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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1901819" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>There are other experts here that will chime in, I'm sure. However, one thought is to look at HOW you are importing your pictures to Photos, (assuming you are using Photos, you didn't say). On Photos/preferences, is the "Copy items to the Photos library" checked like this:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]35482[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>If it is NOT checked, then your files are NOT imported to Photos, it just tracks the folder location on the source from which they were imported. So, if you (or anybody else) makes any change to that location, the albums in Photos will be empty because the data was moved. If you DO copy the items into the Photos library, then they are actually stored in the Photos database and the originals can be moved to other locations and Photos won't care. What I have done is to copy my 12,000 images into Photos, moved the originals to a separate drive that has its own backup routines, then work with the images IN Photos and if I need the file, export it from Photos to a temporary location (usually the Desktop) to do whatever I wanted, then delete the exported file when I am done with it. The Photos database still has the file as it was imported, so I can safely delete the exported file once finished.</p><p></p><p>All of that is to ask, HOW are you importing your pictures to whatever you are using on whatever version of the macOS you are using? (It would help to know the app, macOS version, Mac model, etc.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1901819, member: 396914"] There are other experts here that will chime in, I'm sure. However, one thought is to look at HOW you are importing your pictures to Photos, (assuming you are using Photos, you didn't say). On Photos/preferences, is the "Copy items to the Photos library" checked like this: [ATTACH type="full"]35482[/ATTACH] If it is NOT checked, then your files are NOT imported to Photos, it just tracks the folder location on the source from which they were imported. So, if you (or anybody else) makes any change to that location, the albums in Photos will be empty because the data was moved. If you DO copy the items into the Photos library, then they are actually stored in the Photos database and the originals can be moved to other locations and Photos won't care. What I have done is to copy my 12,000 images into Photos, moved the originals to a separate drive that has its own backup routines, then work with the images IN Photos and if I need the file, export it from Photos to a temporary location (usually the Desktop) to do whatever I wanted, then delete the exported file when I am done with it. The Photos database still has the file as it was imported, so I can safely delete the exported file once finished. All of that is to ask, HOW are you importing your pictures to whatever you are using on whatever version of the macOS you are using? (It would help to know the app, macOS version, Mac model, etc.) [/QUOTE]
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