How to Copy Catalogue to point to new location of files on ext drive

Question

I am moving files around to maximize space and external drive speed. I want to duplicate(mirror) the entire Lightroom ecology (all image files and cataloge files) to a new location in parallell so that everything in new location is functiong properly BEFORE deleting the old ecology.

I have copied over the image files to new location. Now I THINK i want to make copy of the catalogue itself and then connect the two to make sure the new locations of everything work out.

Can someone comment on this method, how to do it, a previous topic thread in this forum ( I searched and didn't find anything), better solutions, etc.?

MacOS, Ventura 13.3, running Light Room Classic v. 12

Thanks for any help!

Sean McCormack · Answer

A copied catalog works the same as the original and points to the original file location. To update the location, right click on a folder and choose Update Folder Location and point to the new folder location. I did this yesterday as I moved my catalog and this years images only to a new SSD away from a platter drive.

If you're moving all the images, it's better to have them in one parent folder, so you're only updating one folder location.

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