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cld2018
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11 months ago

When I move photos, a copy remains in the original folder, why?

Hi, I'm organizing my photos and am moving some photos to a new folder called "non-family". But they are also remaining in the original folder. Shouldn't they actually just move to the new folder? I'...
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cld2018
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11 months ago

Thank you for this. I wasn't dragging but clicking on the "move" button. But yes, through a browser. Does that change anything?

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    Rich
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    11 months ago
    cld2018 wrote:

    But yes, through a browser. Does that change anything?

    If you were in a browser then what I mentioned doesn't apply.

    Nothing has changed on the website that would affect the ability to move a file. I just tested and it seems fine. I would try it again on a different file in a different folder, just as a test.

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