How to save recent Edits and collections

[Windward]

I have recently been having issues with the import module and during testing to solve the issue Keywords were being duplicated. Inadvertently (stupidly) I deleted the wrong keywords for around 5000 images. These are only in one catalogue and the images are stored in folders by year (2021, 2022 etc - no month sub folders). 

To fix this I am assuming I can restore a previous back-up and get the keywords back and associated with the correct files. But if I do this I will lose all the Edits and Collection folders I have made in the last two weeks. I have a memory issue and cannot remember what exactly I have done in that period. Is there any way to selectively save and restore for a set period of time?

[john beardsworth · Accepted solution]

To fix this I am assuming I can restore a previous back-up and get the keywords back and associated with the correct files. But if I do this I will lose all the Edits and Collection folders I have made in the last two weeks.

By @Windward

In general, yes, the backup will restore the edits and collections and keywords etc from when it was made.

Is there any way to selectively save and restore for a set period of time?

By @Windward

Create a smart collection with Edit Data > YourBackupDate. Review it, and adjust the criteria if necessary. Then select all its items and do a File > Export as Catalog, making sure you don't tick the Negatives option. This creates a mini catalogue of those items as they are now, and you could bring it into the restored backup catalogue by File > Import from Another Catalog.

You would have to redo applying keywords done since the backup, but the keyword list will be as previously

And backup more often.

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[Windward]

Many thanks John. Worked a treat.

LR only gave me the standard weekly back-ups to choose from so I checked the versions in the OneDrive version History and this gave me the nine days I needed rather than fourteen. Score one for OneDrive (not something I usually say!).