How to move files from the external hard drive to the keywords WITH main drive?

On a recent trip, I have uploaded thousands of images on an external hard drive that I used with my laptop. I keyworded and edited these files on the road.

Back home, I want to move the files (keywords and all) to my permanent LR library that resides on a different hard drive. How can I do this transfer without losing the keywords?

Thank you in advance.

Hi Jessica,.

There seems to be a confusion of terms here: the catalog is where LR stores all of its information (that your designated as LR library in your original post).

While you were on the road, did you use LR to add keywords to photos, or have you used another tool? If you have used LR, you already have a catalog on the laptop, which you can then import into your main LR catalog (using import to catalogue option in the file menu). Let us know if you get stuck anywhere.

Marc

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