Comments on: LR Backup Plugin http://thephotogeek.com Digital photography toys and techniques Mon, 14 May 2012 06:31:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Matt http://thephotogeek.com/lightroom/lr-backup/#comment-7514 Matt Fri, 30 Mar 2012 04:23:25 +0000 http://thephotogeek.com/?page_id=105#comment-7514 @Phil, Thanks for letting us know the plugin is configured correctly and working for you now. @Phil, Thanks for letting us know the plugin is configured correctly and working for you now.

]]> By: Phil http://thephotogeek.com/lightroom/lr-backup/#comment-7511 Phil Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:41:36 +0000 http://thephotogeek.com/?page_id=105#comment-7511 Matt, Thanks for the reply from Jan. 15, 2012. And thank you for the LR Backup Plugin! Finally, I got the Catalogue backup portion to zip my LR catalogue backups. Not sure why but evidently I wasn't telling the plugin the correct place to find the catalogue backups, but it's doing fine now. Matt, Thanks for the reply from Jan. 15, 2012. And thank you for the LR Backup Plugin! Finally, I got the Catalogue backup portion to zip my LR catalogue backups. Not sure why but evidently I wasn’t telling the plugin the correct place to find the catalogue backups, but it’s doing fine now.

]]> By: Mike Watson http://thephotogeek.com/lightroom/lr-backup/#comment-7477 Mike Watson Sat, 24 Mar 2012 06:54:43 +0000 http://thephotogeek.com/?page_id=105#comment-7477 Thanks Matt, As a retired software engineer I understand the issue and appreciate your time and work on this. Thanks Matt,
As a retired software engineer I understand the issue and appreciate your time and work on this.

]]> By: Matt http://thephotogeek.com/lightroom/lr-backup/#comment-7472 Matt Sat, 24 Mar 2012 02:18:37 +0000 http://thephotogeek.com/?page_id=105#comment-7472 @Mike, I'll add it to the feature request list. I'm using zip for compression because I can have a common zip version across Windows and Mac. Users don't need to download any extra software and the plugin requires only minimal configuration. The trade off for this simplicity is zip isn't quite as efficient as WinRAR, 7-zip, or a number of other compression formats. I'll see about adding a spot for you to enter your own command line but I need to be careful to do this in a way that is compatible with some upcoming features. @Mike, I’ll add it to the feature request list. I’m using zip for compression because I can have a common zip version across Windows and Mac. Users don’t need to download any extra software and the plugin requires only minimal configuration. The trade off for this simplicity is zip isn’t quite as efficient as WinRAR, 7-zip, or a number of other compression formats. I’ll see about adding a spot for you to enter your own command line but I need to be careful to do this in a way that is compatible with some upcoming features.

]]> By: Easily backup your Lightroom 4 catalog on demand | The Photo Geek http://thephotogeek.com/lightroom/lr-backup/#comment-7461 Easily backup your Lightroom 4 catalog on demand | The Photo Geek Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:53:10 +0000 http://thephotogeek.com/?page_id=105#comment-7461 [...] TPG LR Backup plugin was created to help resolve these backup limitations. It reduces the disk space consumed by [...] [...] TPG LR Backup plugin was created to help resolve these backup limitations. It reduces the disk space consumed by [...]

]]> By: Mike Watson http://thephotogeek.com/lightroom/lr-backup/#comment-7456 Mike Watson Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:30:36 +0000 http://thephotogeek.com/?page_id=105#comment-7456 Matt, I have been manually compressing the cat file for a while and seem to get a better compression ratio using WINRAR than your plugin does. Any chance that the config could allow a user to select their own compression exe and preferences. Windows 7 64 bit LR 4 Lrcat file 799,404Kb Winrar 47,053KB LR-backup 71,394Kb Great idea though.... Matt,

I have been manually compressing the cat file for a while and seem to get a better compression ratio using WINRAR than your plugin does. Any chance that the config could allow a user to select their own compression exe and preferences.

Windows 7 64 bit LR 4

Lrcat file 799,404Kb
Winrar 47,053KB
LR-backup 71,394Kb

Great idea though….

]]> By: Matt http://thephotogeek.com/lightroom/lr-backup/#comment-6932 Matt Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:45:00 +0000 http://thephotogeek.com/?page_id=105#comment-6932 @Phil, Apologies for the delay in replying. The plugin compresses your existing catalogue backups rather than creating a backup itself. If you go into either the automatic or manual backup menu item you will find a field for specifying where the catalog backups created by Lightroom live. Once you set this up correctly the manual backup dialog (and I think the automatic one as well) will show you how many backups it found there, to give you some assurance the plugin configuration is OK. Next time the compress catalog backup function is executed the backups created by Lightroom will be compressed and moved to the location your specified. @Phil, Apologies for the delay in replying. The plugin compresses your existing catalogue backups rather than creating a backup itself. If you go into either the automatic or manual backup menu item you will find a field for specifying where the catalog backups created by Lightroom live. Once you set this up correctly the manual backup dialog (and I think the automatic one as well) will show you how many backups it found there, to give you some assurance the plugin configuration is OK. Next time the compress catalog backup function is executed the backups created by Lightroom will be compressed and moved to the location your specified.

]]> By: Phil http://thephotogeek.com/lightroom/lr-backup/#comment-6874 Phil Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:18:49 +0000 http://thephotogeek.com/?page_id=105#comment-6874 Matt, I installed the latest TPG-LR-Backup on my iMac, OSX Snow Leopard. The backup works for the LR Configuration files but appears to not backup the LR Catalogue(s). I wonder if I'm doing something wrong? The Catalogue files are in the default LR location on my hard drive. Matt, I installed the latest TPG-LR-Backup on my iMac, OSX Snow Leopard. The backup works for the LR Configuration files but appears to not backup the LR Catalogue(s). I wonder if I’m doing something wrong? The Catalogue files are in the default LR location on my hard drive.

]]> By: Matt http://thephotogeek.com/lightroom/lr-backup/#comment-5179 Matt Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:58:05 +0000 http://thephotogeek.com/?page_id=105#comment-5179 For those using an older version of the plugin, or who have auto-update disabled, please note that a new version of TPG-LR-Backup was released earlier this week. Most of the improvements are around robustness and detection (and provide guidance for resolving) of issues with plugin configuration. Hopefully it has resolved a number of the issues discussed above! For those using an older version of the plugin, or who have auto-update disabled, please note that a new version of TPG-LR-Backup was released earlier this week. Most of the improvements are around robustness and detection (and provide guidance for resolving) of issues with plugin configuration. Hopefully it has resolved a number of the issues discussed above!

]]> By: Matt http://thephotogeek.com/lightroom/lr-backup/#comment-3856 Matt Fri, 20 May 2011 11:16:10 +0000 http://thephotogeek.com/?page_id=105#comment-3856 @Brian, I'll need to look into this. The catalog detection and compression functionality are related but not identical, so it is possible that the detection code isn't quite as rigorous in checking the backup layouts are 100% as expected. If there are an opportunities for differing results I'll close them down as it is a nuisance when trying to debug issues like this. @Brian, I’ll need to look into this. The catalog detection and compression functionality are related but not identical, so it is possible that the detection code isn’t quite as rigorous in checking the backup layouts are 100% as expected. If there are an opportunities for differing results I’ll close them down as it is a nuisance when trying to debug issues like this.

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