ℹ️ Cloning and Bundling Lightburn software to move to another computer!

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

I forgot to mention, this is a *Lightburn* zip file, so it's cross-platform compatible, and *not* O/S dependent! You can transfer from Windows to Mac, or Mac to Linux, etc. You can even transfer between *different versions of Lightburn!*

[@meluv2cut]

Delicious

[@NICKLETT1]

thank you. in your opinion what is a good laser for under $1000?

[@tomwalenter7230]

Thanks Rich, I'm picking up a new computer to have next to the engraver and this will be an amazing help setting it up! Thanks again for all the videos.

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

You're welcome Tom! 👍

[@Secretlaserman]

Wow, super awesome! Just pre-ordered my first laser! Roly lasermatic MK2 XW 30W! Thanks for the recommendation!

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

You'll love it Lucas! Join the Facebook group in the meanwhile: facebook.com/groups/rolyofficial

[@Secretlaserman]

@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy oh heck yeah, I'll join! This is very exciting! I have only ever gotten to play with a 65w Co2 laser at school many years ago. I hadn't looked at lasers in a while and got deep into resin and pla printing. I appreciate your insights and time spent! I look forward to chatting in the future!

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

Welcome to the family!

[@JosephStormJr]

Ty! Just today I had to reinstall the OS on PC. Just like getting a new phone the worst part is setting everything back up. Didn't get to watch your video in time until now. I'll be doing this now. Great short video

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

Awesome! 👍 Thanks for watching Joseph!

[@viamer82]

Thank you very much for your wonderful videos. Warm greetings from the Czech Republic

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

Glad you like them, thanks!

[@grisselle1972]

I feel frustrated not finding simple informations. I just bought Omtech polar 50w . But thank you again for your videos. Now I have to keep watching all of your videos😂

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

You'll be an expert in no time! I have the Gweike Cloud 50. OMTech buys the Polar from Gweike rebranded with the Polar name.

[@handengraving6182]

Rick, thanks for reaching out to an old retired guy about the laser I emailed you about.

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

👍

[@LarryDMitchell]

Thanks Rich. I've created my disaster thumb drive and now this looks like a great way to add to that drive. I'm only using my only computer for LB and this will give me some peace of mind in the event of a crash.

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

Awesome Larry! 👍 Thanks for watching!

[@PapaRusty]

Great video. Always struggled keeping settings updated between design and cutting machines. This will help enormously.

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

Great to hear Russell!

[@davidelder5399]

Great video, as always, Rich. Nice feature and simple to use. I work between the house and the detached garage and have spent many times running back & forward using USB flash drives

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

This makes it so much easier David!

[@Essentialvideophoto]

Hello Sir. Great idea for creating buck-ups of many versions of LB.. With every progress of your work and with your library getting bigger and bigger you should make this " bundle " file and keep it save. Thank you for this very useful information. Cheers

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

Thank you so much @Essentialvideophoto! I really appreciate it! 👍

[@Chucka1463]

If both your office and workshop computers are on the same network then remote desktop is, by far, the simplest and best way to control the shop computer from the office. The bundling method you suggest is great for disaster recovery but remote desktop is the best for everyday use.

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

I covered that in another video last year with a few ways to remote into another computer Chuck. I personally use a NAS and a DAS for added protection, plus a keyring flash drive that goes everywhere with me. But the average person doesn't even know what either of those acronyms mean 🤪

[@1976ClassicCelica]

Hey Rich did you get your new 70 Watt yet. I have been using my A70 Pro from Atomstack for about a week now and it's a BEAST!. I make little guitar pick holders and my old machine takes about 15 minutes to cut the 3 parts. I can now cut them cleaner and in 3 minutes. It's great machine. If anyone on this channel is looking for a great deal the Atomstack A70 for the price is a great kit. Here in Canada it only cost me about $2200 Cdn and I'll make my money back in just a few short months. Actually my first Atomstack I started out with, the X7 Pro 10 Watt has already paid for my new machine. Love the videos and the way you present. Cheers Steve (Port Alberni Vancouver Island)

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

Yes, it arrived weeks ago, but the eccentric nut on the gantry was frozen and wouldn't turn, and the module needed to be tightened up. So I'm waiting for a new part.

[@1976ClassicCelica]

@@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy I screwed mine to post I raised on my table so I have some more height and had to go through the front where the washer for the left belt is and it fell off. You think I could find it! Well I used a washer and pressed it on and it seems to work fine. When you get it up and running it's quite the machine.

[@terryclair2914]

Thanks Rich, you have been a big help in teaching LB!

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

Awesome! 👍 Thanks for watching Terry!

[@RobSandstromDesigns]

Good information. Thank you for covering this.

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

My pleasure Rob!

[@scottsparrow9740]

Thank Rich, Great video as always.

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

Glad you enjoyed it Scott!

[@randyday3278]

Great video as always Rich! Thanks!

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

Glad you enjoyed it Randy!

