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Slow to update metadata after editing image

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September 9, 2022
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I have several catalogs in which I have noticed over the past year that the keyword field indicates that Keyword tag field is "Working..." following a minor edit to that data or whenever the image is edited externally such as spotting in Photoshop round trip. The program swill not display any metadata while "Reading metadata" ins displayed in the up left corner and it takes up to a full minute or more to complete. I am still able to navigate the catalog but the metadata is still not populating or completing during this time. I have tried every optimization possible within Lightroom but nothing seems to improve the responsiveness. I have increased the cache greatly and unchecked that automatic metadata update function as well s unchecking and checking the GP acceleration. Any ideas on how I can fix this issue?

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robd61395569Author

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I am still experiencing this issue of metadata reading slowly. I appreciate the assistance thus far but am wondering if anyone esle is having this issue.

DdeGannes

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Are you referring to when you are making edits and changes to metadata from within Lightroom or with other applications?

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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robd61395569Author

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It occurs regardless if it is internal or external.

GoldingD

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Are any of your images stored on a NAS, or a server share, or the cloud?

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robd61395569Author

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Images are stored on external LaCie Raid hard drives connected through Thunderbolt 2.

DdeGannes

Community Expert

Are you referring to how Metadata is displayed in the Library Module?

See the screen capture.

A button is available at the bottom for you to "Customize" what info is displayed.

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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robd61395569Author

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That is not he issue I am having but I am aware of this ability.

DdeGannes

Community Expert

Your workflow has me very confused, you speak of "several Catalogs", "swill not display any metadata while "Reading metadata" ins displayed" and "and unchecked that automatic metadata update function as well s unchecking and checking the GP acceleration."

It begs the following questions, are some of your original images imported into multiple Catalogs? Do you have "automatically write metadata to xmp" selected in your Catalog settings?

It really has my thoughts "spinning".

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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robd61395569Author

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Let me try to clarify things. I am experiencing this issue with several separate catalogs. Meaning they behave similiarly.

"Reading XMP metadata" is dispalying in the top left corner of the program as it tries to read metadata for a
very long time.

I have tried to troubleshoot the issue by turning on and off both GP acceleration as well as "automatically write metadata to xmp" which have had no affect on the behavior.

The catalogs are quite large (one at 13,000 and another at over 140,000 image). This has been getting worse with the last 2 releases of LR.

DdeGannes

Community Expert

You have not addressed the initial question, "are some of your original images imported into multiple Catalogs?"

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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