I am importing from an old catalog to my master catalog. I have just started and have noticed that on some of the previews there is a sideways z or lightning bolt type shape in the upper right hand corner. Any ideas as to what this means? I've had exclamations points, but never this. Thanks! ... View more

I'll try to keep this short... I had an EHD crash a couple of years ago and all of the Lightroom files were/are in a Lightroom 4 catalog. I restored everything from a backup onto a new EHD and have just gotten around to going through the files in that catalog and pointing them to the correct folders ('find missing folder' in LR) in the new EHD, because I created a new catalog after the crash to keep things separate. I've noticed for some, but not all, .xmp files are being created in the folders on my EHD. This happens periodically when I look an NEF file from the EHD and it opens in photoshop. When I go back to the file in the EHD there might be an xmp file along side of the original. Again, sometimes, not always. Also, just to note, I get one of three different types per image that it decides to give an xmp file to... One looks like a white sheet of paper and is blank, one looks like a white sheet of paper that has text and one is a black box that has exec in green letters in the upper left corner. So my question is this (multi-parts): Am I doing something wrong? Is there a way to avoid all of these extra .xmp files from showing up? Can I delete the ones that are there? ... View more

I am currently matching up files from a crashed 'WD My Passport' EHD that was last used in LR 4 to my current 'Lacie' EHD in LR Classic CC. Everything is fine except the files are still showing an exclamation point, and when I click on it, I get the following message and I'm not sure what to choose: "The metadata for this photo has been changed by both Lightroom and another application. Should Lightroom import settings from disk or overwrite disk settings with those from the catalog?" Any suggestions/answers?? ... View more