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How do I move all my DAZ stuff from my old computer to my new one?

Kevin RyeKevin Rye Posts: 392
edited December 1969 in Daz Studio Discussion

I'm at a total loss here. I bought a new Mac, installed DAZ Studio, then pulled down all my content from the Install Manager. Over 900 items.

A lot of my stuff doesn't show up in Content Library. Looks like some old V4 stuff, not stuff that's in Smart Content. Content Management is running, so that stuff looks OK.

No matter what I did, reimport metadata, etc, nothing seemed to work. I deleted everything, uninstalled DAZ and tried again. This time, I just copied over my /Users/Shared/My DAZ 3D Library and /Volumes/Home/Documents/DAZ 3D/Studio/My Library folders from the old to the new machine.

But now nothing shows up. I reimported meta data and still zip. It looks like the screenshot below.

What am I doing wrong? What should I do to get all my data from the old to the new? Is there an export/import function I'm not seeing?

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  • JaderailJaderail Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    Have you set the DAZ Studio Paths to the new Folder as both Content Formats? Like my custom folder here...

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  • almahiedraalmahiedra Posts: 1,353
    edited April 2014

    Warning!! it was done in Windows 7. I don't know if it is exactly your problem, but...

    First verify Jaderail's advice. If it not solve your problem, verify the path in your files: right click in one or more selected items (fig.1). In your case a double path option must be displayed (fig.2) I only have one path because I solve all double paths problems that I had :) . You can change the path from a list (In fig.4, I have multiple path for my content) or by browsing (checking in "new base path"). You can do it for one item, for several selected items or for all items in the "old" path (fig.3). Next, clean for orphans and un-mapped paths (fig.5).

    It is preferable that a mac user answer you, but I show you some posibles details in advance.

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  • TotteTotte Posts: 14,052
    edited December 1969

    Hello, I've been doing this move just recently and a few things can go wrong. But you said the CMS was running, but it it "working"?

    I've seen it corrupt itself on several occasion (once the database was 129GB large (filled the disk), should have been about 300MB or so.
    If you check the CMS logs (vlog), does it look "normal" or is it full of a lot of errors. If so, I would recommend stopping, deleting and reinstalling the Content Manager System and reimport metadata. The installer can be found in /Applications/DAZ 3D/DAZ3DIM1/.

  • Kevin RyeKevin Rye Posts: 392
    edited April 2014

    Jaderail said:
    Have you set the DAZ Studio Paths to the new Folder as both Content Formats? Like my custom folder here...

    Yes, it looks like this:

    Although my paths include /Volumes/Home..... it looks like the Install Manager is putting everything in /Users/Shared/My DAZ 3D Library. I'm pulling everything down again, so I'll see where it is later when it finishes.

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  • Kevin RyeKevin Rye Posts: 392
    edited December 1969

    gilikshe said:
    It is preferable that a mac user answer you, but I show you some posibles details in advance.

    Yeah, sorry. That option does't work on a Mac. Clicking the arrow in the Database menu does not expand another level.

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