secondary library.
That's the most important and useful part. The organizer lets me select files by rating, keywords, albums or folders. I can export selections to new subfolders in the DropBox folder in jpeg format without resampling. No raws, only 'top of version sets'. Once the files are selected, I 'write metadata to files' if necessary to keep all keywords, ratings, captions and notes. Dropbox takes very little time to synch with the Cloud.
Creating the 'DropBox' catalog(s) in the synched PCs.
The proces is to create a new empty catalog in each PC and to import all from the Dropbox folder tree on C:. That would work even if the different computers had different Elements versions. Any search is possible, especially the new text search in version 15.
Udating the Dropbox library and catalogs:
The Dropbox app takes care of synchronizing Cloud to PC and vice versa. You simply have to wait a little for this process to be complete. I can add, remove or rename media from any computer to the catalog. I can manage keywords, captions, notes or ratings. Once the synch to the Cloud is complete, I have to update the catalog in the other pc.
- search and delete missing files
- Import new files. I can use the watched folder service or bulk import the whole Dropbox main folder, only new files will be added.
My Dropbox library is availabe everywhere from my smartphone. Its folder structure is enough for searching without the organizer. My two computers are in sync and provide the powerful search tools of the organizer. The stored jpeg format allows for displaying and good printing in both PCs. I can use DropBox tools to send links to share to selected people.
Thoughts?