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January 18, 2017
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Disk Drive name change

  • January 18, 2017
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I keep my Lightroom Catalog on an external disk drive, as well as all of my pictures. I use an iMac for a computer.

I would like to know if I can rename that disk drive, and have the Lightroom catalog find my pictures.

I am able to rename the drive in disk utilities. I then double click on the Lightroom Catalog file on the renamed drive, and Lightroom starts up, but all of the pictures have the dreaded exclamation point in the upper right hand corner. Catalog settings shows that the location has changed to the new drive name, but under folders, the new drive name is not shown, just a the old drive name, which is grayed out.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

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      Correct answer dj_paige

      These are the instructions. See Figure 4 and associated text.

      Adobe Lightroom - Find moved or missing files and folders

      Or just un-rename the disk drive, that will fix the problem as well. Unless you have a really good reason for renaming the disk drive, it seems like you have created some unnecessary work for yourself.

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      dj_paige
      dj_paigeCorrect answer
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      January 18, 2017

      These are the instructions. See Figure 4 and associated text.

      Adobe Lightroom - Find moved or missing files and folders

      Or just un-rename the disk drive, that will fix the problem as well. Unless you have a really good reason for renaming the disk drive, it seems like you have created some unnecessary work for yourself.

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      defaultu3nfzsefh71t
      Participating Frequently
      September 28, 2021

      By your reply, you suggest to always go back to the original drive name. That works, I confirm. But if you genuinely want or need to change the drive name for good reasons, how that can be done?

      Thanks in advance for your reply.

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        defaultu3nfzsefh71t
        Participating Frequently
        September 29, 2021

        In Lightroom Classic, you can't use "Find Missing Folder" to connect a folder named "Pictures" to a drive. You connect the folder named "Pictures" to the folder named "Pictures" on the renamed drive.


        Ok, thanks. Could describe (step by step) how to do it?

         

         

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