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helmuth40722760
helmuth40722760
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Feb 12, 2025 1:46 PM UTC
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Umzug von Win auf iMac, Lightroom Classic

Hallo,

ich habe mein Lightroom Classic (Katalog) von Win auf IMac umgezogen. 

Meine Fotos befinden sich, wie vorher, auf meinem Synology NAS. 

Nachdem ich meinen Katalog erfolgreich wieder auf dem neuen IMac installiert habe, sind meine Fotos nicht mehr auffindbar. Siehe beigefügtes Bildschirmfoto.

Wenn ich "Fehlende Ordner suchen" starte, wir mir die Fehlermeldung "interner Fehler/Invalid Path" angezeigt.

Wie kann ich den Pfad für meinen Foto-Ordner ändern?

 

Werden auch meine Bildänderungen übernommen?

 

Danke im Voraus.

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      AlekeCommunity Manager
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      Feb 14, 2025 6:15 PM UTC

      Hi @helmuth40722760! 👋 Welcome to the community!

      Do you still have access to your Windows PC? Some users who switched from PC to Mac and had similar issues with their NAS found that they had to open the catalog on a Windows machine, map the network share to a drive letter, and update it in Lightroom. Then, they saved it back to the Mac, reopened the catalog, and were able to update the folder location.

       

      Hope this helps!
      Alek

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      helmuth40722760
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      Feb 16, 2025 7:10 PM UTC

      Hallo Alek,

       

      vielen Dank für die Antwort. Leider verstehe ich nicht ganz, was ich machen soll.

       

      Kannst Du mir bitte die genaue Vorgehensweise schreiben?

       

      Danke im Voraus.

       

      liebe Grüße 

      Helmut

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      AlekeCommunity Manager
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      Feb 17, 2025 3:05 PM UTC

      Hi @helmuth40722760! No worries at all. 😊

      First, try this: Right-click on the top-level folder in Lightroom and select "Update Folder Location" to point it to the NAS location on your new machine.

      If that doesn't work, here's a slightly more complex workaround that has helped others:

      1. Transfer the Catalog to a Windows PC: Move your Lightroom catalog file back to a Windows machine.

      2. Map NAS to a Drive Letter: Map your Synology NAS to a drive letter (like Z: or X:) on the Windows PC. The steps may vary depending on the Windows version you're using. On Windows 11 you see that option by clicking the 3 dots in "This PC".
        Where to find Map Network Drive in Windows 11 File Explorer

      3. Open the Catalog on Windows: Open the Lightroom catalog on the Windows PC and update the folder location in Lightroom.

      4. Save and Transfer Back: Save the updated catalog and transfer it back to your Mac.

      5. Open on Mac: Finally, open the updated catalog on your Mac and verify that the folder location is correct.

      Hope this helps! Let me know how it goes.

      Thanks, Alek

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      Feb 12, 2025 1:52 PM UTC

      in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

      p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post (like this one has already been moved) if it helps you get responses.



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