PSE 6 switching to a new computer - any way to import albums and tag/label heirarchies?
I've just switched to a new computer and have copied and imported all my photos over to it. When I imported the photos using PSE6, I lost all the heirarchies of tags/labels (e.g., people not in the people category, ditto for places, animals, etc.). Also, I've lost all my albums. Is there a way to export/import this information from my old computer before it goes to the recycling bin?
TIA for any help.
Mary
> My original attempt to move files included using the Folder Location tree and moving the main photo directory from one drive to another. That copied all the files over, but resulted in all the photos showing up as missing in the catalog.
That is not good moving within Folder Location view should not produce missing files. This suggests you may have encountered one of the PSE bugs in handling hard drives.
I recommend letting this first attempt at doing a restore complete and then thoroughly testing it. Do File > Reconnect > All Missing to see if there are any missing files. Try viewing a number of your files in the Organizers full screen. And try importing a few dummy photos from the old drive to make sure you can have photos stored on both the old and new drives.
> it appears that all the files are going in without any subdirectories
There are options you can set in the File > Restore Catalog command that control how folders are restored. See this Adobe tech note:
http://www.adobe.com/go/kb402894
Assuming that your test above works ok, then you can redo the restore using the desired options.
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