Multiple users accessing the same presets?

[Doug]

I'm using II on windows XP. I set up presets how I wanted them, logged out, logged in as another user and the presets are not available. I assume this is because the presets are stored in individual user folders within Documents and Settings. Is there a workaround?

I need many users of the same machine to be able to log in and ingest photos into a shared networked drive.  Though it occurred to me, setting up a dummy user account for all to use isn't going to fly with the system admins.

Thanks,
-Doug

[Marc Rochkind]

Sorry, no workaround for this, Doug, other than setting up a script to do the copying regularly.

--Marc

[Doug]

Ok. Thanks. Put one vote down for a new feature request to locate the preferences in the All Users folder, or have an option to do so.

[joshmcculloch]

Hi Marc,

Just wondering if this might be possible to do on a Mac.  Id like to be able to share Presets across multiple computers.  Is there any way to copy all of the necessary files to another computer to do this?  I have manually moved all of the files I could find (/Users/myusername/Library/Application Support/ImageIngesterPro, and /Users/myusername/Library/Preferences/ImageIngesterPro and  /Users/myusername/Library/Preferences/ImageIngesterPro.plist), and everything appears to be showing up on the second machine, but when I import, I get an ERROR: Can't open Metadata template message.  What am I missing?

I'd like to set up a Link via Terminal (ln command) to link these files to a folder on a networked volume so each computer has access to the same files.  Is this possible?

Cheers, Josh

[peterkrogh]

Josh,
The biggest issue I have found moving machine to machine is in the paths to the various elements IIP calls on.  (Drives for download, etc).

Do you see the Metadata Templates in the folders you bring across?  Perhaps you want to reselect everything once it is in place on the new machine -

Are you on IIP3?
Peter

[joshmcculloch]

Hi Peter,

Yes, I'm on II3.  Good idea about reselecting the destination paths after copying, though the only error I've gotten was about the Metadata Templates.  I didn't see them when I copied the folders over, where do they live? (scratch that, they live in the IIPro Preferences folder, which I did copy over.  They all appear to live there.)

Still not working.  Thoughts?

Cheers, Josh

[peterkrogh]

Josh,
Are the sub-templates there (Photographer, Rights, Content)?

Can you see them in the IIP interface?
Peter

[joshmcculloch]

Hey Peter,

Yes, everything shows up, including all of the sub-templates, etc exactly as it does on my original machine.  I can see them, and edit them in the IIP interface, and even save them (to make the orange dot go away).  The first time I tried importing, it gave me an error that it could not find the ACR Develop preset (which I had not copied over), so I selected "none" in that field and tried again.  I still get hung up on "ERROR: Can't open Metadata template" every time.  The log doesn't provide any more info than this that I can see.

I sent an e-mail to Marc as well, but haven't heard back yet...

Cheers, Josh

[peterkrogh]

Josh,
Have you tried to make a new master preset (Test) and populate it from scratch?

Maybe that would work.

Also, have you tried to open the log file and see if it gives a clue?

Peter

[joshmcculloch]

Hey Peter,

Trashed the Preferences folder and the .plist file from the computer giving me issues, and re-populated from scratch to no avail.  Still get the same error on import...

UPDATE: Just realized both verions of II were 3.0.02, updating both now to 3.2.04, will repopulate all fields (3.1 and earlier prefs are not compatible with 3.2), then copy prefs, then try to import.  I'll post here how I make out.

Cheers, Josh

[joshmcculloch]

If at first you don't succeed, update your software.

Problem solved. I always do that.

Thanks Peter.

Cheers, Josh