Moving C1 from Pc to Mac (Catalog+Files)
Hi,
sorry for my englishlevel, i try my best.
On my Windowssystem the RAWfolders + Catalog are kept on a external drive (NTFS).
I recently bought an Imac, and so i want to switch C1+Catalog+Files to my Macsystem(Maverick).
Installed C1pro7.1.5 on Imac, i plugged the external drive (with the Files+Catalog) to the Imac.
Problem:
In C1 i tried to import the C1 Catalog from the external drive to the Imac, but it does`t work!
Errormessage occurs and says:
The database access is limited to read only, this indicates that the database cannot be modified.
Is the filesystem NTFS(windows) of the external drive the problem?
Is there a way avoiding buy another Drive formatted with FAT, and then copying all Rawfiles+catalog to this drive(FAT) so that Imac can read+write?
The same case with Lightroom seems to work, this catalog is too on the same external drive, and could be imported.
Greetings
Daniel
sorry for my englishlevel, i try my best.
On my Windowssystem the RAWfolders + Catalog are kept on a external drive (NTFS).
I recently bought an Imac, and so i want to switch C1+Catalog+Files to my Macsystem(Maverick).
Installed C1pro7.1.5 on Imac, i plugged the external drive (with the Files+Catalog) to the Imac.
Problem:
In C1 i tried to import the C1 Catalog from the external drive to the Imac, but it does`t work!
Errormessage occurs and says:
The database access is limited to read only, this indicates that the database cannot be modified.
Is the filesystem NTFS(windows) of the external drive the problem?
Is there a way avoiding buy another Drive formatted with FAT, and then copying all Rawfiles+catalog to this drive(FAT) so that Imac can read+write?
The same case with Lightroom seems to work, this catalog is too on the same external drive, and could be imported.
Greetings
Daniel
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I suspect it is the NTFS format that prevents you from working with the catalog from your Mac.
You could start with copying the catalog only to your internal drive and open it from there. Everything should work fine except that the raw files are reported offline. They can be relocated.
If this is true then you can consider to reformat your external drive to a Mac compatible format. Of course you have to save your images temporarily to an alternate location.0 -
It's certain that OSX cannot write to NTFS, only read.
There are some workarounds and tricks, search the web for that.
As mentioned by Paul, re-formatting the drive to an OSX compatible file system is the only way to work with the pictures the way you did with Windows.0 -
Thanks for response,
i bought Paragon NTFS for OSX Software which enables Mac OS to Write+Read on NTFS formatted Harddrives.
It works now, but i think it will be more secure to buy a second backup hard disc, so i have space enough to copy all the files , but then in a mac format.0 -
pick one system and stick with it. 0
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