Hallo Peter,
a new setup and a new import will take long time and maybe the result is
nearly the same as before because database and xmp-files "should have"
the same content.
But you will loose your preferences, styles, preview-cache, ...
> some things were .. not copyed
You can use "preferences / storage / look for updated xmp files on
startup" to synchronize the database with the xmp's.
Changes on pictures, done with a second system (laptop/desktop) will be
imported.
Switch to "on", restart darktable, switch "off" after sync for a quicker
start.
> a lot of unnecessary things have accumulated in the database.
Have a look at "history stack" / "compress history".
This will delete all iterations and attempts and reduce the stack to the
final result.
(This compression will not happen with a re-import.)
To clean up you can manually delete unused styles or unused tags
(assigned to 0 pictures).
Frank
Am 09.07.22 um 07:24 schrieb Peter Schlaufer:
Hello and thank you
Sorry, I did not write it correctly, since I was copyig the config and
cache folders between laptop and desktop backwards and forwards and in
one of these operations some things were (presumably) not copyed and I
get the full informations on xmp's. But I do have a full copy of some
ten days ago.
Anyway thank you for the help
Regards Peter Schlaufer
Am 08.07.22 um 15:53 schrieb Willy Williams:
I, like Maurizio, would prefer to understand what you term
"unnecessary things".
If you're going to do a clean install of darktable 4.0, on which
operating system, Windows, Linux or Mac? The locations will vary
with the O/S.
To address your specific questions:
* Is this a good idea? - Don't know since you haven't been more
specific.
* As the xmp files are also stored on the external drive with the
files, do they automatically fit in the new import? - If you tell
darktable where to look for the files, it will also find the
sidecar files associated with the image files, if they're
maintained in the same folder as the images.
* Do I have to delete the config and cache folders manually? - If
you're uninstalling a prior version of darktable, first back up
all your darktable user config and library files (on Windows -
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\darktable), then delete the
folder in Windows before doing the delete/reboot/installation.
* Off course I can then only import, what I want to have in the new
setup. - This is YOUR option when it comes to importing.
* Does anyone have a recommenation? - See the above four responses.
Willy Williams
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On 7/8/2022 at 5:29, Peter Schlaufer wrote:
Hello everybody
I am with darktable since three years, in this time a lot of
unnecessary things have accumulated in the database. For this reason
I am thinking about setting up the program completely new an I think
the new darktable 4.0 woul be a good time to do this.. My data are
on a external ssd drive. Of course I woul make a saving of these
data before deleting the existing application.
I am aware, that I would have to import all the pictures again, now
my questions:
* Is this a good idea?
* As the xmp files are also stored on the external drive with the
files, do they automatically fit in the new import?
* Do I have to delete the config and cache folders manually?
* Off course I can then only import, what I want to have in the
new setup.
* Does anyone have a recommenation?
I appreciate your help
--
Kind regards from Switzerland
Peter Schlaufer
pe...@schlaufer.ch
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