Moving files/folders in Folder view to new drives/partions etc?

If I open the Organizer in Folder view mode & drag a folder or individual pictures to another location will each the pathway to each individual picture be updated by PSE 10? The reason that I ask is that I would like the Organizers pathway to better reflect the actual locations of my Hard drive.
If this works will doing this also work across different hard drives & partitions?
It would be nice to end up with folder sub folder tree to closely reflect that of the Organizer

Yes just drag and drop.
It’s easier putting everything in say My Pictures. Sometimes external hard drives are right at the bottom of the left hand panel and dragging whilst expanding the tree can be a bit tricky.

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Moving LR3 photo folder to a new drive

How can I move all my LR3 photo folders at once to a new drive so that LR3 knows where to find them?
thanks, Jon-J

Thank you Cornelia and web-weaver - I spent a couple of days fathoming and testing. Could you check out what I am doing?
I can begin to see how to archive (physically move) my images from one drive to another - meaning physically moving the images and develop settings, meta etc. I think this is a normal procedure for a lot of photographers who have to keep a working PC uncluttered by archiving to an external or network drive.
To archive my photos (RAW and JPEG) I cannot use "Export", because the Export dropdown generates additional copies or additional originals without develop settings, meta, etc.,The 'original originals' stay in original physical location also.
To archive my photos by folder or by selection with settings, I must use "Export as Catalogue". This creates a new (let's call it temporary) catalogue and imports selected files or folders and associated catalogue data into the new catalogue, and at the same time makes a new physical copy of the photos. The Export as Catalogue dialogue enables user to chose a new catalogue name, and a (let's call it temporary) physical location. This copies folderstructure\files to a subdirectory titled \Photo? Is it always a sub directory named \Photo\folderstructure\files, or is it coincidental because my original root directory happens to be \Photo ?
Nevertheless, via "Export as Catalogue" we retain original library and physically located files as-was, plus we get a new catalogue with duplication of meta and develop settings, et al, plus a physical duplicate of images in a new location - correct?
Then, if workflow was to archive by physical movement (move in OS terms), instead of archive by copy, then it would be necessary to manually delete physical files and directories from the original catalogue - correct?
Now if my archive drive has its own Archive Catalogue, I must not use Import to fetch in files and settings from the new (Export as Catalogue) catalogue generated previously. I must use "Import from Catalogue" otherwise the develop settings, meta, etc, are not imported to the archive catalogue.
After running "Import from Catalogue", if the physical file location was not where ultimately required on the archive drive, I must also delete the temporary located files, and perhaps the temporary catalogue.
This is where my testing brought me. No damage done so far. Now, when I "Import from Catalogue" a folder structure from my temporary Catalogue, LR did not import the full folder structure as there was some former remnants on the archive drive from a time before I bought LR. I guess LR cross checked meta data somehow and decide there were some unaltered files already present on the archive drive, and decided to hide those from the importation process. Luckily I had noted the original export folder/file counts and verified the same import quantities. Luckily I had not deleted any original folders/files, nor temporary catalogue or temp folders/files. By searching the Archive drive I discovered where the remnants were lurking, and actioned appropriately. Now I got a full 100% import of catalogue data and files and although they were imported as ..\Photo\ folderstructure\files I could easily drag drop and rename as I liked.
So to complete a workflow of Moving folders and files from one drive to another (move in OS terminology), I must
a) "Export as Catalogue" to a temporary catalogue and physical location.
b) note the folder/file counts for verification later.
c) "Import from Catalogue" the temporary catalogue and folder/file structure, at the same time verifying and import dialogue folder/file counts.
d) Delete original physical files and catalogue information from original catalogue
e) Rename, Drag and drop the imported folders/files as required, if the original \Photo\folderstructure\files directory structure is not exactly as required.
f) Optionally, delete temporary catalogue, and physical files.

Moving files/folders in Finder, a headache

10.8 and 10.9 become a headache copying/moving files/folders between disks.
After download selected images to my Imac from cards I used to move all of them to a local network backup disk (attached to a linux OS)
I don't do this anymore from a year ago: annoying warnings like "the file ... is in use" (not in use, even had been downloaded) stopped move; repeated procedure with the rest of the files included the 'used' one, over and over again and finally, after 12 times or so all files had moved. 100 files to move, stop, 80 files to move, stop, 60 files.......
Same problem moving files between disks attached to the same iMac.
'You have to provide an admin password...." -> Continue Password set and again 'File ... is in use' (not in use, it is just backup file)
Reseting the Mac. Worse
.'You have to provide an admin password...." No 'Continue' option, just only 'Ok' that will do.... nothing.
My solution: Terminal: sudo mv source target
I guess Finder has been tought to make life easier, isn't it?

