Maximilian.... I have recently perform a migration from different user accounts (which should apply for you too). These are the steps:
1. Copy the hole .shotwell hidden folder to the final destination (profile folder for your new profile in your new pc) 2. Start Shotwell. It should show the event and tag tree and thumbnails, but every pic should be set as missing. 3. Close Shotwell and copy your hole library folder to your final destination. i usually mantain the same relative location, for example, I usually keep my library folder in "/home/user1/Imágenes/Fotos" and move to "/home/user2/Imágenes/Fotos". If you wish to change this location, It should be done in step 2, before closing shotwell. Also make sure that the "watch library" option is set in the "preferences" window. 4. Start Shotwell and it should start updating your library. After finished all events, tags and editions should be kept. Hope this work for you. I have done this about three times with no problem. 2011/6/6 Adam Dingle <[email protected]> > Maximilian, > > > On 06/04/2011 09:16 AM, Maximilian Blömer wrote: > >> Hi there, >> >> i've moved my photos to a different pc along with the photo.db but not >> the mimics and thumbs folder. The pictures appear in shotwell, but new >> mimics and thumbs are not created. how can that be done? >> > > Unfortunately Shotwell cannot recreate the missing thumbnails and mimics > today. I think you may have to reimport into a new Shotwell database, in > which case you will lose your edits (but not your tags, assuming you've > enabled the option to write metadata to photo files). We recognize that > this is a serious limitation and hope to fix this for 0.11: > > http://trac.yorba.org/ticket/2889 > > adam > > > _______________________________________________ > Shotwell mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell > _______________________________________________ Shotwell mailing list [email protected] http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell
