Hi, I have some content on a smaller TB drive and I would like to move all this content to a new larger drive without listing it all as recently added. Is there a way to do this and if so how ? Move around 400 files to a new drive and have them show up just as they do now, older dates not under re…

I have tried so many ways to do this, lol… I even copied over, rescanned so it picked up the doubles, and then deleted from the old drive, rescanned to remove the doubles, and it still listed them as recently added after the doubles were removed, lol… If anyone knows how to do this, it would be su…

OS isn’t mentioned but I have done this several times without issue in Windows. The key element is “Shut down Plex before doing anything.” Then move/copy the data ensuring the folder structure is the same. Once the data is copied in Admin tools change the drive letter of the source drive to anyth…

Maybe this: In your library, add path to both new and old path Move media Scan Library Files Empty Trash

only empty trash after verifying all content is properly detected. :wink:

Sorry, my Plex server runs on the Mac mini (Mojave)

Also, I was not clear enough what I would love to accomplish. The thing I really want to do is to move data from my second hard drive on the Mac mini to an external drive. my internal drive is called “Media 2TB” and the folder “Content”. I am wondering if I can just do the following: shutdown…

I’m running a Mac mini on Mojave. After years of having this problem I’ve finally sussed it: In your Library add the folder path to the new source (don’t delete the current one) Then go to: Settings > Library Then uncheck: Scan my library automatically Run a partial scan when changes are dete…

Nice post, but sadly you forgot what I did as well… And that is after verifying, to remove the old path from the library :wink:

Ha! thanks :wink: Just updated to Export Tools v2 btw - thanks for the ongoing support. Best plugin ever!

Easily done for TV Shows. Impossible for movies. My Recently Added for Movies is only useful if library maintenance hasn’t been done for a while. After maintenance it’s just a list of what was moved and had Preview Thumbs regenerated for.

Move to new drive without showing content as recently added

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dane22 August 14, 2019, 10:33pm 4

Maybe this:

In your library, add path to both new and old path
Move media
Scan Library Files
Empty Trash

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