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Managing catalogs and folders
Last updated 11/30/2015
If an entire folder of photos is missing — the folder is dim in the Folders panel and has a question mark icon ( )
— you can relink all the photos at once by right-clicking (Windows) or Control-clicking (Mac OS) on the folder and
choosing Find Missing Folder from the context menu. See
Locate missing folders.
Create and manage folders
The folders that contain your photos are displayed in the Folders panel of the Library module. The folders in the Folders
panel reflect the folder structure on the volume itself and appear in alphanumeric order. Click the disclosure triangle
to the right of a volume name to see the folders on that volume. Click the triangle to the left of a folder to see any
subfolders it contains.
You can add and move folders in the Folders panel, rename folders, and delete them. Changes you make to folders in
Lightroom are applied to the folders themselves on the volume.
Add an existing folder that contains images
Whenever you import photos, the folders in which they are located are added automatically to the Folders panel. You
can add folders and import the photos they contain using the Folders panel.
1 In the Folders panel of the Library module, click the Plus icon (+) and choose Add Folder.
2 Do one of the following:
• (Windows) In the Browse For Folders dialog box, navigate to the location you want, select the folders you want,
and then click OK. Or, navigate to the location you want and click Make New Folder. Type a name to replace the
New Folder name.
• (Mac OS) In the Choose Or Create New Folder dialog box, navigate to the location you want, select the folder
you want, and then click Choose. Or, navigate to the location you want and click New Folder. Type a name for
the folder and then click Create. Then click Choose.
3 If necessary, specify options in the Import Photos dialog box, and click Import.
If you have multiple copies of a folder and you want to change the location that Lightroom points to, right-click
(Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the folder and choose Update Folder Location.