Transferring images to a new instance of Tellico

[Ian McCulloch]

Thanks for the advice. Robby's tip about exporting to a zip file turned out
to be just what I needed. It would have helped if I had noticed the option
to open an xml file instead of a Tellico file for myself, but you can't
have everything.

Thanks everyone.

Ian

On Thu, 3 Oct 2024 at 18:11, Xavier Brochard <xavier at alternatif.org> wrote:

> Images are in your personal directory (under /home), in a folder next to
> the
> Tellico database file. The image's folder name is usually the same name as
> your
> Tellico database file.
>
> On your old laptop, launch Tellico as usual.
> You may have launched it from the application menu (or screen) or from the
> database file (a file in your personal folder with the Tellico icon on it)
> in
> your file manager.
> - In the first case (you launched Tellico through the app menu), check the
> settings of your database, there you will see where the Tellico database
> file
> is located.
> - In the last case, you obviously knows where the Tellico database file is
> located.
>
> Now, you should find the database image's folder next to the database file
> in
> your file manager.
>
> Have a good day
> Xavier
>
> Le jeudi 3 octobre 2024, 18:21:20 CEST Ian McCulloch a écrit :
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have just bought a new laptop, and I want to transfer an existing
> Tellico
> > book catalogue to it. I exported the database to xml on my old laptop,
> then
> > imported the xmlfile on my new laptop. This was when I realised that the
> > images (book covers) are stored separately, and that they hadn't been
> > copied across.
> >
> > My question is, where are the images on my old laptop, and can I copy
> them
> > to the same place on my new laptop so that they connect with the book
> > records? The Image Storage Options in my original Tellico setup are
> "Store
> > images in common application directory" but poking around in /usr hasn't
> > been fruitful. As you may have guessed, I don't know that much about
> Ubuntu
> > and how it works, despite using it for about 15 years. I'm running
> Tellico
> > 3.5.3 on Ubuntu 24.04.1.
> >
> > I'm guessing that if I had the settings as "Store images in data file" I
> > wouldn't have had this problem, so it would be good to have it set up
> that
> > way on the new laptop. There are about 1,000 book records, so I'm
> reluctant
> > to do anything that means a separe operation for each record.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help.
> >
> > Ian
>
>
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