Table of Contents       7. Albums


7.2 Use shared Albums in the network

Normally, NeoFinder stores the Albums that you create as ".album" files in your Users folder, inside the path:

/Users/yourname/Library/Application Support/NeoFinder/Albums/

That means that you are the only one who can access and use these.

For a server setup, where many users share a NeoFinder database, you can share a set of Albums with all users of that database.

Here is how that works and needs to be prepared.

1. Create a folder named "Shared.Database.Information" (without the "" of course) in your NeoFinder database folder. Please don't use NeoFinder for that, but do that directly in Apples Finder. Please make sure that the folder name is exactly as given here.

NeoFinder will never display that folder in its LIBRARY, it is only internally used for sharing purposes, such as for the Albums.

2. Move the folder named "Albums" from the above mentioned location to the freshly created folder of step 1.

3. Restart NeoFinder.

Done!

This is how these folders should look like:


If the folder "Shared.Database.Information" exists inside the current database folder, and a folder named "Albums" is contained inside of that, NeoFinder will use that folder as the location for the Albums (and Album Groups, as well, of course).

If a "Albums" folder exists in both the "Shared.Database.Information" as well as in the original location in your
/Users folder, NeoFinder will always only use the folder in the "Shared.Database.Information".

This is also a great way to use different sets of Albums with multiple catalog folders.

NeoFinder will scan that location for Albums and Groups when it reloads the database, so if you use "Reload database folder...", NeoFinder will pick up any changes made to the Albums by other users.

And last, this kind of sharing works also with your
Smart Folders and Groups.


More
7.1 Organize Albums in Groups
7.2 Use shared Albums in the network
7.3 Custom sort order
7.4 Target Album