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<p><font face="Book Antiqua">If you backed up your image files
shortly before deleting them, you might try restoring the files
to their original location. <br>
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<p><font face="Book Antiqua">Before you do anything, back up the
DigiKam database files (digikam4.db, digikamrc, etc.).<br>
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<p><font face="Book Antiqua">To recite the obvious, avoid deleting.
If you need storage space, buy another disk. Disks are cheaper
than photographs.<br>
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<p><font face="Book Antiqua">Bob<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/17/2025 10:32 PM, Lindsay wrote:<br>
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Hi - I'm not exactly sure how this mailing list works or how to
reply if someone answers, but I'm hoping someone can help, as I
really need it.
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<div>I've been using DigiKam for six months now as a replacement
for the photo recognition software Picasa which doesn't work on
my new Mac. I was working on organizing all my scanned photos
from before 2000, I fixed the years, recognized faces, red eye,
cropping, etc. It took me absolutely forever to do this for
around 5,000 photos. </div>
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<div>A few months later, I need space on one of my external hard
drives and since I have the photos backed up in other places, I
deleted the folder with all my pictures before 2000. I
completely forgot that that folder was the one connected to
Digikam. I still have the pictures saved elsewhere on other
drives and I can see the folder and photo thumbnails is still in
Digikam (with an X before the folder name), but I'm not sure
what to do now. </div>
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<div>How can I make sure all my hard work isn't just gone? Can I
connect the photos on DigiKam with the exact same photos just
stored on other drive without starting from scratch? I'm so mad
at myself. </div>
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<div>If there is a way to fix this, clear, step-by-step
instructions are requested as I have no idea how to reply. I've
never used a mailing list before. </div>
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<div>Thank you in advance,</div>
<div>Lindsay</div>
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