Folder and File Management with Photo Supreme

Create Cross Platform Folder Mappings

Note: This feature is exclusive to the Photo Supreme Server Edition. If you are using the Single User edition, it does not apply.

In some cases, particularly in businesses, a network can have both Windows and macOS computers. The Photo Supreme Catalog stores references to files in the file system; unfortunately, Windows cannot interpret how macOS references files, and vice versa. This discrepancy can lead to problems in a mixed network where both macOS and Windows computers need access to files from the Catalog.

To address this issue, the Photo Supreme Server Edition allows you to create what are known as Cross Platform Mappings. Essentially, this means that a specific share on one platform (macOS or Windows) is given an alias on the other platform (Windows or macOS). This way, Photo Supreme can reference the same files across both platforms.

To create a new Cross Platform Mapping, open the FOLDERS section, right-click on the top-level root folder, and select “Create Cross Platform Mapping”.

You can then designate the corresponding mapping on the current platform. Cross Platform Mappings are saved in the Catalog, meaning this mapping only needs to be set up once.