![]() ![]() I really have two (2) issues: 1) Find and eliminate the duplicate photo files and 2) Re-organize my disk folders to a uniform YYYY-MM format. I truly apprecaite any and all suggestions for better solutions!! I would then have to resolve the duplicate issues by maybe manually examining the pictures by name against the already loaded ones and import the ones deemed not to be a duplicate of an existing picture. This does assume I've set up the LR import process to use the desired YYYY-MM directory format. I then remove all the existing dated directories, delete the existing Catalog and IMPORT all the photo files back into LR letting LR create the directories according to their repsective 'Photo taken' dates taken form the file metadata. ![]() What I'm suggesting is to create a holding directory to store ALL the photo files with a separate directory for the duplicate names to be resolved later. So I have two (2) directories in many cases that represent the same timer period, say January 2008. I'm looking at a total of just over 7,000 picture files and due probably to my both inconsistent and uneducated methods of importing the pictures from both my iPhone and from my DSLR I have created a series of directories on my hard drive that looks like this: I'm also sure, as you suggested, that I have duplicate file names storing different pictures. I know I have duplicate files of the same picture because I've examined a few. I've created a bit of a monster for myself and not sure how it happened. I understand the issues with using Windows Explorer in moving picture files around as you suggested. I hope I've given you thoughts to work with. ALWAYS!Īs far as finding duplicates, here are some thoughts on this:Īnd you may wish to get some plugins for that. So always move files and folders around inside the confines of LRC. It is not all that hard to reconnect them but it can be tedious and wastes your time. When you move things around in Explorer or the Finder, LRC doesn't know where they went to so you end up with thumbnails with exclamation points letting you know that LRC doesn't know where the original file is. LRC doesn't really care for where they are so long as IT knows where they are. Sorry for writing so loud but the whole success of LRC is based on LRC knowing where files are. Next: DO NOT USE EXPLORER OR THE FINDER TO HELP YOU MOVE IMAGES THAT ARE IN LRC. ![]() If a photo in each of those two events have the same name, they are probably not duplicates. That is one folder for the trip to the Grand Canyon and another folder for Aunt Maude's wedding. One way around this is if you have also used folders for events to contain the images. This occurs when you've taken a whole lot of photos and you are then going on the same number but the 2nd or 3rd time around. One thing to watch out for is duplicate names with different images. When you say "Directories," I'm assuming you mean Catalogs? Please verify that. ![]()
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