Individual Catalogs for Bibble 5 can only used in only one Bibble 5 session at a time, but they may be accessed from a fast (local) network from multiple Bibble 5 applications. All images Copied or Moved into the Catalog will automatically be found when opening that same Catalog from a second computer. If Master Files were imported By Referred Locations or by Referring to Original Files, then an extra step might be needed to tell Bibble how to find the "root folder" that contains the Master Files.
If the Master Files are accessed by the two machines differently (mapped as different network drives on Windows, or mounted differently on Linux or Mac) then you'll need to edit the Catalog Preferences to select the proper "root folder." For example, assume that you access Master Files stored on a local hard drive "D:" on your main desktop computer and store the Bibble 5 Catalog on that drive also, but have a second computer that accesses the same Catalog and Master Files from the main desktop computer. On this second machine, the "D:" drive is mapped as "X:". If you imported images into a Bibble 5 Catalog on the main desktop computer by Referenced Locations or by Referenced Files and then opened that same catalog on the second computer, Bibble would look for those Master Files on the second computer's "D:" drive instead of on "X:".
To solve this, you can create Movable Catalog Paths inside the Catalog that is shared by the two machines, and set the location of that Movable Catalog Path differently to account for the different ways these two machines access the same Catalogs and Master Files. To do this:
| 1. | On the main desktop computer, open the Catalog and Right Click the top Catalog entry for the Catalog you are sharing |
| 2. | Select the Set Movable Paths... entry on the context menu, as shown below |
| 3. | That will reveal the following dialog: |
| 4. | Click 'Add' to make a new Movable Path, and pick the folder or drive that holds the images you are sharing. In our example above, this would be "D:", as shown here: |
| 5. | You may click 'Add Note' to add a note to this Movable Path to help you locate the proper path when you open the Catalog from the second computer. This button will change to 'Edit' once a note has been set. |
| 6. | Click 'OK' to set this Drive as a Movable Catalog Path. |
This does not affect how Bibble accesses Master Files on this first machine, but it prepares the Catalog for updating on the second machine.
NOTE: it is not necessary to set a Movable Catalog Path before importing images, nor before opening the Catalog on a second computer.
Now, when you open this same catalog on the second machine,
| 1. | Select Set Movable Paths... entry on the context menu just like in Step 1 and 2 above |
| 2. | Click the 'Set...' button to locate the same drive as the "D:" drive on the main desktop computer. In the example from above, this would be "X:" as shown here. |
