Post by ksims7572 on Feb 23, 2024 16:40:26 GMT
It seems I don't understand the catalog. I thought the Catalog folder was the structure data: tags, albums, etc. I thought the photos remained at their source location. The two worked together and were displayed as the catalog in the Organizer. A full backup made a copy of both the catalog structure and the photos. However, since installing Elements 2024, my D drive (my 1 TB hard drive is partitioned into 2 drives, C for programs, D for data) which was only half full, is now nearly at capacity. Perhaps I screwed up when I told it to make my main catalog in a custom location on the D drive. It appears that the main catalog folder has copies of all the things in the "My Pictures" folder, organized in folders based on the catalog keywords and categories. Not at all what I expected. Could someone please help me understand how this is supposed to work? I need to figure out how to recover the space on my computer drives. (My backup copy of the catalog is on a removable SSD drive). Thanks
