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tom_bowling1664874721 · May 12, 2016

Hi

I posted this question on Capture one's own forum, but it is obviously so basic it didn't elicit any response there. If any passing expert on libraries/catalogues and sharing could point me to a resource where I could educate myself about this very specific question, I'd be grateful!

<<Probably to people really experienced in workflow and networking, this will look like a simple question, but it's baffling me. I have an iMac and a thunderbolt connected backup drive in an outdoor office. I use Capture one 9 on it. It's all connected to my house via ethernet where there is an ethernet wdbook. I have a macbook I use on the road and in my house. That's only ever connected by wifi. I use Capture one pro 9 on that too. I work on photographic files on both the iMac and the macbook. What I'd like to do is have them share files and catalogues, so I can work from either computer, and have back ups of the catalogues on the networked drives too. But I can't figure how. I don't expect anyone to hold my hand with it, but a pointer to some resource which would allow me to educate myself on it would be gratefully received! Thanks in advance >>

Wouter Willemse · May 13, 2016

Tom, I haven't tried a setup as yours (I use C1 9 on a single Windows PC for the moment), so not 100% positive but what I think is the smoothest option, is the following. If I am not mistaken, if you use the catalog without using referenced images (meaning you use "Inside Catalog" in the import window), on MacOS X, the catalog ought to become one single (large) file, which should be portable and shareable between systems.

You'd then use synchronisation tools to download/upload the catalog from and to your systems; working in a large-ish catalog isn't exactly fast, so having one working over wifi or LAN would slow down by a lot. As said, I haven't tried. <a href="http://blog.phaseone.com/share-your-catalogs-with-others-in-capture-one-pro-7/">This blog entry</a> at least gives reason to believe it should work.

Having both catalog and files on a shared network location should also work (and you should be able to use referenced images in the catalog), but as said, network would slow down the catalog significantly. The point with referenced images is that the path to the images should be identical between desktop and notebook (so the same shared network folder).

A second option would be to have two catalogs, both using references files (so you copy files to folders you designate, not inside catalog). But this would mean edits, previews and keywords are not in-sync between systems. I'm quite sure this will work, but it's far from ideal.

Wouter Willemse · May 13, 2016

Another option; on the notebook, work with sessions instead of the catalog, and then when coming back home, import those sessions into the catalog on the iMac. This will retain all work done, and avoid transferring/syncing everything between systems. This would work if you do not need access to all files on your notebook.

tom_bowling1664874721 · May 13, 2016

Thanks for this response, Wouter. You're making sense to me! Of course, using the laptop for sessions is the way to go. It's not exactly how I intended to use the software but it's close enough – I do mainly use the laptop for tethered shooting. I do travel a lot in my work and wanted also to be able to use the laptop to do some editing during downtime. Of course sometimes you have to accept you can't have everything.

I think this answer is so straightforward that people who had seen my question before you must have imagined I'd thought of it and dismissed it. Unfortunately I hadn't, so I'm grateful to you for drawing my attention to it.

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