Change all Image folders in Lightroom 4.3 at once

Question

In my last catalog my photos directory was //192.0.2.77/Photos

After re-installing Lightroom 4.3 some time later that has changed to //SERVER/Photos

How can I change all sub-folder directories at once without having to "find missing photos" for each folder in photos directory? I my case that would be 11 since I have them organised by year. My NAS name will change from time to time in the future and I don't want to have to do it 11 times each time.

Answer 1

Solution 1

Use a top-level folder!

Here is a solution. Have an additional root folder //SERVER/Photos/Photos/ and then run find missing photos on that. If you don't want to do it permanently, you can move the photos from //SERVER/Photos/ to //SERVER/Photos/Photos/. Then run the command, then move them back.

Solution 2

Make sure that the server does not change the mount point or it's network address.

This solution is a bit dependent on what your "SERVER" is. I don't know your situation so the following are a few different cases that might apply for you.

• For NFS you have control over your local mount point, so set that to something fixed and update the configuration when your server moves.
• For direct network connections (like 192.0.2.77) you can either configure your router so that it gives your server always the same IP or just set the IP-address manually (on the router or on the server, router is safer for your configuration). ** create a route so you type ping myserver and this is redirected to ´ping 192.0.2.77`. You can do this on your local machine, or on the router (that goes towards adding extra DNS entries). Using machinename.local with Macs and Linux