How to move photos?

[Gilles Caulier]

hi,

Alternative : the file copy plugin.

https://docs.digikam.org/en/export_tools/local_export.html

Best regards

Gilles Caulier

Le dim. 23 nov. 2025 à 02:36, George Koulomzin <George at koulomzin.com> a écrit :
>
> I think that if you add the new drive path in Settings > Configure
> Digikam > Collections, then you can just use Digikam's built-in move,
> either from the drop down menu once you have selected the image, or by
> drag-and-drop.
>
> On 11/22/2025 12:35 PM, digikam at sritch.com wrote:
> > DK 8.8.0 appimage on Linux.
> >
> > How can I move images from 1 drive to another drive?
> >
> > I want to move all my images that have at least 1 star or have a
> > colored label or a pick from a drive to another drive (ssd).
> >
> > The search is no problem but I don't want to use the local
> > external copy. I just want to do a move to move both the images and
> > the xmp sidecar.
> >
> > Or will I need to use fdupes to find the duplicates and delete them
> > by hand from the older drive?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
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