Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/02/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Philippe, Why don't you just restore it from the most recent backup? Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 12:38 PM Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Thanks Frank > > We knew where the older catalogs are, found them before. > > The problem is not related with finding a missing file. Rather, it?s where > have these f? ? edits ? gone , and incidentally why did they hide in the > first place. > > Thanks again > > > Amities > > Philippe > > > > > Le 1 mars 2021 ? 02:29, Frank Filippone via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > > a > ?crit : > > > > To find the lost catalog, go to the file finder and type in > > *.lrcat > > > > The asterisk is a wildcard. This way you do not have to know the actual > catalog name you are looking for. > > > > I am a Win-doze type so the specific Mac commands is not my cuppa. > > > > > > Frank Filippone > > BMWRed735i at Gmail.com > > > > On 2/28/2021 9:34 AM, Philippe via LUG 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 > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information