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September 2, 2018
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? Unknown files on external hard drive

  • September 2, 2018
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I use an external hard drive to back up my photos and also for a complete back up of the elements program. When I backed it up hundreds of  files appeared with the ending    .json    I tried to open these and could not get any info. Not sure what these files are? Would like to delete them but before I do, want to be sure they are something I need to keep. Thoughts?

Thank you,

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MichelBParis
Legend
September 2, 2018

Simple.

The backup folder is not for you, you can ONLY use it to restore on a new computer or drive. You can't use it. It's a bit like a zip file: it contains everything necessary to restore but it's not a simple copy of your media files.

For your information, the .json files are created to manage people recognition in your catalogs.

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