Operating from an external hard drive

[Gilles Caulier]

digiKam 3 ? Seriously ? we are in version 8.3.0 currently...

Gilles Caulier

Le mer. 3 juil. 2024 à 16:25, Mark Dirksen <markdirk at gmail.com> a écrit :
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> 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.
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> 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!
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> If so, hooray!  But if so, how can I transfer those 2,500 pix back over to D:// with all their metadata intact?
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> Thanks for your assistance and best practice thoughts.
> Mark Dirksen