On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 9:35 AM, Andrew Stacey <[email protected]>wrote:
> (Apologies if this has been asked before.) > > I've imported my photos via "create links" but now I'd like to switch over > to > having Shotwell manage the organisation of the files as well. Is there a > way > to do this? Obviously, I could just delete the whole database and reimport > them, but then I'd lose all the tags and edits, so is there a better way? > > (I have about 14k photos so doing it one by one wouldn't be acceptable > either.) <http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell> Hi Andrew, If you just move (not copy) the files to Shotwell's pictures folder, then start Shotwell and drag that photo into Shotwell, it will recognize the photos but update their location in the DB. Note that it may take a while for this process since you have so many photos. Is there some particular reason you want to do this? - Eric _______________________________________________ Shotwell mailing list [email protected] http://lists.yorba.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/shotwell
