Snapshot is not autmatically written to xmp

dannereid  wrote I have found out that on my setup, snapshots are not written to xmp untill I execute the save command. Is that right? All development settings are written because I have ticked the setting "automatically write changes to xmp" Why is snapshot excluded? Cheers Daniel

I think you misunderstand what the XMP file contains. The XMP file only contains the current settings. It does not contain the edit history. A snapshot is a moment in the edit history, so a snapshot will not be written to XMP.

When you activate "automatically write changes  to xmp" from that time onward the data will be written. Work done previously will not be automatically done for previous files.

You will need to revisit the files and do further edits or select the files and use the save command.

P.S Also remember Lightroom default procedure is to read and write to the Catalog, this continues even if you have the auto write to xmp selected. and that all the data is not written xmp.