![]() I can see a possible problem with this approach if the file structure on the new PC was different from the old PC (as references within the database would be confused). I have all my photos on an SSD external drive. With the intrduction of version 6 DxO withdrew most staff monitering here so almost all contrabutions are from users only now.īut be aware there are differences between PL 5 and 6 and spending some time scanning the posts on this forum will help explain these and the possible pitfalls they can create and how to overcome them. ![]() When you need to update or recreate editing and go to your images it will do that anyway. There are many users here who hopefully may be able to give you better advice than I have, but I think just reading the data onto the new computer will recreate the data base, but honestly I wouldn’t bother. I fear DxO support isn’t very good/helpful at times. which I know PL will import so I would think any data PL adds to a xmp file will be read as well. But I am not very knowledgeable on these as I use a DAM and it creates an xmp file all of the geo tagging ranking etc. Some of us do not use the data base just the dops, there are somethings the data base only keeps, virtual copies and I think things like ranking etc. The dop’s that are with each imige are that data so just having PL read the images on your SSD will recreate the database with editing data. You are not worried about non processing information really just processing data. As I understand it you do not have images on the old computer just on an external SSD. I use windows so beware as DxO have differences between the programs on the two systems. How have others accomplished this rather simple task? Again he said users have tried that but not been happy with the results. I told the support person I thought I could just do the move within DPL, and that should work. Once I have everything on my new computer, I want to move the files from a smaller SSD to a bigger SSD external drive. The thing that concerns me is the moving of the metadata files themselves, is that really the right way to do it? I really would have thought using Backup/Restore would be safer, and work better. Making the user remember to do something, one by one, is tedious and not my definition of good.įrom the replies here, it seems like others have done what I want to do. It doesn’t bother me that PL doesn’t support easily moveable catalogs like other software, but not having ANY (good) story for when a user upgrades their computer, a fairly common use case, is inexcusable. ![]() I even said I’d be happy with something as crude as pointing DPL at my top level folder, and having it search recursively for the sidecar files and import them automatically as it found them. I didn’t get any sense that they cared, at all. When I said I was very unhappy with this, and that I was considering moving to other software because of it, the support person simply replied they’d pass along my feedback. I don’t think I’ve done anything with keywords or ranking, and if I did, it wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world if I lost it. I really only care about editing history. I said, what about installing DPL 6 on the old machine, backing up the database, and then restoring that database on the new machine (the exact procedure other software uses for this sort of thing)? They said other customers have tried this and not been happy with the results. They said my only recourse was to import the sidecar files, one by one. I contacted support about what the best way to move my metadata in PhotoLab from the old to the new machine. I have DPL 5 on the old machine, DPL 6 on the new. This to replace my 2013 Intel MacBook Pro, which still works but is getting slower. I’ve been very happy with the colors I can get out of my camera using DXO.īut I recently got a new computer, a MacBook Pro 16" M1 machine. I’m fairly new to DXO, having used it for the past 2-3 years.
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