Program/catalogue loads, but no photos!!!

[garycd]

I created an external hard disk to keep all of my photos (6,242) and catalogues, to make space on my laptop.. I have not worked on them for a year+ but need to continue to work on them. I updated my program to the latest version, and when I open it, I see the full program -- full file structure, categories, etc. and the total number of photos and numbers assigned to each catalog category, BUT NO PHOTOS! I just get the identification numbers and a grey screen for each. How do I get the lrcat to find the photos? ( I can go to a file and see each photo ... they are there, but the program does not find them).

[Ian Lyons]

Do the thumbnails have an exclamation (!) symbol at top right corner.

[AxelMatt · Accepted solution]

I created an external hard disk to keep all of my photos (6,242) and catalogues, to make space on my laptop.

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By @garycd

How do you move the images to the external hard drive? Do you use the move function in Lightroom or do you use the Finder? If you use Finder the thumbnails must show an exclamation symbol. Because Lightroom doesn't know about the new location. In this case you must pointed Lightroom to the new location.

See here:

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/help/locate-missing-photos.html

https://www.lightroomqueen.com/lightroom-photos-missing-fix/

[garycd]

Thanks to responses, I was able to locate the file and reconstruct the link to the controls and photos.

Appreciation, GaryCD