On 08/17/2015 01:13 PM, darktable-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: > Hi, Use a file manager and copy the files in question, go to your USB > drive and paste the files... Could you please clarify your question > and add more context to it? On 08/17/2015 09:40 PM, > darkta...@911networks.com wrote: >> >Hi, >> > >> >What the best way of using an external USB drive to store the raw >> >files? >> > >> > I know how I've been trying to do this, and I also feel like I need advice. I believe the OP means that he uses an external USB drive to store his files, but does not always edit them directly on the USB drive. For me, the external drive functions as a long term storage device. Also, it is very awkward to leave an external USB drive connected to my laptop while I am editing, so I copy a 'film roll' to a local drive, edit and export, then save sidecar files back to USB. This messes up my database, and I end up with a lot of skulls.
I have learned that I should be using Darktable to copy the raw files to the local drive, but somehow I never actually do it that way. I think that would reduce the skull population. I feel like I need to be able to designate a "permanent storage" area (external drive) and a place on my local drive for "work in progress", and move files in and out from there. And some day I might have a more mature appreciation of Darktable, but for now there is no reason for me to store exported files, since every time I return to an image, I end up editing it all over again, probably with a different approach (...sigh...) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Darktable-users mailing list Darktable-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-users