According to reports, if the filing protocol is SMB, you can sometimes work around the problem by forcing a CIFS connection instead. To do that, first disconnect from the file server, then select
Go ▹ Connect to Server
from the Finder menu bar, or press the key combination command-K. Then enter
cifs://server-address
in the dialog that opens, where server-address is the IP address or domain name of the server.
Some other ideas for solving or working around the problem can be found in this thread. I haven't tested any of them.

I have moved my Itunes media folder to an external drive and Itunes does not find the items in the folder

Running Win7. I moved my entire Itunes library to an external drive to free up space on my laptop. Itunes recognized the change and all was well. That worked fine and I have synced several times from the laptop with the library on the external drive. Now the laptop is in the shop (sigh, not Itunes related a dead network card). I connected the external drive to my desktop, made sure my software was up to date. opened ITunes went to edit/preferences/advanced. Went to change Itunes media folder location and navigated to the proper folder on my external drive and clicked OK. None of the music, videos, etc, that are in that folder show up in iTunes on the desktop. Restarted ITunes, no help, reboot computer, no help. Have I done something wrong or left out a step. I could copy all the media onto the desktop individually and build new playlists but that seems like something that should not be needed? One of the reasons I moved my Itunes media folder to the external drive was so I could use the laptop for iTunes while travel and the desktop for iTunes while at home. Do I have to copy the entire folder to my desktop and take up space there? That would be counterproductive to using the external drive. I searched and saw a hint to hold down shift while starting ITunes but that did not change anything. Any help would be most appreciated!
Jim in WV

Thank you for your prompt response - I did as you said and did a drag and drop into the iTunes window - it imported and got my album art from the net. When I started Itunes with the shift key down I was prompted to choose a library but since I copied over the media folder and not the library folder I was unable to select that so I guess I will have to create a new library and add in all the music, videos, etc. unless I wait for my laptop and export the library or at least that seems to be the case? In short, all my data (iTunes media folder) is on my external drive and can be added to the blank iTunes screen but I can not choose a library folder. Is there anyway around completely making all those playlists again? I am not sure my laptop will survive the shop with data intact and really hate to start over on those.
In an unrelated question - I collect old TV shows from the 1950's. Can I make playlists within the home video folder somehow? In other words like one for Quiz shows, one for comedies, one for police and detective shows, etc. while I am remaking all my playlists for my music if I end up having to go that route?
Once again thank you for helping me out. I am not too Itunes savvy and really appreciate you taking the time to answer.

Problem With Elements 10 Organizer Showing Wrong Files in Folders (In Folder View)

I just got started using Elements 10 on Windows XP and have had some problems with the Organizer. Once it was installed and had cataloged all my photos, I made sure to only move files and folders to different locations from within Organizer. However, now it seems to have lost track of which photos are in which folder. It will "remember" that there are 3 photos in a folder (in Folder View) and only show three photos in that folder, but they will be 3 random photos from a different location. Opening that item shows that thumbnail and referenced file are the same, so it isn't just a thumbnail problem. And looking in the actual folder with Windows Explorer shows that right photos. I'm not sure if I should run an Optimize or Repair on the catalog or if there is something else I can do to fix the problem. I don't need to use Folder View too often, but sometimes I do and I use it to reorganize the actual locations of files. Not sure what would happen if I did it now (with the obvious catalog confusion).
Any thoughts?
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torreyindy

