After moving files to another folder why do I have to scan for missing files?

[Tom Husband]

I must be missing something but I'd think PS would know the files have been moved. Occasionally I can forget to scan after a move and then later look for the moved files in the new folder but, of course, they don't show up.

Maybe there's a shortcut I'm missing.

Many thanks.

[HCS]

It doesn't magically know.

After making changes to files and/or folders, you could right click the folder (or parent folder) and choose Verify Folder - Verify Quick (for files) or Scan for Missing Folders (for new/changed folders).

[Tom Husband]

OK, thanks, I can do that.

I'm not trying to be a pain here but I really wonder why PS wouldn't know a change was made. Certainly if a file was moved outside of PS all bets are off but within? It just seems the extra step of right clicking to verify a move I made inside of PS shouldn't be needed.

[Sigi]

Media View had this feature and that was nice. If files were moved outside of Media View the color of the folder within Media changed, indicating that something changed and a simple re-sync got everything back again in order.

[Hert]

Psu is no different. The folder gets a different color and you need to remap to the new folder.

[Tom Husband]

If the folder changes color then Psu must know there's a change. Couldn't it remap itself?

[Hert]

There’s no way for Psu to know where you moved a folder to.

If you move a folder from within psu then yes. If you move a folder outside of Psu with Psu open in the background and a file system that reports changes then yes.
But if you move a folder outside of Psu and with Psu closed then Psu cannot imagine where *you* moved the folder to. The color indicates that the folder is missing. You need to tell it where you moved it to by right click -Map to the correct physical folder.

[Tom Husband]

Sorry, I wasn't clear I meant moving files within Psu. Currently if I select several images in Psu and drag them to another folder they don't show in the new folder until I scan for missing files. Maybe I'm missing something.

[Hert]

I just tried it here and it works fine.

1. Select a folder that contains images
2. Drag one or two images to another folder and drop it
3. The images are in the new folder

[Tom Husband]

Yeah, you're right. I don't know what I've been doing.

Maybe it's because normally I edit in DXO or Affinity and save back to Psu. Guess that would explain it.

Sorry for the false alarm.