Change Phototheca Library location

There are two different use cases related to change in Phototheca Library location:

  1. Move the current Library to another location
  2. Switch Phototheca to use another Library in the certain folder

Move the current Library to another location

To change the location of a library, follow the next steps:

1. Go to menu File->Manage Library… and the dialog to manage a library appears

2. Click the “Change” button next to the text box with a library location

3. Browse to a new location for a library

4. Confirm change, Phototheca starts to move files

Switch Phototheca to use another Library in the certain folder

To make Phototheca use the Library from a certain folder, follow the next steps:

1. Go to menu File->Manage Library… and the dialog to manage a library appears

2. Click the “Change” button next to the text box with a library location

3. Browse to a folder which contains Phototheca Library files (different than the current one)

4. You would see the dialog, asking if you want to overwrite files in selected folder or swith to a new folder:

5. Select “Switch to library

6. Restart the program to changes take effect