lightroom8345
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This happens a lot due to my collection of files from many years of poor organization on top of many backups due to computer migrations:
I am sorting files- moving them from one folder to another. Then a message pops up saying that some of the files are already in the target folder.
Question: what happens if the folder has cataloged a file, but that file is missing? Would the catalog still call the new file a duplicate?
I am paranoid of this happening and accidentally (though intentionally) erasing the duplicate.
Same question for importing files. If the catalog has that file already in its database, but it turns out to be missing (for who-knows-what-reason), will the file I am attempting to import be considered a duplicate?
How do I prevent either of these situations?
This question has vexed me for years and has had me come up with space hogging backups *just in case*. Enough already!
Thank you!!
I am sorting files- moving them from one folder to another. Then a message pops up saying that some of the files are already in the target folder.
Question: what happens if the folder has cataloged a file, but that file is missing? Would the catalog still call the new file a duplicate?
I am paranoid of this happening and accidentally (though intentionally) erasing the duplicate.
Same question for importing files. If the catalog has that file already in its database, but it turns out to be missing (for who-knows-what-reason), will the file I am attempting to import be considered a duplicate?
How do I prevent either of these situations?
This question has vexed me for years and has had me come up with space hogging backups *just in case*. Enough already!
Thank you!!