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Accessing files when disconnected.

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Hi everybody,

I'm working at a photo studio right now but I'll be moving away soon and I'll need to be able to access archived/cataloged jpeg files after I move. I saw that Media Pro allows the user to organize and view files when the user is disconnected from the source, but is there any way to access the actual files when offline? Is the best way to go about this to import all of the archived/cataloged files onto a hard drive and work off of that?

Thanks and sorry if this is a silly question!
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  • PhaseZero
    Not sure if I understand your question correct. If you like to work without original (source) image files MP still allows to modify all kind of metadata in the MP database. You just cannot see/edit the images in full resollution, because only the preview is stored in the database. After reconnection of source files you can update the image files and/or sidecar XMPs from database (if you like or need).

    You can also make a copy of all or a just a few of your image files on a HDD or USB drive. Such drive can be connected instead of original files. A couple of things are important in this case:

    • Be sure to check, which files are modified. An automatic backup (with initial list of all modified files) back from copy to source can help with this. If you have only partial copies for offline editing you have to be very careful.

    • In order to avoid redefinitions of drive letters and/or directory names in MP, I stronlgy recommend to use always fixed drive letters and identical directory structure for all kind of media files.

    • Constant drive letters can be realized for network drives and local drives with appropriate mount command or substitution command. E.g. with command NET USE and SUBST under WIN/MSDOS. I use the SUBST command with DOS Batch files quite often to switch between various PCs and multiple offices and different USB or NAS drives.

    Of course it is always better to have just one source and multiple backup copies of data files. So I am using a external big eSata/Firewire/USB HDD drive for my image files and regular backups are made to various other NAS and USB disks. The eSata drive is always with me and connected with constant drive letter(s) to either my stationary PCs or my notebooks.

    Regards from Phasezero
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