Thanks Jez.
I have no access to his computer as he lives 1000 km from me and we have those
covid restrictions …
So I DK about his sidecars right now.
Note to self : check on the xmp files he might have.
Previous saved catalogs = backups alright :-)
Saving, saving, and saving again : that’s what I wrote to him before I typed my
original message here - optimize catalog, run TimeMachine, and backup (RAW/DNG)
files if any external HD is available.
Importing catalogs - thanks !
I hadn’t thought it would not re-import files already present in a « new »
current catalog.
Wouldn’t this rather imply that he’d need to start with the older files, and
progressively reimport the next ones to finally get to his right now current
one, or am I mistaken?
Thanks again
Amities
Philippe
> Le 28 févr. 2021 à 20:58, Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>
> Do we assume he doesn't have .xmp sidecar files for each image? (If not,
> turn the feature on for future insurance!)
> You call them 'previous saved catalogs' - does that mean 'backups' in the
> folder of the same name?
>
> A few thoughts:
> Start by backing up everything he has today so as not to lose anything in
> the mucking-about that will follow.
> Importing the current catalog into a fresh one will just give him the
> current catalog again. And then importing an older catalog won't allow
> duplicates so it won't import anything.
> Thus he should start by inspecting old catalogs - just by opening them or
> by importing them into a blank new one. There may be an advantage in the
> latter if the timescales of the backups crosses into an older process
> version (different catalog format) - I think the importing updates it to
> the latest process. Start with the newest old one first, and work
> backwards in time.
>
> See what others suggest!
> Google Victoria Bampton!
>
> cheers
> Jez
>
> On Sun, 28 Feb 2021 at 19:34, Philippe <photo.philippe.amard@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I’m trying to help one of us on the lists to solve a problem with LR and
>> would hate myself if I gave him wrong advice that might cause the loss of
>> some, or all, of his precious stuff.
>>
>> He’s using LR6 (not that different from the LR CLassic I’m using from what
>> I see).
>> He says he lost the adjustments he made to about 20,000 files … (tough!)
>> The RAWs, DNGs are still on his computer disks.
>> Oh yes, he’s an I-Mac guy.
>>
>> I asked him when he lost them, and how, but he doesn’t know.
>> I also conducted to check if he still had the previous saved catalogs on
>> his HD. He does, back to three years ago, which gives me some hope.
>>
>>
>> My thought is that if he created a new catalog.
>> Then import both his current catalog, and the older ones (or the oldest
>> one) into this newly created catalog, he might (might) retrieve some of the
>> adjustments (edits) he’d painstainkingly made over time, and enjoy his
>> latest works as well.
>>
>> What do you think of this somewhat non pro and makeshift procedure ?
>>
>> Please, do not derail or hijack this thread, things are already somewhat
>> complex on my end to try to figure out what might help a real photog who
>> highly deserves it.
>>
>> Thanks a zillion in anticipation
>>
>>
>> Be all well, and stay so.
>>
>> Amities
>>
>> Philippe
>>
>>
>>
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