Without the manual update, F-Spot would not recognize the moved files, and it it will not see the tags and other information attached to them.To view what files F-Spot knows about, install the command-line SQLite tool:apt-get install sqlite3Then get the list withsqlite3 ~/.gnome2/f-spot/photos.db SELECT uri FROM photos"Please note that newer versions of Ubuntu have the database file as ~/.config/