I won’t use Lightroom for similar reasons. I manually put my dng files in a labeled folder where it belongs and immediately back it up. I retrieve and organize files with Bridge. Idiot proof. Which I need.
Paul > On Sep 7, 2022, at 6:02 PM, John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > > One reason I don't use Lightroom is because my initial experience with it > had it trying to hide the catalog from me. I couldn't find the files after I > first loaded them (among other problems). > > Can the computer find the files? Not using Lightroom; just the computer > itself? > > Can you do the Backblaze backup using a different external drive? > > I may be teaching Grandma to suck eggs, but those are some simple diagnostic > steps that can help you decide if the problem is with Lightroom, Backblaze, > your external drives or your computer itself. > > FWIW, here on my Windoze PC I can view DNG files using Irfanview and > FastStone Image Viewer, so if I suspected a bad card, I could check it out on > this different computer (I have a separate computer I built for photography & > editing). > > I think both of those programs are available for Apple/Mac, so if you need a > way to check whether the images are still on the card ... > >> On 9/6/2022 10:08 PM, Rick Womer wrote: >> It happened again. >> Yesterday I took the K-5 and 50-200 for a walk around the neighborhood. I >> took about 50 shots. >> As soon as I got home, I removed the card from the camera, put it into the >> reader, and loaded the photos into Lightroom. >> I ejected the card, but did not erase it. Before I went down to prepare and >> eat dinner I started a Time Machine backup to an external drive used only >> for that purpose; and when that was complete I launched a Backblaze backup. >> I worked on the photos in LR after dinner, and worked up 9 of them to be >> posted as PESOs. >> This evening, I went to post the PESOs. Lightroom now has a little box with >> an exclamation point in it for every single photo, and yesterday’s backups >> (which I watched until they were complete) are not visible either on my >> backup drive or in Backblaze. >> I’ve been using the same system since 2005, with no previous problems; and >> now it has screwed up twice in the past week, and 3 times in the last few >> months. >> Any thoughtful ideas will be much appreciated. >> Rick >> (who might take up basket-weaving instead of photography…) >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. > www.avg.com > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
