Missing photos problem in Lightroom on 2nd Mac only
Jan 22, 2020 13:40:51 #
I keep my Lightroom photo catalog and masters on an external hard drive (with lots of backup). On my main iMac, there's no problem working on photos, but when I move the hard drive to my MacBook - never a problem before - I'm suddenly getting the dreaded missing photos message in Develop mode for my entire library and can't figure out how to bring them back. Anyone tackle this problem?
Jan 22, 2020 13:52:44 #
LR needs the full path to find the original image files. That includes the name of the disk holding the files. Since you have moved the drive from one computer to another, the name has probably changed.
How large is your catalog? You can use LR tools to find the image files, but it can be cumbersome if the catalog is very large. You can use finder to find the images. That will give you the path that you can use to tell LR where the images are.
I'm a Windows guy so I don't know much about macs. There is probably a way to change the name of the disk to match what name it had on the old computer. If you can do that, it will be the easiest way.
How large is your catalog? You can use LR tools to find the image files, but it can be cumbersome if the catalog is very large. You can use finder to find the images. That will give you the path that you can use to tell LR where the images are.
I'm a Windows guy so I don't know much about macs. There is probably a way to change the name of the disk to match what name it had on the old computer. If you can do that, it will be the easiest way.
Jan 23, 2020 12:46:41 #
thanks. This is a sudden problem that occurred once 2020 hit and only on my MacBook. My library is large, around 90,000 images.
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