Quote Originally Posted by Trowski


I only have 4TB of internal space at the moment, and I've been considering upgrading. Unfortunately now that means removing a smaller disk in favor of a larger one. I might move to a external RAID drive, but that's a whole other topic...


As far as I know, if you only add a photo to Lightrooms catalog (not copying it), you can then only remove it from the catalog, not the catalog AND disk.


Solving your current problem might be difficult since now you have a bunch of photos sitting on your hard disk that is not found in any library. You can export Lightroom catalogs with the files, and hopefully it would also copy files that are only linked. Perhaps you could use this feature to export your current catalog (which exports a folder containing a Lightroom catalog and a folder hierarchy of photos), delete where you have your photos sorted now, and then use the exported library as your new Lightroom catalog. This should eliminate all those photos no longer contained in your library, but also will require a massive amount of drive space to store the new library before you can delete the old one.


Out of curiosity, what are your motivations for wanting to use both Lightroom and Aperture?



Thanks Trowski!


I would recommend upgrading your internal Disks to 2TB, or the new Western Digital 3TB drives. It just keeps everything neater and more efficient, less cables and no extra power supplies. Internal Drives are cheaper too. You can image the old drive and then restore it onto the new one. You can use the externals for offsite backup.


I may have misinterpreted Damian. I would like to copy the original images to the Library (not just add or mport them only) and be able to delete them from their original folder and library simultaneously. Perhaps this can not be done?


I think I will export the current Keepers from my Aperture Library as you had suggested. I don't mind doing this once, however I was trying to avoid this technique every time I import a new project.


You're right, I really have no desire to use both Aperture and LR3 for the long term, I just thought it would be nice to use both until I get all of this sorted out (pun intended) and I feel comfortable with LR3. I also recently purchased CS5 on sale, so I thought I would go with Adobe all of the way. I originally chose Aperture because LR2 at the time couldn't handle Video Files.


Rich