Remove photo - delete from disk:"Put Back" option missing (macOS only)

Question

short description:
* using LR Classic on mac, delete a photo from local disk (Photo->remove photo)* this photo is nicely moved to the macos vaste bin* but in this particular case, macos vaste bin does not offer the "retrieve" context-menu  entry 
how to reproduce:
* on macbook M1 start most current LR classic* in the grid view, navigate to any picture, say A.arw, located on the internal disk* select A.arw by single left-click on itpart one:  prove that macos waste bin and finder are working properly:* right click on A.arw and select "show in finder"* in finder, right-click A.arw and select "move to waste bin"* now, LR will display exclamation mark on the A.arw icon
* open macos waste bin, find A.arw and right click on it* select "retrieve" (or analogous one, because I use german macos, I do not now the exact wordings)* this will restore (aka move) A.arw to the original location* the exclamation mark in LR dissapearspart two: showing the misbehaviour* make sure that A.arw is still selected in LR* select menu "photo --> remove selected photo"* warning pane with three options will display. Choose "delete from disk"* the icon of A.arw dissaperas from LR and A.arw shows up in macos waste bin* in attemt to recover A.arw, right click on it. * now, in this context menu there is no retrieve entry, not even when pressing OPT or CTRL or CMD keys along with right-click* consequences:* A.arw is NOT lost. You cen retrieve it by drag and drop*  but the original location of A.arw is lost, you  have to find it manually in finder before performing drop. While this is not a problem in this simple, demonstrational case, it is a problem when you have accidentaly deleted pictures from many directories. This issue only exists on mac.Best regardsJuraj

johnrellis · Accepted Answer

"delete from disk:"Put Back" option missing " This is a limitation of Mac OS, not LR. Items moved to Trash by apps don't get the Put Back option. For example, if you move a file to trash in the Music or Excel apps, the trashed files don't have Put Back. I found several developer threads discussing this limitation, e.g.https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70533876/swift-delete-file-move-to-bin-with-put-back-functionality-using-filemanagerhttps://discussions.apple.com/thread/7409745?sortBy=best

Conrad_C · Answer

The File > Put Back command might be specific to the macOS Finder. In other words, it might not be available when deleting a file from other applications. If that is true, this is not a bug, although it might be a reasonable feature request if macOS makes it easy to support Put Back in other applications.

I also have GraphicConverter, a non-Adobe photo browser/editor that has been a very established and useful Mac tool for 32 years, longer than Lightroom Classic. I used the Move to Trash command on a file in its photo browser, and when I opened the Trash and examined that file, the Put Back command was not available. So now I am really wondering if Put Back is a feature available only in macOS Finder.

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