5/18/2023 0 Comments Capture one sessions vs catalogYour backup location is stored in the Capture One Preferences, General tab. In case of any doubt regarding missing or corrupt profiles or masks, restore these Adjustments subfolders for consistency with the catalog database you just restored. Both in the backup location as well as in the catalog folder you find the Adjustments subfolder that contains these files. In addition to the database restore you might want to restore ICC profiles, Local Adjustment masks or LCC profiles as well. open the catalog in Capture One note that you can do this by double-clicking on the catalog database file it will start Capture One for you if necessary.paste the database into the catalog folder overwrite the existing database (Cmd+V (macOS) or Ctrl+V (Windows)).in Finder/Explorer browse to the catalog you like to restore its database and open it (see Open Catalog Folder below).optional step: open a new Finder/Explorer window and continue in that window.cocatalogdb and copy it (Cmd+C (macOS) or Ctrl+C (Windows)) inside the date & time-stamped folder select the catalog database this is a file name with extension.in the folder named after the catalog select a date & time-stamped subfolder (typically you use the latest).in the backup main folder look for a subfolder with the name of the catalog.open Finder (macOS) or Explorer (Windows) and browse to the backup location (see Backup Location section below).make sure the catalog is closed in Capture One best is to close Capture One to be sure.The instructions below show you how to do a restore of the catalog database. In the macOS Finder screenshot above you see where the database backup is stored. Currently, no guidance from within Capture One is available. Restoring a catalog backup is a manual process of copying and pasting files. I discuss the Backup Schedule in a section below. This depends on how often you make a backup. This can be an hour earlier, or a week, a month or longer ago. Please note that restoring a backup will bring your catalog back into the state from the moment the backup was made. When an error on opening is unrecoverable a text printed in red is displayed.īefore you start a restore, you might want to do a manual verification first like the one I describe below in the Healthy Catalog section, as a last resort. There are miscellaneous error messages alerting you that there is something wrong. You might want to restore a Catalog Backup when you are unable to open your catalog. When do I need to restore a Catalog Backup and how do I perform a restore? Note that you can also make a backup copy of your images during import from the Import Images dialog. The automated Time Machine backup on macOS is a great tool for that. In case you have images stored both inside and outside the catalog, both instructions apply. Note that this automatically includes the catalog database and other adjustments. When your images are referenced, that is stored outside the catalog folder, you should back up that location. When your images are fully managed, that is stored inside the catalog folder, you should backup the entire catalog folder. For more information about this difference, I suggest reading Catalogs Explained. How to back them up depends on whether your images are stored outside or inside the catalog, or both. Capture One does not provide any means for that. You should back up your images separately since they are not included in the Catalog Backup. These details are highlighted in the section below on Catalog Restore.
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