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November 10, 2024
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Updating folder location in LR - folders disappear

  • November 10, 2024
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I moved folders to a new hard drive by copying and pasting using OS (Mac).

Then I selected "update folder location" in LR and chose the appropriate folder on the new hard drive.

The folders disappeared from the old hard drive but were nowhere to be found in the list of folders on the new drive. 

The images seem to be there somewhere because they cannot be imported.

I would be grateful for advice as how the missing folders can be found.

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AxelMatt
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November 11, 2024
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I moved folders to a new hard drive by copying and pasting using OS (Mac).

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By @Elinlax

 

This isn't a good idea. It' s better to use Lightroom for file operations like copy, move, rename and so on.

But anyway, if the new hard disk is connected with the same name and the folderstructure is the same as the old one normally there's no problem. Lightroom should find the images.

 

Otherwise following the infos here: How to find missing photos in Photoshop Lightroom Classic.

 

 

 

My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 25H2 -- LR-Classic 15 - Photoshop 27 - Nik Collection 8 - PureRAW 6 - Topaz Photo AI
JohanElzenga
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 10, 2024

Did you restart Lightroom after you updated the folder location? That is sometimes necessary before the new location shows. If that does not work, then try this: open your catalog folder and trash the 'catalogname helper' file. Then start Lightroom Classic again.

 

-- Johan W. Elzenga
ElinlaxAuthor
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November 11, 2024

Thanks Johan. Restarted LR several times. Deleting cataolgname helper did not change anything.

Elin