LR classic dng —- link to nef ?

[jennycfotograf]

Hello, I have a folder in LR classic

they are in dng now I cannot find the original folder which I kept on my Mac when I downloaded and edited them - this happened in 2022 and today I need to see them but I dont remember on which extatnal hard drive I put them. But I have a duplicate of the folder but they have extension .nef!  Now to my issue - can I link a dng files to a nef files  the same original photo but different file name like 1088.dng and 1088.nef??? Or will that cause problem?? Many thanks if anyone should know! /Jenny 

[John T Smith]

You need to ask program questions in the forum for the program you are using
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[john beardsworth]

"can I link a dng files to a nef files the same original photo but different file name like 1088.dng and 1088.nef??? Or will that cause problem?? "

You could use the Syncomatic plugin. Import the NEFs so both sets of photos are in the catalogue, and the plugin can copy from the missing DNGs to the NEFs.