Moving from Windows
I have been using capture one on Windows 10 for many years and have all of my Catalogues saved on an external HDD.
Now I've moved over to Apple Mac should all of my Catalogues be recognised within Capture one for Mac as I appear (so far) to be having problems in Capture One seeing them as they're greyed out?
Any advice would be very welcome as being new to Mac I haven't a clue as to what I'm doing, so far it's a big leaning curve for an old boy like me.
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I don't use catalogues but with session my transition from windows to Mac was flawless. The one thing I advise you is to apply all your brushes to one image, then after opening that image in capture on Mac you should be able to save all of the brushes on the Mac.
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Richard, did you get this sorted? If not, try right-clicking on the drive name then selecting locate. Use the finder window to navigate to the drive.
If this doesn't work, post a screen shot and I'll try to help you dig into it more.
Alternatively, a call to support will likely get it sorted in short order.
Note: When I say click on the drive name, I mean in the Library tool window. Right click on the drive name (greyed out) then select Locate. This will open a Finder window. Click on the drive name on the left pane of the Finder window then click Open in the bottom right corner. If you rename a drive or a folder outside Capture One, you'll use this same method to re-associate in the Capture One catalog.
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Not sorted as ye.
When I moved across to Mac it couldn't read my Windows HDD with my images on so I had to download them from the online backup I use; you can image how long it's taking to download over 1TB of images?
It's almost finished (after many days) so when it's completed I'll let you know if it works.
Your help is very much appreciated.
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Off the cuff, I'd say the external drive is formatted in a manner that MacOS cannot read. To my knowledge, the only format method common to the two is ExFAT. Mac has APFS, MacOS Journaled, and others that Windows cannot read and Windows, similarly, has format styles optimized to Windows that Mac cannot read. If, in fact, your external drives are formatted in anything other that ExFAT, you're stuck. My advice:
Connect the drive and open in Finder. If Finder cannot see it, we have our answer: incompatible format type. If Finder can see it, right click and select Get Info. Look at the top of the new window. Does the line Format: read "Format: ExFAT"?
If it does, we have another issue. Come back here and let's talk. If it does not or you (likely) cannot see the drive at all in Finder, we have a drive format incompatibility. Your only recourse is to reformat the drive using Disk Utility. THIS WILL ERASE EVERYTHING ON THE DRIVE. I say again: THIS WILL ERASE EVERYTHING ON THE DRIVE!!!!. But, doing so is the only way you can use the drive going forward. Were it me, I'd go to Amazon and buy a Samsung T7 External SSD. I've had great success with them through the years and they are as inexpensive as I've seen them. Buy specifically from the Samsung store and they are roughly 1/2 the price from 12 months ago. Samsung has an inventory glut and is dumping inventory.
So, where to? If you want to (ever) use this drive on both Windows and Mac machines, use Disk Utility and select ExFAT as the format type. If Mac only, here's a solid article to help you decide which of the various Mac-specific types to pick. https://mactakeawaydata.com/best-format-for-mac-external-hard-drive/. At the bottom of that article is a link to more info on how to use the Disk Utility app.
AFTER all this is sorted, make sure you name the drive well. Changing the name of the drive later will freak Capture One all the way out. I mentioned above how to correct it but it can be disturbing when you first encounter it. Beyond that, NEVER, EVER, EVER move or rename files or folders outside the Capture One Library module. Same song, second verse. Right click>>Locate is your friend.
Also, when creating your Capture One catalog, you will need to understand the difference between MANAGED and REFERENCE files. Managed image files are stored inside a package and are not easily visible as individual files. Also, ALL images within a catalog are stored in the same place as the catalog. So no matter what drive you use, your catalog and images stored within can never grow larger than that drive. The plus side, however, is you can easily move the catalog around simply by grabbing the catalog package. REFERENCED files live wherever you want to live (across multiple drives, even) and Capture One simply maintains a pointer to the file. The danger here is you are more likely to do something to a file or directory outside Capture One (if you do, remember LOCATE). Here's a quick overview: https://support.captureone.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002492217-An-overview-of-Catalogs
Capture One also offers Sessions instead of Catalogs. Here's a good video on catalogs vs sessions: https://www.youtube.com/live/_ZSXQIRo3zQ?feature=share
This is a deeper dive into Catalogs and well worth the time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IrqW-ht8XE
Good luck! Hope this helps.
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Gentlemen, after a very long wait for the files to download from my backup on the Internet the files that have, so far, downloaded are all showing up in Capture One at last, I'm so pleased to get my images back and in working order.
Thank you all for your advice, it was very much appreciated; it's nice to know people care and take the time to respond with clear and precise help.
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Richard, I hope you enjoy your time in the World of Mac. I’m retired IT and my very first order of business was to get rid of everything Windows-dased in my home. I never wanted to be ‘the guy’ again. Mostly I’ve been pleased. Similarly, I struggled through a switch from LR to Capture One. Again, mostly I’ve been pleased. Here’s hoping you feel the same. :)
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