Accidentally moved all the pictures into folders separated in single folder!

So somehow I managed to pass all my photo of my work out of their respective files, well organized files in a single folder. I can't figure out how. All 15 588 of them... now unorganized in one folder. 'Undo' didn't work and I tried to restore from a backup of the catalog without success. Also... my backup Time Machine refuses to restore because the drive is messed up, so it's useless. Lightroom has still all recognized records in the catalog, but the pictures are missing, (?) and not just "d - link" them and point Lightroom for photos in the new folder.

So guess my question is, can I I go to each folder in lightroom and physically move all the photos that were previously in this NEW folder in this folder on the system automatically? It seems that lightroom recognizes the folders used to exist here... just can't find them. Well, I know that they are all in a folder and would like Lightroom to move them all back into their appropriate folders. In this way, when I search a folder on my computer (not in lightroom), the folder that contains the photos that used to be there. I hope this makes sense. I use Lightroom 4.1 on a Mac OSX version 10.8.3. Thanks for any help.

My apologies in advance: I did not read all of the background messages.

If I understand correctly:

* Folder structure in Lightroom is intact (but the folders/files are considered to be 'missing').

* Folder on the disc structure has been flattened (all files are now in a single folder, instead of a tree).

If that's true, this plugin will solve your problem:

RelocationServices

(he has a test mode to see exactly what it will do before you commit to actually do).

Rob

Tags: Photoshop Lightroom

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