[@stegmater]

My main problem is not moving file, but how i can use lightburn on several pc? I got a code when i bought the program, but stupid as i am i don`t write it down, so no i locked up to only one computer. Is it possible to get this code back in some way?

[@TheGuitarman1968]

@stegmater When you originally purchased the Lightburn software, you (hopefully) created an account on the Lightburn website. If so, log into your Lightburn account, and under your account, there will be all of your previous Lightburn purchases. Click on one of the previous "orders," and under those orders should be your license key, which you can copy and paste. Just for reference, under my Lightburn purchases, only the annual $30 "renewals" actually show the license key. The original $60 purchase does not show the key. Your account may be different if you have not purchased any renewals yet. I hope this information helps.😊

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

You can install the software on up to 3 computers without an additional fee. Here's the info page for license management: lightburnsoftware.com/pages/manage-your-license-activations-with-the-license-portal

[@stegmater]

@@TheGuitarman1968 Thanks so much.👍 I am under my first year and can`t se det key, so have to wait to august when it`s time to renewals for the first time.

[@IanFlyinGremlinRCNZ]

Well that could not of come at a better time Rich, I was just thinking that when I am at markets I really would like a laptop. and while I am working with someone for a design they want, I can design it there and then, well at least give them a general idea. So I am litterly doing this as I wacth your video 🙂

[@IanFlyinGremlinRCNZ]

Well that was a shot lived bit of excitment, did just what you said, export onto usb, then import to other computer, everthing going good. But then I saw the library for a split second, thought ya it worked. But nope it disappeared. so closed lightburn re-opened, tried again. same result..Any ideas?

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

No Ian, but you can email [e-mail]

[@jessetutterrow4320]

Great Video! Will this also backup the laser's camera settings / alignment?

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

Yes, absolutely Jesse, it backs up all settings.

[@charlesreicks648]

Do I have to buy multiple copies of Lightburn, one for each computer? Also, I need to watch you video on loading files to your Library. I have files in a bundle do I need to open and save each file in the bundle, or can I load the files all at once to my Art Library?

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

No Charles, you get 3 computers per license. Art libraries can only save one file at a time.

[@meluv2cut]

Does this feature work to transfer from a pc to Mac? Thanks in advance.

[@TooManyHobbies58]

Would like to know this also. I do my design work on a Windows PC which is not connected to the laser. Use a Mac with a shared folder to send job to the laser. I copy the job from the PC to the networked Mac shared folder to make it easier. I suspect what Rich showed would work fine.

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

Yes, it does!

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

Yes!

[@meluv2cut]

Thank you! Very helpful

[@NICKLETT1]

Rich, can you help with error 1 and 9

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKa2i4F7pNacjbs

[@NICKLETT1]

my work area is 130 x130. I mm. can’t even do 40x40 mm. Don’t know if it’s Lightburn or the machine itself.

[@NICKLETT1]

Thanks, buddy. I’ll check it out.

[@karllaun2427]

Great feature. Just a few months too late for me to use it. :-)

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

Sorry to hear that Karl...

[@beentb4805]

Hey Rich should my lightburn automatically prop me to do a update for 1.6 I have got it yet and the file I got from you last Saturday live stream want let me save my work because the file you did it in 1.6 and I only have 1.5

[@swishair]

hello, under the help button_tab on the top menu, click the "check for update button. This should help you.

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

You can ignore the warning message. The file has no advanced features and can be opened in any version of Lightburn.

[@beentb4805]

​@swishair I tried that, and it said a network error occurred: TLS initialization failed not sure what TLS is

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

This is a known error: download your update directly from lightburnsoftware.com/pages/trial-version-try-before-you-buy

[@tjviner]

Hi Rich, I have LB1.6 and I tried to export a bundle from 1 machine to import to my other computer. I have followed the steps which are straight forward, how ever when I click Save nothing happens. It allows me to pick where I want it Saved but when I click Save nothing happens. Any ideas?

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

Hmm. Have you tried using a different file location, maybe a USB drive?

[@tjviner]

@ Wow thank you for the quick reply much appreciated. Actually it di what it was supposed to do but I didn’t realize it had. I went back and tried again and I guess because there wasn’t that many file it made the bundle stored it to the thumb drive but I did not get any messages saying it was happening or done so I decided to to look on the thumb drive and there was the zip file. Imported to the other computer and all good. Thanks again Rich and I must say I do enjoy your videos.

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

@@tjviner Glad you got it!

[@grisselle1972]

I have a lot of designs in my computer I use them for T-shirt etc how can I vectorize a design for free to use it for engraving. By the way I am becoming your teacher´s pet

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

Yes you can. Or you can just drag one into the workspace if it's in an image format, and then select it, right click and trace it.

[@Ian-Hall]

Lightburn is a really usefull tool but be careful. I bought it 2 years ago and lost my license key number. I asked and Lightburn said they couldn't find me so I had to pay again the full £110 to get another. be carefull as this is a rippoff.

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

Perhaps you used a different email address? I've never heard of this before. If you email [e-mail] they will find your details.