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rt46832428
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March 20, 2023
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Exporting catalogue and pics from one ext drive to new ssd issues

  • March 20, 2023
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Exported catalogue and pics from external drive to new ssd but when I opened new catalogue no picture to see. Finder says almosts a Tb of data transferred (20+ yrs of photos).

 

Tried straight copy of drives using finder and on opening LR it showed most of the pics but whereas before they were in year folders now they are all in one folder.

 

What am I doing wrong?

 

Mac mini M2 running ventura.

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dj_paige
dj_paige
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March 20, 2023

There is no export needed when moving catalog and photos to a new drive. You need to start over from the old external drive.

 

You move the photos and catalog file using your operating system, then launch the catalog from its new location and then re-connect the photos inside the catalog following these instructions (see Figure 4, in particular) https://www.computer-darkroom.com/lr2_find_folder/find-folder.htm

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rt46832428Author
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March 30, 2023

Sorry for delay in responding. Still having problems. No Folder shown but all pics are there and even the keywords. Screenshots attached if that helps.

 

Roger

 

JohanElzenga
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JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
Community Expert
April 1, 2023

Thanks. Unfortunately I sent the screenshot after I reopened LR when I meant to have sent an earlier one. Now though thanks to your advice catlogues etc are working fine.

 

I do have one small problem left in that when I open LR within a few secs I get this message come up

 

 

Any help gratefully received

 

Roger


Go to Preferences - Lightroom Sync and change the destination for incoming photos (click the Choose... button). It is now set to your Users folder but that is a system folder that Lightroom does not have and should not have access to.

 

-- Johan W. Elzenga
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