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Move Catalog to different computer

Fabio Lanza
Hi,

I need to move my Catalog from one computer to another and I need to use a pendrive to transfer the files. Having that said, which files from computer A should I copy into my pendrive so I can move to computer B without loosing anything?

Thanks
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  • Drew Altdo
    -The Catalog file
    -The RAW files (if using a referenced Catalog).

    I know that answer is a bit vague but without specifics I can't give you a specific answer. What other files, aside from the Catalog and RAW files, are there? When you say "without loosing [sic] anything" do you mean to only reference the RAW files and the settings, along with the Catalog structure, or do you also mean to include the Process Recipes, Workspaces, Presets, Defaults, etc?
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  • Fabio Lanza
    The thing is: when I look at my photos size inside the Capture One application it shows about 22GB of data. When I look to the folders size residing inside Capture One Catalog folder, there is only about 2GB.

    These are the files inside Capture One folder (Windows 7 > Pictures library > Capture One Catalog):
    - Adjustments (folder)
    - Cache (folder)
    - Originals (folder)
    - Capture One.cocatalogdb (file)
    - writelock (file)

    Thank you,

    Fabio
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  • Drew Altdo
    Fabio,
    You're posting on the Mac Forum for a Windows workflow question 😉

    Hence my confusion to the question.
    You need to move the entire Parent Folder of the Catalog which includes;
    - Adjustments (folder)
    - Cache (folder)
    - Originals (folder)
    - Capture One.cocatalogdb (file)
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  • Fabio Lanza
    Drew,

    you got to my point! The complication is that I am moving from Windows do Mac environment. How do I import Windows Catalog into Mac Catalog?

    Thanks,

    Fabio
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  • Drew Altdo
    Fabio,
    No different. just move the Parent folder and open like you do on Windows.
    It will look different but function the same.

    If you want it to get the Mac "look" just add the ".cocatalog" tag to the folder and presto it's a nice, neat, Apple-like catalog.
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