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  • Walter Rowe
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    I support this. Also a way to export/import so one can easily migrate / copy from one machine to another.

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  • Marcin Mrzygłocki
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    I have even copied settings between machines in a way described as a workaround, so it works. Risk seems to be mostly with hardware acceleration, I think.

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  • Walter Rowe
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    It would be simple to EXCLUDE specific subfolders that are system specific.

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  • Walter Rowe
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    They could put all the system specific stuff under a single folder and EXCLUDE that folder. It would require a change, but would be simple enough to do.

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  • Marcin Mrzygłocki
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    One division is already possible, just like it's done for browsers: workspaces, keymaps or profile settings could go to Roaming, while Local would continue to hold cache or items that cannot be used elsewhere (like Most Recent or ImageCore, assuming it would be not moved out of user profile entirely).

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  • Fabrizio Giudici (stoppingdown)

    Yes, moving/copying the folder is documented by C1, so it should be reasonably safe. For what concern contents, that's what I've found as file extensions (on macOS):

    cocatalogtemplate
    col
    comask
    copreset
    cosearchpreset
    costyle
    costylebrush
    job
    p1report
    plist
    xml

    "job" is related to jobs in the Batch Queue — something that IMHO should not stay here, because rather than a configuration it's a work-in-progress status. I'm not sure why the other stuff should be related to hardware acceleration.

    But I support the idea to have a export/import menu that possibly produce a .zip file and doesn't contain stuff such as the batch job queue.

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  • Walter Rowe
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    I would look at the subfolders of the Capture One folder. It is easier to exclude the few system specific vs name all those needed.

    • CaptureCore 
    • [Ee]rrors* 
    • ImageCore 
    • IPCamera* 
    • Plug-ins 
    • Sync

    Everything else (on macOS) goes.

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  • Walter Rowe
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    AND .. sync to mobile! All your styles, presets, etc, right there in the mobile apps.

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  • Marcin Mrzygłocki
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    We are getting excited here! Maybe it's time for a new thread? 😄

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  • Marcin Mrzygłocki
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    Could be an extension, but as another request, because "backup" is in other applications sometimes implemented only via cloud and it's a nightmare to get access to files, if ever possible. This thread has started as a solution for those that want to manage files themselves and let's keep it as such.

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  • Marcin Mrzygłocki
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    Done. While I would rather synchronize manually via export/import of backups, I do agree that built-in sync will be of great value.

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  • Walter Rowe
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    The script at this link works for macOS users as it is written in AppleScript. The script installs two scripts in the Capture One scripts menu. One will "export" (backup) and one will "import" (restore). If you "import" you will need to restart Capture One to see the restored recipes, presets, styles, etc.

    https://github.com/walterrowe/capture-one-scripts/tree/master/export-import-settings

    This is pretty rudimentary but I tested it on my own machines and it works.

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  • Fabrizio Giudici (stoppingdown)

    Thanks – I see that there are other scripts in the repo and I think it's always inspiring to look at scripts done by other people.

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  • fractr

    I see many comments, but few votes. Please, remeber that voting posts enhances the probability that the suggestion is considered by CaptureOne.

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  • Walter Rowe
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    I've made a couple of updates to this backup/restore script. It now includes the scripts folder, lets you choose which the folder to write the backup file, and lets you choose the backup file to restore.

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