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

[Frank Filippone]

Looking where the lrcat file was located, what is there now?  Empty ?  This
tells you the files were deleted (maybe)

 Is there a trash bin that holds deleted files?  Some place that holds the
trash until it also is deleted.  What you are looking for may be there.

The sidecar files are a very large number. One file per image. They have
nonsense names. On my Windows machine, they are in a separate folder.   Can
you find that folder?

A way to find them is to list ALL the files on the entire computer,
including all external drives. . Then look for a whole bunch with weird
names that make no sense.

Finding the files will allow you to pit them back where they belong.

On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 9:08 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 à 02:29, Frank Filippone via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a
> écrit :
> >
> > 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
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Frank Filippone
BMWRed735i at gmail.com