tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362944.post2449773548028048556..comments2022-11-03T08:39:33.444+00:00Comments on Keith Bloom: Picasa 3 OS X and a shared image databaseKeith Bloomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02976390053858341358noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362944.post-42163250327725920902010-11-09T04:17:54.000+00:002010-11-09T04:17:54.000+00:00Wonderful tip - I had to do things a bit different...Wonderful tip - I had to do things a bit differently as my wife's iMac is our 'server' and paths to the files would be different from her machine to mine. The files reside on the iMac (server) under /Users/her_account/shared/photos/ and the drive mounts to my MBP (client) under /Volumes/shared/photos/. Steps:<br>1) Follow the steps above on the Server, relocating the db to a share. I had to su and chmod 777 the files as well.<br>2) Create a symbolic link on the client installation of picasa to point the db3 on the share.<br>3) Create on the client the same directory structure /Users/her_account/Documents and then a symbolic link to "shared: which points to the /Volumes/shared on the client. My guess is the picasa db on the server (where the inital picasa db was created) looks for the files in /Users/her_account/Documents/.... and so that structure has to be emulated on the client. It worked for me anyway. <br>I can run picasa on either machine, and everything crosses over. It's even quite fast (802.11n)Jasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362944.post-81255800906785425292010-09-10T15:32:49.000+01:002010-09-10T15:32:49.000+01:00Thanks a lot for this - exactly what I was looking...Thanks a lot for this - exactly what I was looking for. I have a few macs linked together and want to share quite a large Picasa database. <br>But instead of moving the database to a separate server, I just created the symlink on computer B to the Picasa database on computer A. <br><br>But it seems you can't use picasa on both computers at the same time. <br><br>Need to work that part out.Gavinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362944.post-8498770355454906632011-07-21T22:39:54.000+01:002011-07-21T22:39:54.000+01:00hey! i'm also interested in an mac and windows...hey! i'm also interested in an mac and windows solution - any comments?josef lahmerhttp://twitter.com/josy1024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362944.post-36519573613176641052011-04-28T13:31:03.000+01:002011-04-28T13:31:03.000+01:00wonderful tips. I have both Mac and Windows. It lo...wonderful tips. I have both Mac and Windows. It looks like the Windows version and Mac version have different database format. Don't know if anyone know how to make Windows & Mac share the same picasa database?ben wuhttp://www.sparkcomputing.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362944.post-40985036958415558982011-08-24T14:25:10.000+01:002011-08-24T14:25:10.000+01:00looking forward for a windows and mac solution als...looking forward for a windows and mac solution alsoNunonoreply@blogger.com