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mhorvath
mhorvath
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March 11, 2024
Question

Lightroom edit data gone

  • March 11, 2024
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Hello, so I’m using lightroom classic for work and have it set up with an external SSD that has the lightroom files on it and all the RAW files as well. (A few other pictures are stored externally on a cloud).

The backup file is also uploading externally but as mentioned everything else is on this drive.

 

So now I imported pictures at work from the camera into lightroom copying them into a new folder on the ssd. Did some editing of the pictures at work, closed lightroom and went home. Now I have a home-office day and opened up LR. Had to syncronize the folder, all pictures loaded in but all the edits and star categories I already applied are no longer there. Whats the problem here? How can I solve this? I can’t redo the edits all the time.

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    dj_paige
    dj_paige
    Legend
    March 11, 2024

    Sync the folder sounds like the wrong thing to do. Why did you decide that you had to do a sync folder? What is the real issue that you are trying to fix?

    mhorvath
    mhorvathAuthor
    Known Participant
    March 11, 2024

    I had to manually sync the folder in LR because after pluging in the SSD and starting LR the pictures didn’t show up initially.

    dj_paige
    dj_paige
    Legend
    March 11, 2024

    When "the pictures didn't show up initially", what did you see? Was it a grey rectangle where the photo thumbnail should be? Why the word "initially"? Does that mean the thumbnails showed up eventually?

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