Image size. I have been scanning old 35mm images. Any image greater than about 8100 pixels causes thumbnails to fail - this sounds like being around 2 to the power of 23 but what a really odd combinatin that is.
8100 pixels? All of my photos are larger than that, and I don't have this problem. Do you mean 8100 pixels on a side? There is a known limitation in PSE that photos above a certain pixel size on a side cannot be displayed in the Organizer. I no longer remember what that size is, perhaps someone else can chime in. Scanning your images to be 8100 pixels on a side would be overkill for me; however maybe for you its an important thing to do.
I have about 10,000 photos in the catalog but need to load up about another 5,000 historic images, and we take about 1,500 images per annum.
This is not a problem for PSE.
I have played with databases, so if i can get into the organizer database (at least to do backups), ideally with Access, that would be brilliant. Any suggestions?
If you are going to play with the database through Acess, I think you will fail. I believe that PSE uses SQLite as its database, so you have to use SQLite to view the contents. If you are going to do this, work only on a copy of the database. As this is a long-standing bug in PSE (since at least PSE6), and no one that I know of has found a workaround, and people have reported that the rest of PSE behaves as if the photos are where they are expected to be, my guess is that the bug is in the way PSE displays the photo location in folders. And if that's the case, that the database is correct and its only the display that is incorrect, then there's really nothing you can do to fix that; monkeying around with the database itself won't help.
whereas I had complete confidence in Adobe products being a long time Photoshop fan, I am now taken aback, so any help would be much appreciated.
I agree with you, this is a shame that PSE has this problem and it has gone unfixed since PSE6. Your choices are:
use tags and captions and notes to organize in Thumbnail view, and not use Folder Location View
stop using Organizer, use your operating system to browse your folders, only use the PSE Editor
switch to Lightroom, which has a quality Organizer (called the "Library Module") that doesn't seem to have this particular bug, and in general seems very solid, behaves well and is relatively bug free. (Lightroom 3 currently on sale in the vicinity of $79 (USD) as the anticipation is that Lightroom 4 will be released soon)
switch to other organizing software, there are many, but I make no recommendations as I have tried only PSE and Lightroom

HT1449 When moving your iTunes Media folder to an external drive should the itl file be moved during the organise library process too?

I have moved all of the iTunes data to the drive, but can't seem to find the .itl folder when trying to make external drive the location for my music for a new computer.
Can anyone please assist on letting me know where the .itl file would have been copied to or whether, if I copy the .itl folder separately, would it keep play counts and ratings?
Thanks

Many people confuse moving their media folder with moving their library. A library is everything inside the iTunes folder. Unless you have a specific reason for not wanting to move the entire library it is best to do that rather than just media.
What are the iTunes library files? - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1660
More on iTunes library files and what they do - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes#Media_management
What are all those iTunes files? - http://www.macworld.com/article/139974/2009/04/itunes_files.html
Where are my iTunes files located? - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1391
iTunes 9 [and later]: Understanding iTunes Media Organization - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3847 - plus supplemental information about organizing to new structure https://discussions.apple.com/message/26404702#26404702
Image of folder structure and explanation of different iTunes versions (turingtest2 post) - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-7392 and making an iTunes library portable.
If you move only media then the main library files remain on the computer. If you want to move the whole library:
Quick answer if you use iTunes' default preferences settings: Copy the entire iTunes folder (and in doing so all its subfolders and files) intact to the other drive. Open iTunes and immediately hold down the option (alt) key (shift on Windows) so you get a prompt to choose a library, then select the copied iTunes folder.
If this is to a new computer and you put the copied iTunes folder in the default location of Macintosh HD > Users > *User Name* > Music then you don't even need to start with the option key held down, iTunes will automatically look for it there. (Make sure there isn't anything already in the iTunes folder there that you want to keep since you will be replacing it with the one you are moving.)

File browser or folder view in gallery and music app?

Hello together,
is in Firefox OS no file browser and no way to show my pictures and my music in a folder view? I have sorted all my pictures and music in folders but in the gallery and the music app everything is totally unsorted or show under "unknown artist". :-/

Hi Alex008,
Thanks for using Firefox OS. There is a file browser in the marketplace called Explorer that let's you see your files in the folders. See https://marketplace.firefox.com/search?q=explorer
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Moving files from one folder to another caused freeze

I now have a list of files stuck in the center of my screen.
I'm sure a reboot will fix this (I hope!) but I thought it was a bug worth reporting.
All I did was move a copy a collection of files from one folder to another folder. It made the "move" sound, and the files have been copied, but something clearly went wrong

Have java.io.File objects pointing to the three folders. Get the list of all the files in the folder. Start a loop and check if the filename ends with Data.dat. If it is so then copy file to the final folder.
To Copy file you can use any of the two approaches.
1. You can read that file as byte stream (java.io.FileInputStream) and write it to the other folder as bytes (java.io.FileOutputStream).
2. You can use shell commands to do this. (java.lang.Runtime.exe() method)
Ali Ahsan

Moving music from shared folder to a new folder

I need help, I'm trying to figure out how to get songs I have in my shared folder to a new folder I have created, I tried dragging it into the folder but doesn't work, how do I go about doing this?

