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Files not linked to catalog in recent upgrade of Mac

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Jerry H

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Hi I am sure this has been discussed here before but cannot find the link.
I recently upgraded my Lightroom Classic catalog to a new Mac Studio M4 Max from a 2019 intel iMac, the files are on an external LeCie hard drive. The vast majority of the links are perfect but one whole year (2015) and all it's images remain greyed out with a black circled exclamation mark, (see images). The files are on the hard drive and can be found in Finder (see images) but Lightroom does not seem to know.
Any advice gratefully received.
 

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Bingo, Thanks Johan,
Actually, just finding one folder as advised in para 4 of the link seemed to trigger a connection on all missing links.
All visible now. Phew..
I have connected the LeCie (8TB) via a Thunderbolt cable, but I don't think it links as fast as it did on the old iMac. Maybe the Thunderbolt cable could be upgraded?
 
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