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Could be the "capitalization problem". See https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/problem-with-import-new-photos-from-synology-nas-get-two-similar-folders-in-lightroom/m-p/12047781
Could be other things as well, but no other obvious ideas enter my mind.
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Could be the "capitalization problem". See https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-discussions/problem-with-import-new-photos-from-syn...
Could be other things as well, but no other obvious ideas enter my mind.
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Thanks @dj_paige for the speedy response!
I was wondering if it was some difference in the configuration that was insufficient for the Mac finder to have difficulty resolving the path, yet confused LrC? The annoying thing is that LrC doesn't give any clues to what the problem might be. Even in the example in that article, the two "disks" look identical (both "MYBOOk"). In my case they are capitalised the same too (see attached image). That's not to say there isn't a difference somewhere internally in the properties of each Catalog item which causes LrC to discriminate. I'm guessing that one file reference internally might be \\192.168.0.2\public\photo1.jpg and the other \\192.168.0.254\public\photo1.jpg. Is there any way to examine the catalogue records to try to identify what the difference might be?
I'll try the solution recommended in that article, though I'll have to source an additional external disk first.
Thanks for the pointer.
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Please include screen captures by clicking on the "Insert Photos" icon. My web browser will not show attachments here in the Adobe Forums.
The mismatch in capitalization could be in parent folders or in drive name. In other words, the entire FULL path must have the same capitalization.
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I've found a Python module which might help me interrogate exactly what is going on inside the catalog. I'll report back if it is helpful!
https://github.com/thatlarrypearson/LightroomClassicCatalogReader
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I wasn't able to get the Python script working, but the README.md file for the repo included some SQLite information and a query to query the contents of the LightroomClassic Catalog, and I can see from that query that the files on the old "drive" are within the path /Volumes/Public/ while the new files are within the path /Volumes/public/, so as you correctly guessed, it seems to be to do with the way the share was mounted.
Here's how I got a list of files from my Catalog - on a Mac (all instructions originally from https://github.com/thatlarrypearson/LightroomClassicCatalogReader 😞
SELECT root.name AS root_name, folder.pathFromRoot AS folder_path_from_root, file.originalFilename AS file_original_name, root.absolutePath AS root_absolute_path, root.relativePathFromCatalog AS root_rel_path_from_catalog, file.baseName AS file_base_name, file.extension AS file_extension, root.id_local AS root_id, folder.id_local AS folder_id, file.id_local AS file_id FROM AgLibraryRootFolder root JOIN AgLibraryFolder folder ON root.id_local = folder.rootFolder JOIN AgLibraryFile file ON folder.id_local = file.folder ORDER BY root.name, folder.pathFromRoot, file.originalFilename;