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Thorben123
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Jul 22, 2025 6:18 PM UTC
Question

Reconnect NAS-Pictures after Windows to MAC catalog migration (Photoshop Elements PSE 2024)

Hi,

 

We have migrated the former Windows PSE Catalog to the PSE 2024 MAC version. 

Our pictures are stored on the NAS and referenced with //diskstation/pictures/folderXYZ/*.jpg

 

The Problem now is, that on MAC the Network Path is different and all pictures are shown as Offline-Media in the Folder Browser. 

From the Windows-Version I was knowing the functionality to reconnect all missing files. So at least all files within a folder.

In the Mac-Version I can only reconnect an individual picture by trying to open and then navigate to the NAS-Folder. There is a reconenct all function in the menu but that does not work as expected finding the files and reconnecting them all to a given folder.

Also searching the Web did not returned an option to Bulk-reconnect in the MAC version.

 

Could you please let me know how I can reconnect all missing files or if there is any file where I can do a string-replace from "//diskstation" to the MAC-OS Path? As there is Metadata connected to the Pictures recreating the catalog from scratch is not an option.

 

 

4 replies

Greg_S.
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Greg_S.Community Expert
Community Expert
Jul 23, 2025 2:12 AM UTC

I know nothing about Macs.  But is it possible for you to use the Windows machine to create a backup of the catalog and then restore it using the Mac machine?

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Thorben123Author
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Aug 23, 2025 1:26 PM UTC

I found a workaround now. Selecting all Items of a folder and then click "edit ITPC" lets Photoshop elements recognize they are not there and then I could search the folder and it reconnected all items in there.

But really think this is a missed capability as switch between OS actually should be covered.

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Thorben123Author
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Jul 22, 2025 6:31 PM UTC

To add: all the files that are listed in the folder as Offline Media seem not to be considered as Missing, hence do not appear in the window that shows all missing files for reconnect. Hence only reconnecting possible if I single click on an image. Then I can select the file on the NAS again. But would need to repeat that on thousands of files.

 

 

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Thorben123Author
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Jul 22, 2025 6:44 PM UTC

Unfortunately I can not edit. If I select multiple "Offline-files" and clicl in the menue "Reconenct missign Files" it is telling me, there are no missing files. So MAC seems to make a difference between Missing and Offline.

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