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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Adobe Lightroom Q&A => Topic started by: larkis on September 24, 2010, 10:56:58 am

Title: Moving the library
Post by: larkis on September 24, 2010, 10:56:58 am
I have created my lightroom library that I have been using for the last few months on /Volumes/PhotoRaid/Digital2/ and would like to get rid of the 2 in the digital or move the whole library up one level so it sits on /Volumes/PhotoRaid/ along with all my photos (and 1:1 previews). Is there a way to do this without having to export it, making a new library in the location I want and re importing ?
Title: Re: Moving the library
Post by: john beardsworth on September 24, 2010, 11:24:21 am
It's simpler than you think. Close Lightroom, then go to that folder and move the catalogue and associated previews file where you want. Then double click the catalogue file.
Title: Re: Moving the library
Post by: larkis on September 24, 2010, 12:40:40 pm
So there is no path issue when doing that ? I guess the path names in the catalogue are relative and not absolute ?
Title: Re: Moving the library
Post by: wolfnowl on September 24, 2010, 01:48:18 pm
There's a difference between moving the catalogue and moving the images that are associated with that catalogue.  Moving the images is best done within Lightroom, but the catalogue you can move to a parent directory as described.

Mike.