Re: File Managent Woes
Hi All, Original Poster Here - I wanted to update folks a little on the progress of Sorting out my 'File Management Woes'. I've mostly finished my imports into Adobe Lightroom and it adds up to about 6,700 images :-). Whew. I've also weeded out most of my 'File Dupes' in the process. Things are much more spacious on my HD's to the tune of about 30% on the External and 50% available on the Internal one. Thanks All Richard On Oct 15, 4:33 pm, aussieshepsrock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks to Everyone! You're input is very welcome and I'm sincerely grateful :-). I wanted to update what I've done since putting up my original posting. My Original Challenges are Prolific File Duplicates and Setting Up A Filing System (Mainly to ride herd on my photos). Equipment recap: G4 Mini/1g/1.25mhz/40g • 320gig My Book External / 40g 250g partitions • 120gig External (Offline Backup of the Mini ) • External DVD Burner The first 'baseline' decision was to commit to Adobe Lightroom. My second decision was to 'Brute Force' my way through finding 'Duplicates'. I have an inordinate amount of time to fill up anyway. The third was to use the 40gig partition exclusively for Photo Files. I did a fresh clone of the internal drive, copied -essentially- all non-application non-system files to the 250gig partition, and punted large swaths of those files to the trash. I freed up almost half the drive! :-) I copied the 40gig partition's contents to the 250 - After moving my beloved 'Busters 'Bones -n- 'CSI's to Opticals (where they actually ought to have been). I am now in the process of comparing Folders on the 250 using the Find command (set to search only the 250) and trashing the dupes I find (I compare file counts and total folder megabytes to make sure things match). I've tossed about 40gig's of dupes at this point. Once I've narrowed my Dupes via this method, I'll turn to Lightroom to import what's left and weed out the duplicate image files that way. I have lightroom set to 'copy' the originals to organized folders on my 40gig partition. I'll then use that program to weed out the crappy images and screw-ups, bring an order to the library by making collections and sub collections of images, Archive the keepers, then clear out space on the 250. I have a 40gig drive floating around I can use to backup the 40gig partition of the 320 My Book External onto. SuperDuper to the rescue :-). OH! I do know the difference between an archive and backup - I was only keeping 'partial backups' because I didn't know for sure what was archived or even what pictures were on the backups with total certainty. My goal is to have some certainty in my archiving and organization to 'KNOW' my next 'Clone' isn't going to write over a one of a kind file or photo. Anyway, I have hacked together a 'start' to my organizational process. I don't have a 'global' plan for archiving and organization set yet, but I'm thinking hard on it. Richard On Oct 14, 8:16 pm, Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 14, 2008, at 1:49 PM, Dan wrote: Every year or two I poke aruond at file managers, thinking I really should use one. And each time I talk myself out of it. They just don't do what I need/want. And it's not just images. I have the same problem with my music. I don't trust iTunes one bit. Whereas for the 3,456 folders named 'Stuff' organization-impaired among us, iTunes and the like are godsends. They keep stuff findable with out all the hassle of doing it myself. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: File Managent Woes
Thanks to Everyone! You're input is very welcome and I'm sincerely grateful :-). I wanted to update what I've done since putting up my original posting. My Original Challenges are Prolific File Duplicates and Setting Up A Filing System (Mainly to ride herd on my photos). Equipment recap: G4 Mini/1g/1.25mhz/40g • 320gig My Book External / 40g 250g partitions • 120gig External (Offline Backup of the Mini ) • External DVD Burner The first 'baseline' decision was to commit to Adobe Lightroom. My second decision was to 'Brute Force' my way through finding 'Duplicates'. I have an inordinate amount of time to fill up anyway. The third was to use the 40gig partition exclusively for Photo Files. I did a fresh clone of the internal drive, copied -essentially- all non-application non-system files to the 250gig partition, and punted large swaths of those files to the trash. I freed up almost half the drive! :-) I copied the 40gig partition's contents to the 250 - After moving my beloved 'Busters 'Bones -n- 'CSI's to Opticals (where they actually ought to have been). I am now in the process of comparing Folders on the 250 using the Find command (set to search only the 250) and trashing the dupes I find (I compare file counts and total folder megabytes to make sure things match). I've tossed about 40gig's of dupes at this point. Once I've narrowed my Dupes via this method, I'll turn to Lightroom to import what's left and weed out the duplicate image files that way. I have lightroom set to 'copy' the originals to