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Jon_Kreski
Jon_Kreski
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November 23, 2018
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Find nearby missing photos not working

  • November 23, 2018
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Ran Find Missing Photos.  A good number returned are all in the same folder.  The photos were probably moved from an initial processing temporary folder that was imported and possibly later moved in OS (I know - don't DO that...) to a new folder with a new folder.  I re-linked one and checked "Find nearby missing photos".  The error icon went away for the one photo but not the rest.  I re-ran Find Missing Photos and the number of photos changed by exactly one.  Windows 10 PC.  Photos on OneDrive.  I do have those images in multiple locations.  Leary of deleting any of them.

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    CountyPhotographer
    CountyPhotographer
    Participant
    January 28, 2023

    I found a workaround to my similar problem. The original folder was "Pictures" and the path was on my Desktop. When I transferred the image files to a hard drive the path was my camera folder "610"/then file number folder "140000-149999" then the 9999 images inside that folder. The ones I had transferred ranged from file number (filename) 0293-0365. I placed these into a new sub-folder named "Pictures" like the original, even though the directory path was not the same, it worked. By relinking to one and checking the box for "Find Nearby Missing Photos", they were all relinked in the blink of an eye. I just have to remember to create that same subfolder for these specific images on my backup drives.

    cmgap
    Community Expert
    cmgapCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    November 23, 2018

    I've seen this as well on a handful of macbook pros and think it may be a bug. All were running Mojave, 10.14.1 and Lr Classic 8.0.

    As a workaround I updated the folder location.

      Jon_Kreski
      Jon_KreskiAuthor
      Known Participant
      November 23, 2018

      Updating folders did not work on my Windows 10 desktop PC.

      Just Shoot Me
      Just Shoot Me
      Legend
      November 23, 2018

      You might have 2 copies of those images. This happens if at time of import the images were already on your hard drive and you had the Copy option selected at the top of the import dialog window.

      If when doing a Sync Folder those images do NOT show up from the folder you think they are in, or the copies of them are in, then they are already in the LR catalog.

      Search the catalog for one of the names of those files using the Filter Bar Text option.

        Just Shoot Me
        Just Shoot Me
        Legend
        November 23, 2018

        Then they are in another folder. Right click and select Show In Explorer and see Exactly where they are.

        Simplest thing to do in the future is STOP moving files around inside or outside of LR. Place them in a drive/folder and leave them there. There is NO need to move files around once they are imported into the LR catalog file.

        Jon_Kreski
        Jon_KreskiAuthor
        Known Participant
        November 23, 2018

        As I said - I did, and re-linked the photo and had Find nearby photos checked.  It linked the one but not the rest...

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        sjgoldin
        Participant
        November 23, 2018

        I, too, have the same problem.  I also tried a "select all" and highlighted all the missing photos.  This also only located the first photo of the highlighted ones.  I tried "Find all missing photos" and clicking on the "!". Again, only the fist photo is located.  Find "nearby missing photos is always checked."

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