<div dir="ltr">I'm not sure what you mean but you can "write metadata to files"<div>Normally it's written to the database, sqlite file.</div><div><br></div><div>Which, incidentally, you can store anyway, including on that hard drive.</div><div>When I want my collection to be portable, meaning database and pictures together, I usually put the database in my "Photos" or "Pictures" folder.</div><div>I might create a folder titled "digikam" and put all those sqlite databases there.</div><div>Dive into the settings and see if you can find those options. I'm not familiar enough with windows to know how to guide you.</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">- Isaac<br></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jul 3, 2024 at 10:25 AM Mark Dirksen <<a href="mailto:markdirk@gmail.com">markdirk@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I have installed DigiKam 3.0 on my C:// hard drive and have now imported some 2,500 pictures over to it from my D:// drive. Looking ahead, however, I'm concerned that I'm making unnecessary work. <div><br></div><div>Can one run DigiKam on / from an external hard drive, meaning that all the tags and metadata changes are registered THERE? Or must it run on the primary operating system. I see it can't run both places! </div><div><br></div><div>If so, hooray! But if so, how can I transfer those 2,500 pix back over to D:// with all their metadata intact? </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for your assistance and best practice thoughts.</div><div>Mark Dirksen</div></div>
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