Glad to help. BTW, if you're running LR5, you should update to the LR5.2 Release Candidate available from http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/lightroom5-2/ Lots of small improvements, and it seems rock solid. I expect the release of 5.2 is coming soon, but I've been running 5.2RC for a couple of weeks with no problems at all.
Godfrey On Aug 25, 2013, at 2:16 AM, Eric Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Aug 24, 2013, at 11:36 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Your questions beg more questions in search of an answer .. > > Thanks for the detailed response, Godfrey. I didn't realize all that > information might be relevant to resolving this particular problem. The > answers to the questions are: > > The OS is OS X 10.8.4. LR is 5. RAM is 4 GB. The LR catalog is on the startup > drive. Free disk space available to LR catalog/on the startup volume is 178 > GB. > > Photos in the catalog: 5082. I am unfamiliar with "building previews." Since > I get them on import, didn't realize it was something that could be "done" or > "redone." A handful of the images are scanned images. > > I know that a backup catalog was loaded because /File/Open Recent displays a > list or recently used catalogs with the current one checked. > >> If you are running from a backup catalog, and your "standard" catalog is >> missing the recent folders you imported, then somehow you chose a different >> catalog from the "standard" for your recent imports. >> >> Some context to make things clearer: > > Thanks, for the "context." I was familiar with it in a vague sort of way, but > the clarification helps. > >> A Lightroom catalog folder also often includes by default a Backups >> directory where it writes copies of the .LRCAT file when it does a backup >> operation. It puts this directory inside the catalog folder by default since >> it cannot know where else it ought to be until you tell it. Normally, the >> first time Lightroom comes up with the backup dialog, you should tell it >> right there to put the Backups directory somewhere else, typically on a >> volume located on a separate hard drive, to minimize the risks of loss. > > Currently my backup folder is in the catalog folder, which gets backed up by > Time Machine and then in a separate once-a-day backup of all my LR-related > folders on a separate drive. I will move the backup folder to an external > drive so when LR backs up outside the catalog and off the startup drive. > >> If you are actually using a backup catalog, what's happening is that when >> you go to edit, Lightroom sees that the .LRDATA preview data for your image >> files is incomplete. If you're in the Library module and using Quick >> Develop, you can have selected one or many images from the currently >> available set that it will need to apply the edits to, so it need to update >> the previews for all the images in the currently chosen set if they are not >> complete. That's how you get the "loading" image that spins and spins as it >> works to traverse all the currently available images and create all the many >> different previews and versions needed to do its job. If you're on a slowish >> computer with limited RAM or limited disk space, this can take quite a while >> to complete. > > I know that I should never to do anything to LR files or folders outside LR. > Nevertheless, I experimented, taking care that I could recover, with making a > copy of the backup catalog, renamed it, and put it in the catalog folder. LR > now starts up with the default catalog. > >> To set Lightroom to ALWAYS open with a specific catalog, open Lightroom >> Preferences, General tab, and use the "When starting up use this catalog" >> item's popup menu to select the catalog you want it to use. (You have two >> dynamic choices - "open with the last catalog that was being used" or >> "present me with a selection dialog" - and then a list of recently opened >> catalogs specified by path name.) >> >> To set where to put the Backups folder, open the Catalog Settings dialog and >> set Lightroom to "Backup on next exit". From the backup dialog, you can >> choose where to put your backups by clicking the "choose" button. > > I've made these changes. > >> Hope that helps.™ > > Definitely does---and thanks again. > > Sincerely, > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Eric Weir > Decatur, GA USA > [email protected] > > "What does it mean...that the world is so beautiful?" > > - Mary Oliver > > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
