LR Problem: Hi, Recently I upgraded my iMac to Catalina and lost all my panoramas. they won't open and have that exclamation mark on top. I clicked on it and in Finder it doesn't match...

Mickey Jetpur Loc: California

Hi, Recently I upgraded my iMac to Catalina and lost all my panoramas. they won't open and have that exclamation mark on top. I clicked on it and in Finder it doesn't match up with the actual picture! The file no. is correct but its a different picture. Is there anything else I can do?
Thanks.

tcthome Loc: NJ

Mickey Jetpur wrote:

Hi, Recently I upgraded my iMac to Catalina and lost all my panoramas. they won't open and have that exclamation mark on top. I clicked on it and in Finder it doesn't match up with the actual picture! The file no. is correct but its a different picture. Is there anything else I can do?
Thanks.

You have a back up? maybe a restore or re-import? Also which might be most important next to having a back-up, did you do all your moving of the photos within LR? I still use LR6 & every now & then...

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

The exclamation point is the file is missing / mismatched. If you a file by the same name at the same position, as mentioned by other comments, look to your back-ups to see if you have the correct file to restore.

don1047 Loc: Colorado

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JohnR Loc: The Gates of Hell

Mickey Jetpur wrote:

Hi, Recently I upgraded my iMac to Catalina and lost all my panoramas. they won't open and have that exclamation mark on top. I clicked on it and in Finder it doesn't match up with the actual picture! The file no. is correct but its a different picture. Is there anything else I can do?
Thanks.

If you use Time Machine then I suggest you use it to go back to Mojave. I suspect the problem is the app you use to open your panoramas is a 32 bit app and Catalina, like Big Sur and Monterey, is 64 bit only.