I need help, I'm trying to figure out how to get
songs I have in my shared folder to a new folder I
have created, I tried dragging it into the folder but
doesn't work, how do I go about doing this?
If it's a shared folder that you can see, but the music is in fact on somebody else's computer, you CANNOT move it or do ANYTHING with it, other than listen to it.
If that's now what you're talking about, please explain what you mean by a shared folder.

Moving My i Tunes Folder To A Different Drive

I'm runnung Win XP Pro. I have installed my iTunes to an external drive, as my free space on my C drive is getting a bit scarce. I see that all my music is stored in the iTunes/ My Music/My Documents Folder located on my C drive. Is there any way to store all mu music files on the external drive, as it has lots of room? Also, can I install my iPod software on the same external drive without any problems? Thanks.

You'll need to 'Consolidate' the music from the C: drive to the ExHD by using iTunes. This will keep all your music data intact.
I'm not sure I would have installed the iTunes program on the ExHD, but if that's what you did and it's working, then just leave it.
If you want to make another drive (direct or portable) on your PC the main music location for iTunes, move all song files there, as well as any future imported music from CDs, here is one method (see the links below):
You will maintain your playlists, ratings, comments, etc. This will only move your music folders location, NOT your iTunes program files. It is my opinion that programs (i.e. – iTunes) work better when installed on your main hard drive. At the very least, it makes it easier to manage all your programs if they are centrally located on one hard drive (the Windows default standard).
See these links for step-by-step info:
Moving your iTunes Library to a New Hard Drive
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iTunes: Moving your iTunes Music folder
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Moving iTunes Mobile Applications folder to an alternate drive

I found out how to move the iTunes Mobile Applications folder to either an external drive or as in my case, from my 256GB SSD systems/application drive to a non-SSD drive on my desktop (3.0 TB in size). This is important for any iTunes users with their systems/applications on a SSD drive (i.e. on the C: drive but with constrained SSD drive space). In my case, my Mobile Apps folder is 40+ GB in size.
iTunes allows you to easily move your iTunes music folder to an alternate drive but it does not provide a means to move the Mobile Apps folder. I have confirmed this. However, in Windows Vista, 7 and 8, using the “mklink” command, you can set up a symbolic link from the iTunes Mobile Apps folder on the C: drive to the relocated Mobile Apps folder on another drive. iTunes thinks it is adding new Mobile Apps to the C: drive Mobile Applications folder, but it is actually updating the real Mobile Apps folder on the alternate drive. I’ve tried this approach and it works like a charm. The steps required are as follows:
1. Copy the existing Mobile Apps folder and its content on the C: drive to its new location on an alternate drive on your desktop or to an external drive.
2. Note and record the exact detailed path to the existing Mobile Applications folder as well as the exact detailed path for the new Mobile Applications folder
3. Delete the existing Mobile Applications folder (You cannot create a symbolic link to a directory that already exists on that same drive)
4. Open a Command Prompt (admin) window on your desktop. On Windows 8, this is easily done by right clicking the start icon on the bottom left of the desktop screen and selecting the Command Prompt (admin) option.
5. change directory to C:\ (i.e., enter cd c:\)
6. enter the mklink command and press enter (format mklink /d link_address target_address) for my Windows system this looked like the following:
mklink /d "C:\Users\Marv\Music\iTunes\Mobile Applications" "D:\Music\iTunes\Mobile Applications"
This command recreates the Mobile Applications folder on the C: drive in the exact place it was before, but only as a pointer to the real folder on the alternate or external drive. The link is transparent to iTunes and my 40+ GB Mobile Applications folder can be on a large drive rather than on my 256GB SSD systems/applications drive.

It requires elevation. If you find the command line application (cmd.exe), right-click, run as administrator, and paste the command, that will work.
However, this technique, which worked for me in the past, seems now to be failing. All new downloads are in the root of iTunes Media. The bizarre thing is that iTunes thinks it has put a downloaded file in the correct folder, so says it cannot play it, and if I move it manually to the correct folder, iTunes sees it without problems. I've tried mklink /d and mklink /j, neither works (the former shows the redirected target pathname, the latter behaves as if the target path is actually part of the native directory structure).

