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Changing Import source

Dec 29, 2012 10:24 AM

I am running out of hard drive space which is the source for importing my images into Lightroom 4.3.  I have these images backed up on an external drive.  I now want to use the external drive as my source of import.  How do I do that.  And then how to do I find the missing files in Lightroom?

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  • Rikk Flohr
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    1. Rikk Flohr,
    Dec 29, 2012 11:43 AM   in reply to twincitiescameraclub
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    I think there may be a problem with your nomenclature.

     

    You want Lightroom to start using (pointing to) the images on the EHD rather than the Internal?

     

    or

     

    You want to import all future images not yet in LR from your EHD?

     
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  • twincitiescameraclub
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    2. twincitiescameraclub,
    Dec 29, 2012 12:36 PM   in reply to Rikk Flohr
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    I want Lightrom to start using the images on the EHD rather than the Internal.

     
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  • Rikk Flohr
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    3. Rikk Flohr,
    Dec 29, 2012 1:07 PM   in reply to twincitiescameraclub
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    You will need to repoint the folders in the Folder's panel to the EHD.


    This works best if you photos are in folders that all nest under a single or just a few Parent folders.  Then you can simply repoint the top level folder and all the subfolders will follow. If not, you will either have to expose a hidden Parent folder (if one exists) or repoint each folder in the Folders panel individually.

     

    Example:

     

    Photographs (Parent)

         2012

              2012-01-01

     

    If you can see 2012 but not Photographs in this example you can Right/CTRL Click on the Folder and tell Lightroom to Show Parent Folder.

     

    Go to the Folders panel

    Select a Folder

    Right Click (PC) or CTRL Click (Mac) on the folder icon.

    Choose Update Folder Location…

    Navigate to the folder's location on the EHD

    Press [Select Folder]

     

    Repeat as necesary.

     

    Test one or two folders. You can always point them back if isn't working well.

     
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  • twincitiescameraclub
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    4. twincitiescameraclub,
    Dec 29, 2012 4:32 PM   in reply to Rikk Flohr
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    That worked great.  Thanks so much.  Happy New Year.

     
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