Digikam file takes up a lot of space

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Hi All,


I use digiKam to tag camera trap images for research purposes. I run it on macOS Sierra version 10.12.6 with 2.9 GHz i5 processor, 8 GB RAM, and 120 GB hard drive.


In my database folder there is a file called: "thumbnails-digikam.db" which takes up over 38 GB of space and I am constantly running out of space on my MacBook. I was told that you should not store your database on an external drive. Is this true? If I change the directory of my database to an external hard drive would this affect it in anyway?


What about on Windows OS, can you have the database directory on a external hard drive?


Thank you for your time.


Kind Regards,

Philip Faure

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