[Leica] TECH - HELP : LR experts' advice (much) needed

[Richard Man]

First thing to find out is whether he keeps “sidecars” files

https://photographyconcentrate.com/lightroom-tip-turn-automatically-write-changes-xmp/

My guess is that he did, AND somehow the XMP files have gone missing. Hence
edits are gone from all the files


On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 11:34 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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