Catalog Cache Size 58GB!
The cache size of the particular catalog on my Mac is a large 56GB (21,000 images) and the cache size of the same backup catalog on another HD is 115MB. Why the enormous discrepancy.
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Sounds like an awfully big Cache.That's an awfully big catalog file.
Does this catalog have image files stored inside the catalog?
How many total images in this catalog?0 -
Catalog cache has previews of the images while backup does not have, that’s the main reason of the difference.
While ago, I have requested a new feature for the catalogs a bit like Lightroom. Preview which are not accessed for a while should be deleted automatically. You can do that by yourself as well. I did so, otherwise my cache file for 38000 photos with max preview resolution would be 100GB.0 -
Thanks for the replies.
It seems there are duplicate RAW and TIFF files in the cache preview folder in the catalog with the .dop suffix taking up the space. Can I delete those or get Capture One to delete with no ill effects?
Many thanks.
matt0 -
Hi Matt,
Are you sure the suffix is .dop ? Or rather .cop. In the last case (.cop), this is a preview.
As far as I am concerned, I had recently a problem with my full catalog and had to regenerate it. All the previews were lost, but it was not so bad, in the end : I have made C1 rebuild only the ones I was interested in, e.g. my last pictures. The previews of old pictures were not regenerated, as I didn't need them, but I know that if, by chance, I need one, C1 will rebuild it at once. The result of this was that my catalog deflated like a balloon..... from 80 GB (22,000 images) to less than 10 GB !!
Robert0 -
Thanks Robert.
You're right .cop not .dop.
Cool, that's what i'll do then when I have finished with this catalog, i'll dump the previews and regenerate then when I return to it.
Many thanks again.
Matt0
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