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Subject: [Leica] TECH - HELP : LR experts' advice (much) needed
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2021 14:16:03 -0600
References: <F093553D-7427-4BAF-BC46-16EAB0033662@gmail.com>

It sounds like your friend lost their catalog.   Look on the hard drive/
drives for another catalog.   I am assuming that you have already looked in
LR for other catalogs?

On Sun, Feb 28, 2021, 1:34 PM Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
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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