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So... I am plunging for a new Mac Studio.

However, before I do all my files are all over the shop, half in dropbox, half on an external nas, some on memory sticks, some on the mac... you get the picture.

It's a job I keep meaning to tidy up and sort, purge, clean and cut back the number of non keepers etc.

I have even contemplated moving them all to the work server and just spending a weekend clean etc and then reload to another external disk.

Then work from the mac studio.

Is there an easier way or just dump everything non photo to another drive... leave it and feel shame each time I see it.

I do have electronic file hoarding tendencies and physical items not at all.

Anyone else been in this situation...
 
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Simplest would be to move them all to iCloud then let that sync them all to your new Mac Studio, so that you can gradually sort them out using the speed of that machine.
 
My advice would be to work out how you are going to organise the files on your new Mac, then migrate the files to your new Mac into the new structure.
 
Id think the opposite would be easier - put all the photos in one place, i assume they are all named correctly and the meta data is correct?

no need to use finder, the terminal and the find command is your friend for tasks like these
 
I'm still a bit of a folder file person. All the folder photos are yyyy-mm-dd subject. It's more the other documents.

The data pool is probably the way most do it now but I'm still filing like win 3.1
 
I had this problem a while back.

I just opened Lightroom, started a new catalog and set it up so it copied every image it found on the old drive onto a new drive and had it create a file path (based on EXIF) by Year > Month > Date. The EXIF within LR allows me to sort it by Camera/Lens if I want to.
 
I've always assumed that LR left the image where it was and merely catalogued the photo?

Pray tell me more of this LR dark art? That's why I keep all my files in folders... it's a mental hurdle I struggle with.
 
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There is a fantastic programme called PhotoMove 2.5, it will take all image files from lots of disks and sort them into one destination (I sort be Camera and Year), you can also specify directories for anything without a date of EXIF data.

I paid for it (very cheap) as it gives extra sort options.

PhotoMove 2 Free – Rediscovering Photography

Please enter your email address below and click Submit to receive your your free copy of PhotoMove 2.5. You will immediately be sent an email with the download...
www.mjbpix.com www.mjbpix.com

I had lots of USB drives, 3 NAS boxes, mini server, several laptops and a box of disks from old machines, now it is all in one place :)
 
Jungli said:
I've always assumed that LR left the image where it was and merely catalogued the photo?

Pray tell me more of this LR dark art? That's why I keep all my files in folders... it's a mental hurdle I struggle with.
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It depends on how you import the files to Lightroom:
  • Add simply references the file from its current location. Don't use this if you are importing from an SD card.
  • Move takes the file from its current location and places it in your Lightroom folder structure. Generally, you would use this option for files already on your computer.
  • Copy, copies the file from its current location, and adds to the Lightroom folder structure. I use this to import from SD cards.
 
Sangoma said:
There is a fantastic programme called PhotoMove 2.5, it will take all image files from lots of disks and sort them into one destination (I sort be Camera and Year), you can also specify directories for anything without a date of EXIF data.

I paid for it (very cheap) as it gives extra sort options.

PhotoMove 2 Free – Rediscovering Photography

Please enter your email address below and click Submit to receive your your free copy of PhotoMove 2.5. You will immediately be sent an email with the download...
www.mjbpix.com www.mjbpix.com

I had lots of USB drives, 3 NAS boxes, mini server, several laptops and a box of disks from old machines, now it is all in one place :)
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Can't run it natively on a Mac, only via a VM
 
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Can't run it natively on a Mac, only via a VM
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No, it only runs on proper computers :)

Were you running apple up to now, or PC, if PC use the old one to do the sorting then move the sorted collection across.
If you don't have a PC to do the sorting on, then unfortunately it is probably dot going to reduce work much.
 
Sangoma said:
No, it only runs on proper computers :)

Were you running apple up to now, or PC, if PC use the old one to do the sorting then move the sorted collection across.
If you don't have a PC to do the sorting on, then unfortunately it is probably dot going to reduce work much.
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Proper computers are big and blue (sometimes red) ;)
 
Sangoma said:
I had lots of USB drives, 3 NAS boxes, mini server, several laptops and a box of disks from old machines, now it is all in one place :)
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I envy this nirvana you have achieved.
 
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