Comments on: Video - Backing Up Lightroom

By: Rick Trankle

Rick Trankle — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:18:24 +0000

blah,blah, this video will make you a backup monster, on the mac. How do you backup on demand in LR?

By: Karsten Jensen

Karsten Jensen — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:33:16 +0000

Please continue this video regarding backing up INSIDE Lightroom. Both the photos and the catalog-database.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:28:43 +0000

Just an additional general tip as I have heard several stories about backups gone wrong:

If you are making a backup of your entire computer make sure to store incremental backups such that you have a backlog. Otherwise it could be dangerous to use “never” for the backup of the lightroom catalog as if it gets corrupted your backup software would just backup the corrupted catalog.

I like to be safe so I always have a few (depending on the size) catalog backups on the local disk that are then backed up externally, then I have several alternatives if something goes wrong.

By: Static

Static — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:31:03 +0000

Instead of Ghost for the PC, I would strongly suggest using Acronis Trueimage, it’s a fantastic program. Better features, easy to use and twenty bucks cheaper.

I stopped using Ghost when Symantec got involved, and with TrueImage, I’ve never looked back.

By: Tyler Fraser

Tyler Fraser — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 05:25:59 +0000

Very strong approach. Always backup yourself!

By: DeLoyd

DeLoyd — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 15:53:23 +0000

I back up my database each time I start Lightroom. Can I dump OLD back-up files? I have them since May when I started.