Comments on: Lightroom 2.7 and Adobe Camera Raw 5.7 Release Candidates Available http://thelightroomlab.com/2010/04/lightroom-2-7-and-adobe-camera-raw-5-7-release-candidates-available/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lightroom-2-7-and-adobe-camera-raw-5-7-release-candidates-available TheLightroomLab.com is for professional and amateur photographers who use Adobe Photoshop Lightroom as part of their digital workflow. We have tips, tricks, tutorials, videos, news, and more. Mon, 21 May 2012 07:15:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Scott Rousehttp://thelightroomlab.com/2010/04/lightroom-2-7-and-adobe-camera-raw-5-7-release-candidates-available/comment-page-1/#comment-15909 Scott Rouse Tue, 11 May 2010 17:03:31 +0000 http://thelightroomlab.com/?p=3003#comment-15909 Skip, Sounds like you got some good advice. I'd remove my photos from the hard drive (copy them to a temporary location like your local Macintosh HD), format the drive as Macintosh OS Extended (Journaled) using the Disk Utility program, and then move your images back to the drive. As long as the files and folders are in the same structure when you copy them back over, you should have no trouble in Lightroom. Here are a few articles you may want to review before you begin the process: <ul> <li><a href="http://thelightroomlab.com/2009/01/formatting-an-external-hard-drive/" rel="nofollow">How to Format an External Hard Drive</a></li> <li><a href="http://thelightroomlab.com/2009/09/moving-folders-with-adobe-photoshop-lightroom/" rel="nofollow">Moving Folders with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom</a></li> <li><a href="http://thelightroomlab.com/2009/05/how-to-get-your-lightroom-catalog-onto-an-external-hard-drive/" rel="nofollow">How to Get your Lightroom Catalog onto an External Drive</a></li> <li><a href="http://thelightroomlab.com/2008/11/reader-question-moving-images-from-one-computer-to-another/" rel="nofollow">Moving Images from One Computer to Another</a></li> </ul> Perusing the comments in those articles can be helpful, too, as lots of troubleshooting discussions occur there. -Scott Skip,

Sounds like you got some good advice. I’d remove my photos from the hard drive (copy them to a temporary location like your local Macintosh HD), format the drive as Macintosh OS Extended (Journaled) using the Disk Utility program, and then move your images back to the drive. As long as the files and folders are in the same structure when you copy them back over, you should have no trouble in Lightroom.

Here are a few articles you may want to review before you begin the process:

Perusing the comments in those articles can be helpful, too, as lots of troubleshooting discussions occur there.

-Scott

]]> By: Skiphttp://thelightroomlab.com/2010/04/lightroom-2-7-and-adobe-camera-raw-5-7-release-candidates-available/comment-page-1/#comment-15899 Skip Tue, 11 May 2010 11:59:39 +0000 http://thelightroomlab.com/?p=3003#comment-15899 Hi Scott, Perhaps you can help me. I'm switching from PC to iMAC with my external hard drives. I cannot write to the drives from Mac lightroom because they are formatted to pc (NTF). I went to mac folks and they said take all photos off external drive and reformat to mac. Will lightroom on mac recognize the photos once the drive is reformatted. I want to be sure about this before I begin the process. Thanks in advance for your help Skip Hi Scott,
Perhaps you can help me. I’m switching from PC to iMAC with my external hard drives. I cannot write to the drives from Mac lightroom because they are formatted to pc (NTF).

I went to mac folks and they said take all photos off external drive and reformat to mac. Will lightroom on mac recognize the photos once the drive is reformatted.

I want to be sure about this before I begin the process.

Thanks in advance for your help
Skip

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