organized folders on my 40gig partition. I'll then use that program to weed out the crappy images and screw-ups, bring an order to the library by making collections and sub collections of images, Archive the keepers, then clear out space on the 250. I have a 40gig drive floating around I can use to backup the 40gig partition of the 320 My Book External onto. SuperDuper to the rescue :-). OH! I do know the difference between an archive and backup - I was only keeping 'partial backups' because I didn't know for sure what was archived or even what pictures were on the backups with total certainty. My goal is to have some certainty in my archiving and organization to 'KNOW' my next 'Clone' isn't going to write over a one of a kind file or photo. Anyway, I have hacked together a 'start' to my organizational process. I don't have a 'global' plan for archiving and organization set yet, but I'm thinking hard on it. Richard On Oct 14, 8:16 pm, Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 14, 2008, at 1:49 PM, Dan wrote: Every year or two I poke aruond at file managers, thinking I really should use one. And each time I talk myself out of it. They just don't do what I need/want. And it's not just images. I have the same problem with my music. I don't trust iTunes one bit. Whereas for the 3,456 folders named 'Stuff' organization-impaired among us, iTunes and the like are godsends. They keep stuff findable with out all the hassle of doing it myself. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: File Managent Woes
On Oct 14, 2008, at 12:20 PM, Dan wrote: At 11:54 AM -0700 10/14/2008, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Oct 14, 2008, at 11:23 AM, Dan wrote: Personally, I've never been satisfied with any apps that manage images file for me. So, for me, the answer is... a bit primitive: I use Finder. yeah there's a serious gap between Dan's 'Use the finder' way and the pro image databases that big graphics houses use. I would hope so. Perhaps a magnitude or three in the size of their database... I was less than clear, should have said there's a serious *unfilled* gap between you and the pro databases. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: File Managent Woes
At 12:55 PM -0700 10/14/2008, Bruce Johnson wrote: I was less than clear, should have said there's a serious *unfilled* gap between you and the pro databases. I LEAD THE GAP! woohoo! Every year or two I poke aruond at file managers, thinking I really should use one. And each time I talk myself out of it. They just don't do what I need/want. And it's not just images. I have the same problem with my music. I don't trust iTunes one bit. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
File Managent Woes
Hello All, I have a pair of file management challenges and they are feeding upon one another. I have a G4 Mini 1g/40g/1.25ghz running 10.4.11 with a 320gig External for File Storage. In addition I have a 120gig external drive that's used for Dup'ing the Mini's Drive on one half and my Father's iBook on the other. The 120gig is kept strictly disconnected from everything including power sources for data safety. My Problems: a) I have prolific quantities of Image files that semi-regularly come into my computer due to my Photographic Endeavors (It's a hobby, but it isn't - if that makes sense). b) While I live within Filing Systems with utter joy, setting them up is outside my native skill set and I have global structure that the import or disposition of my image files goes into that rides herd on the collection as a whole. ie:the images go to optical, but not within a structure c) I fear cloning over the Backup's I make using SuperDuper for fear of losing files I have no memory of and now sections from previous backups are clogging up my drives. My Challenge is to seperate the wheat from the chaff and harvest my disk space back to me so I have some flexibility to generate a filing system. Can someone make any reccomendations on Dupe Finding Software? I've heard it exists. and Can Someone point me to some resources to guide my setting up a structure for my image files? Maybe my questions are to difuse, but I am locked into the hardware I have with no forseeable ability to buy a faster cpu or any drives. What I've got is what I've got. period. I've used Adobe Lightroom to process specific shoots quite successfully, but within the constraints of my Hardware, I don't think I can implement it successfully to manage my entire photo collection. Not enough CPU to make it work, I think. I have no faith that iPhoto will work for me because all of my experiences with it have been negative. I have no sense of confidence as to where my files are and the editing system is screamingly frustrating to a long time photoshop user. I 'park' images in iPhoto to make them accessible to 'play' with iDVD, but both acts are pretty inconsequential because rendering even slideshow dvd's is truly a horrendous timeconsuming endeavor with a G4. Thanks All for muddling through this long post. Feel Free to Email Me As well. Richard --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
