Backup a catalog to a cd, dvd, or hard drive – Adobe Elements Organizer 9 User Manual
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USING ELEMENTS 9 ORGANIZER
Managing files and catalogs
Last updated 9/12/2011
Note: (Mac OS) You cannot access catalogs present on a network drive.
You can also open a specific catalog by holding the Shift key down while launching the Elements
Organizer. In the
Photoshop Elements Editor, hold down the Shift key and click the Organizer button
. Elements
Organizer will
prompt you to open a catalog.
Backup a catalog to a CD, DVD, or hard drive
For a video about this process, see
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To save space on the hard disk, you can move occasionally used media files and full-resolution masters of media files
to a CD, DVD, or local network hard drive. The Backup Catalog command in Elements
Organizer enables you to
perform this task.
Note: Backup/Restore using CD/DVD is not supported on Mac OS.
Note: You can also burn photos selected in the Media Browser onto a CD or DVD for playback on computers or many
DVD players. See “
Publish a slide show (Windows only)
146.
The Backup Catalog command copies catalogs, media files (original and edited versions), PDFs, and projects onto a
CD, DVD, or local network hard drive. You can have a backup of your catalog and media files on your hard drive (if
your computer has space).
If you are backing up to a CD or DVD, ensure that you have a CD or DVD drive with writable media connected to
your computer. For an incremental backup, ensure that you have the media that contains the last complete backup.
Note: (Mac OS) You cannot access catalogs present on a network drive.
(Windows only) To use all the available space on CDs and DVDs, Elements
Organizer lets you burn multiple sessions
on a disc. Choose Edit > Preferences > Files, and select the Enable Multisession Burning To CD/DVD option.
1 If you have multiple catalogs, open the catalog you want to back up.
2 In the Media Browser or Date view, choose File
> Backup Catalog To CD, DVD Or Hard Drive.
3 If a dialog box appears asking if you want to reconnect missing files, do one of the following:
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Click Reconnect to check for missing files. If you clicked Reconnect, and missing files are found, the Reconnect
Missing Files dialog box appears and prompts you to reconnect the missing files.
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Click Continue to proceed with backing up files. Elements
Organizer automatically performs a recover procedure.
Note: If you choose to continue with the backup, despite having disconnected items, restoring this backup set yields a
catalog with the items disconnected.
4 In step 1 of the Backup wizard, select one of the following options, and click Next:
Full Backup
Creates a copy of the entire catalog and all the photo files, video files, audio clips, PDFs, projects, and other
related files. You should choose this option at least the first time you back up your files.
Incremental Backup
Creates a copy of the catalog, all new or modified media files, PDFs, projects, and other related
files since the last full or incremental backup.
5 In step 2 of the Backup wizard, set the following options, and then click Save Backup:
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From the Select Destination Drive list, select the CD, DVD, or hard drive to which you want to burn the items.