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Managing catalogs and folders
Last updated 11/30/2015
4 (Optional) Copy the backed up catalog to the location of the original catalog to replace it.
More Help topics
Lightroom catalog FAQ
How Lightroom catalogs work
Locate missing photos
If you move image files in the Finder (Mac OS) or Explorer (Windows), the link between the files and the Lightroom
catalog breaks. When a catalog can't find a photo, Lightroom displays a Photo Is Missing icon in image cells in the Grid
view and the Filmstrip. The Photo Is Missing icon is an exclamation point (
) in Lightroom 5 and a question mark
( ) in earlier versions of Lightroom. In the Develop module, Lightroom indicates that the photo could not be found,
or is offline or missing.
Follow the steps below to help locate your missing photos and restore links to the catalog.
Links between a catalog and its photos can also break if photos are stored on an external drive that is offline. If the drive
is offline, turn it on. If the drive letter has changed, change it back to the letter Lightroom expects.
1 (Optional) In the Library module, choose Library > Find All Missing Photos to display missing files in the Grid view.
2 Click the Photo Is Missing icon ( or ) in a thumbnail cell in the Grid view.
The Photo Is Missing icon also appears at the bottom of the Histogram panel. You can click it there, too.
A dialog box opens and displays the last known location of the missing photo.
3 Click the Locate button, navigate to where the photo is currently located, and then click Select.
4 (Optional) In the Locate dialog box, select Find Nearby Missing Photos to have Lightroom search for other missing
photos in the folder and reconnect them as well.