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benjamingordon
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April 22, 2019
Question

moving files to a new date folder

  • April 22, 2019
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hi.

i have hundreds of photos on cc that are in a folder called 'imported photos' on 'iPhone' on my internal hard drive.

id like to move them to my external hard drive but organised into date folders.

some of those dates such as 2017-11-06 doesn't exist so ive created it in my external ssd but for some reason its not showing up in lightroom.

how is it possible to move these photos to the relevant date folders if i cant see it in lightroom.

any ideas?

thanks

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      Tony_See
      Tony_See
      Inspiring
      April 22, 2019

      Working back through part of your question to get clarity:

      "some of those dates such as 2017-11-06 doesn't exist so ive created it"

      From that I take it you have created folder above (underlined) but its not showing or is the SSD not showing?

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      benjamingordonAuthor
      Known Participant
      April 22, 2019

      yes the folders now exist on the ssd but are not showing in lightroom.

      perhaps either because they haven't been created by lightroom or they dont have any photos within?

        dj_paige
        dj_paige
        Legend
        April 22, 2019

        Folders created in your operating system will not show in LR's library module until you have imported at least one photo from that folder.

        There is no easy way to do this in Lightroom anyway, if the photos have already been imported. The only easy way to do this is for photos that have not been imported, and then LR will create the dated folders when you import these photos.

        So, you would be better off not even putting the work into created dated folders for the photos that have already been imported, and instead use the Lightroom Filter Bar, which can find any photos taken on a specific date(s), regardless of the name of the folder they are in.

        dj_paige
        dj_paige
        Legend
        April 22, 2019

        benjamingordon  wrote

        hi.

        i have hundreds of photos on cc

        Do you mean Lightroom Classic?

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        benjamingordonAuthor
        Known Participant
        April 22, 2019

        Yes. Sorry I meant classic.

        When I said cc I meant that those files are imported from the creative cloud Into Lr Via my iPhone.

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