Please help - New to Mac - File managment.. moving files, folders, deleting

Hello, I am hoping someone can help me...
I have just got one of the 24" iMacs at work and I have never worked on Mac before. I am having problems with documents/files.
I have made new folders in my "documents" folder but I cannot move/drag files into the folders. I also cant delete files from the documents folder.
I have spent the last 4 hours reading tutorials etc and still can't figure this out. I am guessing it's probably simple... but I just can't seem to find the answer.
PLEASE HELP!!!!!!

There are two documents folders. One shared among all user and a personal documents folder.
To get to the system folder you double click on the machintosh hd. You will see the system documents folder here. If you are not logged on with system administrator privileges, the files will be read only. To tell if you have administrator privileges, do:
apple icon > system preferences > accounts
click on your account and see if the allow user to administer this computer box is checked.
One way get your person documents folder, you double click on the machintosh hd. Next, click on the little house icon on the lower left side of the screen. This will get to all your personal files and folders. One of the folders is your documents folder.
I agree with the prior poster to find someone who has worked with the mac before to give you a quick tutorial.
I suggest you visit the local library or book store and checkout or buy a book on using Mac OS Tiger.
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Moving files from one folder to another using workflows

Hi everyone,
I need help creating a workflow. Within my Shared Documents Library, there is a folder, within which there are other sub-folders.
Shared Documents--> Resumes --> Approved
Shared Documents--> Resumes --> Rejected
I want to create a workflow so that the resumes are uploaded to the Resumes folder and based on whether the user approves or rejects them, they are moved into either the Approved or Rejected folders. Any help would be highly appreciated
Thank you.

Why to make it more complex when we already have facility to group them by status option? Create a view and select group by “status” or create a separate web part page and add Shared Document library web part 2 times on the same page. For the first web part
select filter option which only displays files with “Approved” status and for the other web part select it for “Rejected”
Though you can refer below link if you wish to involve workflow into this
http://captechconsulting.com/blog/dee-gavlick/moving-documents-restricted-subfolder-sharepoint-designer-workflow-sharepoint-2010
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Finder vs LR - moving files/folders

Am still in the starting stages of a large collection. A LR Catalog has been created, keywords and collections added. Now I see the need for organizing the collection better. It would be faster to do that in the finder than in LR. Then a new Catalog would be created due to the change in location of photos. The Keword List and Smart Collections could be exported and re-imported but with loss of pointers & heierarchy. What to do?
Any help would be appreciated.
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Important rule of Lightroom usage ... no re-importing (as in never ever ever, don't even think about re-importing, not even once)
Having said that, once you move your photos/folders in your operating system, they will have ? on them in Lightroom. If you right-click on a folder that has a ?, you can reconnect it via "Find Missing Folder", and now Lightroom knows where it is located, and you don't have to worry about how to transfer metadata and collections and so on.
An even better approach, in my opinion, is not to organize via moving photos and folders from here to there. The better approach is to organize via keywords and other metadata, giving you a way to find any photo whatsoever, and you won't even know or care what folder it is in. If you do a thorough job of assigning metadata, then you don't really need folders as an organizational tool. (There are exceptions ... if you need to move your photos/folders to a different hard disk, then by all means you should do so; similarly, if you want all photos in a single location for ease of backup or other reason, then by all means move them)
I suggest if you want better organization, you use keywords and other metadata and not moving folders/photos.

BT Cloud.. Moving files & Folders

Hiya there
Just got my BT Cloud, I'm using there web interface (rather than download yet another program to my computer) and I cannot find out how to move files or create folders.
I have tried selecting a file and it allows the menu with the three dots, but the options that would allow me to move or create a folder are greyed out.
Does anyone have any tips? Things like this are very simple in programs like dropbox, or even if you have your own FTP space, its almost as if BT Cloud isn't finished yet!
Andy
Solved!
Go to Solution.

I also am having problems with moving folders
I see on my device the 3 dots but the only two options I see are MOVE TO TRASH and DOWNLOAD but thes e are greyed out so cannot be used. I also see the thre dots on the web screen same thing no facility for making folder or selecting a folder.
secondly I find that all my files have a modified and created date of the date uploaded. what is the use of this. as I cannot find upto date files

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