How to use Lightroom with photos on NAS for both Windows and Mac?

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September 18, 2017
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I have Lightroom CC installed in Windows 10 and Mac. Each system has the identical catalog located locally. (It gets synced via Google drive and is only opened one at a time). The photos are stored on a NAS drive. In Windows it's referenced like:

//readyshare/path/to/photos

On Mac it's referenced like:

smb://readyshare/path/to/photos

The original usage is on Windows and now when I open the catalog on Mac the photos on the NAS drive show a question mark, saying unable to locate. Do I have to do locate files each time I switch from Windows to Mac and back or is there an easier way? Note that I am mapping to the network drive directly rather than via a drive letter so I thought it would be mapped identically in Mac and Windows.

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moritzw5035541

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looking for a solution to the same problem. did you find a good approach?
Symbolic links MIGHT be a solution, but probably still tricky to even get local paths to match 100%...

Rikk Flohr_Photography

See: https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/an-internal-error-has-occurred-invalid-path-error-while-finding-raw-folders-on-a-nas/td-p/13624232

You’ve posted to a very old thread. It is highly unlikely that the issue described in this thread, though not impossible, is the same issue which you are currently experiencing. Rather than resurrect an old thread that is seemingly similar, you are better posting to a new thread with fresh, complete information including system information, a complete description of the problem and step-by-step instructions for reproduction.

In the unlikely event the issue is the same, we will merge you back into the appropriate location.

Thank you!

Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org

johnrellis

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Do I have to do locate files each time I switch from Windows to Mac and back or is there an easier way?

I don't know what's tripping up LR here. But you can make the locate go much faster: Right-click one of the top-level folders in the Folder panel and select Show Parent Folder. Keep doing that until you get to the root folder. Right-click the root folder and do Find Missing Folder.

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yodobe23Author

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I did that and it seemed to work for the thumbnail photos being found. However, in the left panel there is a question mark next to each folder and although the parent folder has the correct count the child folders show a 0 count.

Abambo

Community Expert

I suppose smb: is the problem. You're really adding a level of complexity by using an unsuported configuration and networking different OSes. Good luck with that!

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer