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Grace Muskokan
Inspiring
August 7, 2024
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Catalog location too confused

  • August 7, 2024
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When I got a new desktop computer I put my Catalog on an EHD called Seagate #2. It  now has a number of subfolders included. Is this something I need to correct? It sure doesn't look like the version I had on my laptop which was just under MY Catalog with no subfolders.

I will attach the snip of system info and also the organizer view.

Would my Catalog be better if it does not have the subfolders?

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Correct answer Grace Muskokan

Thank you Glenn, that reassures me. I will make a backup on a different EHD before trying to change anything.

The reason I want to change this is that some of my photos are showing under Location exactly where I want them: EHD #2 Photo Backup by Year. But for some reason others are showing location as a folder within that Catalog, a subfolder also called Backup by Year. I don't know how I did this.

My concern is that I do not want my photos stored with the Organizer I want them in that Photo Backup file on the tree.

I have written Metadata to files for the tags and albums I used. Will the tags I have attached only be saved to the photos in the Catalog subfolder?

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Glenn 8675309
Glenn 8675309
Legend
August 8, 2024

Your catalogues structure is 100% on you, make it do whatever makes you wall warm and fuzzy inside.  Correct it (only from within the organizer), don't correct it, do what you like. 

Whatever changes you make only make them from within the Organizer.   Once  you go and start making changes while outside of the organizer catalogue thos images become "missing" in the catalogue.

You see all your photos?  Just stop worrying about the file structure, and your concerns go away.




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Grace MuskokanAuthorCorrect answer
Inspiring
August 8, 2024

Thank you Glenn, that reassures me. I will make a backup on a different EHD before trying to change anything.

The reason I want to change this is that some of my photos are showing under Location exactly where I want them: EHD #2 Photo Backup by Year. But for some reason others are showing location as a folder within that Catalog, a subfolder also called Backup by Year. I don't know how I did this.

My concern is that I do not want my photos stored with the Organizer I want them in that Photo Backup file on the tree.

I have written Metadata to files for the tags and albums I used. Will the tags I have attached only be saved to the photos in the Catalog subfolder?

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Grace MuskokanAuthor
Inspiring
August 8, 2024

You have the same photos in two different directories.  Just sort them however you want. 



catalogues and folder  views are two different things.  You can add whatever you want to a catalogue. 


Thanks for persisting with my problem. I did not have my Photo Backup by Year folder as a Watch Folder. Will add it now. And I get to remove that annoying Drive as an option.

I will try to leave the Location info alone and just continue on the process I wanted to do, look at photos in each date folder and cull .

Thanks again for your help

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