Hmm, it needs them both to support the "rsync" program, which Macs and every species of Linux do. Typing "rsync windows" into Google gets me http://www.aboutmyip.com/AboutMyXApp/DeltaCopy.jsp which looks like it might do the trick.
-Tim On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Cory Waters <[email protected]> wrote: > Tim, > Correct me if I'm wrong but it sounds like your solution needs both > computers to be macs. I didn't specify but my desktop is a windows box. > CW > > > On 5/10/2010 11:14 AM, Tim Bray wrote: >> >> Oh, and (replying to myself) should note that that was written in 2008 >> and it's been working for me just fine since then. -Tim >> >> On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 8:11 AM, Tim Bray<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I wrote about my approach to this problem at >>> >>> http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2008/04/05/Lightroom-sync-with-rsync >>> >>> Does that help? -Tim >>> >>> On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 8:02 AM, Cory Waters<[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I have lightroom on my macbook and also on my desktop. I usually do >>>> most of my work on my desktop but occsionally, like when I'm away from >>>> home, >>>> I'll upload photos to my laptop to clear my flash cards and have a look at >>>> what's I've got. It's no problem then to copy those photos over to my >>>> desktop on my home network and import them into my desktop library. I just >>>> go to the folder with the photos from the appropriate dates and plant it in >>>> the correct folder on the other box. When I import them into the library, >>>> they get coppied to my NAS for another safety copy. >>>> The hitch here is: I'm likely to have made changes to the photo like >>>> keywords, developing adjustments, or selection to a collection while I was >>>> looking at them on the laptop. Is there any way to import the photos to my >>>> desktop library with the changes? >>>> I'd also like to mirror my collections from the laptop on the desktop. >>>> I'll be picking photos from my trip to, I duno, lets say uhhhh Chicago? >>>> that I want to put up on my Smugmug page but when I get home, the only way >>>> I >>>> know of to get that "collection" on my desktop is to make a list of file #s >>>> in the collection and manually select them again. >>>> >>>> I'm not sure if I've been clear here so poke me if you don't understand >>>> what I'm after. I'll try again. >>>> Thanks, >>>> CW >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >>>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 9.0.819 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2865 - Release Date: 05/10/10 >> 02:26:00 >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
