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timlua
timlua
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May 4, 2017
Question

Cant see my files in external drive through Lr although I can see that the files are still there through windows explorer......

  • May 4, 2017
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Somehow I cant see the file(pictures) or any of its directory in my external hard drive when i open Lr. Lr is not reading the files and directories.   But the files are in the external  hard drive when I look at them through Windows Explorer.

Does it have anything to do with my updating of Lr to 6.10 this same morning?  Kindly help as I have really looked for how to recover them in Lr.

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    dj_paige
    dj_paige
    Legend
    May 4, 2017

    timlua  wrote

    Somehow I cant see the file(pictures) or any of its directory in my external hard drive when i open Lr. Lr is not reading the files and directories.   But the files are in the external  hard drive when I look at them through Windows Explorer.

    Does it have anything to do with my updating of Lr to 6.10 this same morning?  Kindly help as I have really looked for how to recover them in Lr.

    Lightroom is not a file browser like Windows Explorer or Mac Finder, so Lightroom does not have to "see" files on your external drive. That's not how Lightroom works.

    What do you mean by "Lr is not reading the files and directories"? What Lightroom function are you talking about here? What do you see in Lightroom? Show us a screen capture.

      timlua
      timluaAuthor
      Participant
      May 4, 2017

      under LIBRARY... the left module... it should show all my directories. but its only showing the name of the drive and nothing else.

      Best regards

      Tim

      Sent from my iPhone

      Geoff the kiwi
      Community Expert
      Geoff the kiwiCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      May 4, 2017

      Can you post a screen shot of what you are seeing in the Library Panel Folders?

      timlua
      timluaAuthor
      Participant
      May 4, 2017

      under TIMS PHOTO LIBRARY it should show up all the different directories and folders. but now its only showing a very old folder that i have on archive with only 61 pictures. It should be around 16k pictures in there all in respective folders. It should be the same as what i have on my E drive.

      Best regards

      Tim

      Sent from my iPhone

      DdeGannes
      Community Expert
      DdeGannesCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      May 4, 2017

      You probably have an older Catalog file open. Lightroom can only have one opened at a time.

      Regards, Denis: iMac 27” mid-2015, macOS 11.7.10 Big Sur; 2TB SSD, 24 GB Ram, GPU 2 GB; LrC 12.5,; Lr 6.5, PS 24.7,; ACR 15.5,; (also Laptop Win 11, ver 24H2, LrC 15.3; PS 27.0; ) Camera Oly OM-D E-M1.
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