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I was doing some clean-up in LrC and renamed a folder within LrC. As soon as I accepted the name change a ? appeared next to the folder and all of the photos inside the folder were now considered missing. I confirmed that the files were still in the original location.
Here are the steps I followed:
Expected Result
New folder name with files shown and LrC aware of the file locations
Details:
M1 iMac running MacOS Ventura 13.0.1
LrC version 12.0.1
The snip below shows the folder structure in LrC with the ? and the Finder window shows that the folder and files exist.
I'm wondering if the TOP SECRET method (shhhh!)(don't tell anyone) of shutting down LrC and then re-opening it will make the problem go away.
I'm also wondering if the DOUBLE TOP SECRET method of using your operating system to rename the folder to Amy Soccer - Rider Univ1 and then using your operating system un-renaming it will make the problem go away.
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I thought it belonged in the bugs community since I think it's a bug? Do these go in the community for the respective products?
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sorry, that's where i thought i'd moved it. (but apparently not.)
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I am not able to reproduce this following the OP's steps. Name updates immediately in LrC and Finder.
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Something went wrong, at any rate see:
https://www.computer-darkroom.com/lr2_find_folder/find-folder.htm
probably in part 2, update folder location.
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LrC still isn't resolving the new name or the files. I tried manually locating the file and received the below error message. I was going to change the folder name back to the original but LrC won't let me do that.
I did follow the link you included, thank you, and see the warning about renaming. I'll keep that in mind going forward.
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This is beginning to look like catalog corruption. Do you have a recent catalog backup from just before this happened? If so, replace your catalog by this backup copy and see if that solves the problem.
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Yes, I have backups that I can revert to.
Before I do that though, I have a question. As I mentioned, I was doing some file/folder cleanup between NAS drives. I had moved photos from one NAS drive into new folders on this NAS drive. What happens when I restore a prior catalog from backup?
Thanks.
Mike
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If you restore a catalog, Lightroom will go back to whatever catalog state it was before the backup. That means that recent changes will be lost and if you have moved a bunch of files/folders, you may see the same issue for other folders.
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That's what I was anticipating. That said, can I simply recreate the folders/structure from the Mac Finder so the files are where LrC thinks they should be and things will be ok?
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You can give it a try, Lightroom allows you to relink folders if things get out of sync.
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I'm wondering if the TOP SECRET method (shhhh!)(don't tell anyone) of shutting down LrC and then re-opening it will make the problem go away.
I'm also wondering if the DOUBLE TOP SECRET method of using your operating system to rename the folder to Amy Soccer - Rider Univ1 and then using your operating system un-renaming it will make the problem go away.
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DJ, there is a reason you are a Legend. Shutting LrC down and re-opening it resolved the problem.
Thank you!
Mike
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DJ, there is a reason you are a Legend. Shutting LrC down and re-opening it resolved the problem.
Thank you!
Mike
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Shhh! Don't tell anyone!! It's TOP SECRET