smart previews and edit history is gone

Question

Hello,

I have one LR catalog (on external SSD drive) and my original images are on a hard drive. LR told me that there was a fault in my catalog, closed it and repaired it when I opened it again. Afterwards my smartpreviews and edit history was not available anymore whe I opened the LR catalog.

ps: I use the smart previews so I can edit on different computers

JohanElzenga · Accepted Answer

History is in the catalog. If that got removed as a result of the repair (which I think is strange), then the only option is a catalog backup.

JohanElzenga · Answer

Your screenshot suggests that smart previews are still there, so what is it supposed to tell us? I am not sure if repairing a catalog can strip history, but I can't rule that out. Does the screenshot show everything in the folder, or is there another smart previews.lrdata folder with a date, just like the previews folder at the bottom? If so, try this: remove the current smart previews folder and then rename that old smart previews folder by deleting the date addition. Start Lightroom Classic and see if it picks up the smart previews again. It may take a little time.

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