Sandyjas
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- Feb 5, 2013
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- Michigan
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Operating System:Mountain Lion 10.8.4
Exact Lightroom Version (Help menu > System Info): LR5
I want to make sure my Lightroom Catalog backup scheme is right…
I left the original LR backup folder inside the Lightroom folder. I didn’t move it out. I have at this time only three early backups in it. I made up a new folder outside the Lightroom folder, in Pictures on my Mac, for backups and have many backups in that so far. I also have made backup folders in three other external hard drives with many backups in each of those. (I fluctuate backing up to all of these and keep a separate document listing which backup is where.) [I always have to change the backup drive or destination in the “Backup Catalog” dialog. I backup Lightroom manually after finished work in each photo folder, or after a good amount of work.] Does this check out?
Originally I had the whole Lightroom folder on Exclude and also the Previews file! I don’t know why I excluded the Previews file because it is inside the Lightroom folder!
Last night I decided to let Time Machine back up my .lrcat file, but not the Previews file. I took off the whole Lightroom folder off Time Machine Exclude, did not put the .lrcat file on Exclude, left the Previews file on Exclude, and put the Lightroom Backups folder on Exclude.(Time Machine would then keep an updated Lightroom catalog file while not backing up the Previews or the Backup folder? I don’t know if this is 100% okay to do. I don’t think I ever got the Lightroom program itself backed up in Time Machine so this would also cover that?) I don’t know what to do about the Lock and Journal files should they now be on Exclude? Is it okay for a set up like this? Will Time Machine just backup the changes to the Lightroom Catalog over time, or will it have to back up a new full Lightroom catalog with each of it’s backups? I’m thinking it will just do the changes(?) And I am always careful to have the Lightroom program closed when I am going to backup with Time Machine.
I also know, to make this backup scheme even safer I should put backups on a DVD or even online, or have something at another physical location. I just want to check again. I want to be sure with such important points. Thank You So Much for the help.
Thank You,
Sandy
Exact Lightroom Version (Help menu > System Info): LR5
I want to make sure my Lightroom Catalog backup scheme is right…
I left the original LR backup folder inside the Lightroom folder. I didn’t move it out. I have at this time only three early backups in it. I made up a new folder outside the Lightroom folder, in Pictures on my Mac, for backups and have many backups in that so far. I also have made backup folders in three other external hard drives with many backups in each of those. (I fluctuate backing up to all of these and keep a separate document listing which backup is where.) [I always have to change the backup drive or destination in the “Backup Catalog” dialog. I backup Lightroom manually after finished work in each photo folder, or after a good amount of work.] Does this check out?
Originally I had the whole Lightroom folder on Exclude and also the Previews file! I don’t know why I excluded the Previews file because it is inside the Lightroom folder!
Last night I decided to let Time Machine back up my .lrcat file, but not the Previews file. I took off the whole Lightroom folder off Time Machine Exclude, did not put the .lrcat file on Exclude, left the Previews file on Exclude, and put the Lightroom Backups folder on Exclude.(Time Machine would then keep an updated Lightroom catalog file while not backing up the Previews or the Backup folder? I don’t know if this is 100% okay to do. I don’t think I ever got the Lightroom program itself backed up in Time Machine so this would also cover that?) I don’t know what to do about the Lock and Journal files should they now be on Exclude? Is it okay for a set up like this? Will Time Machine just backup the changes to the Lightroom Catalog over time, or will it have to back up a new full Lightroom catalog with each of it’s backups? I’m thinking it will just do the changes(?) And I am always careful to have the Lightroom program closed when I am going to backup with Time Machine.
I also know, to make this backup scheme even safer I should put backups on a DVD or even online, or have something at another physical location. I just want to check again. I want to be sure with such important points. Thank You So Much for the help.
Thank You,
Sandy