Missing Photos

[Beetone]

A Missing Photographs category has appeared in the Library containing about half of the photos in one particular folder (in Pictures) The only difference between the photos that are deemed “missing” and those that are not, as far as I can see, is that the missing photos do not have a serial number included in the title. All the photos were originally in Aperture, prior to being transferred. I don’t remember why or when the serial numbers had been added, as this occurred some years ago.
How do I move the missing photos to rejoin the others in the folder?
I am using LR v 6.13. with Mac OS Sierra.

 

[Johan Elzenga]

A missing photo is a photo that is not in the location where Lightroom expects it to be. Usually that is because the photos were moved to another location, or the photos or their folders were renamed, all outside of Lightroom (in the Finder, for example, or perhaps you used Aperture to move them). Another option is that they are on an external hard disk that isn't mounted right now. We can't tell you were these photos are, you have to find that out.

 

[clee01l]

We can't tell you were these photos are, you have to find that out.

You can right click on any one of those photos and choose "Show in Finder" and LR will report the last known location.

 

[Beetone]

I know where they are. The "Missing" are in the same folder as the ones which are not missing and always have been. The missing photos have not been moved.
They are not lost. For some reason, they are categorized as "Missing".

 

[Johan Elzenga]

I know where they are. The "Missing" are in the same folder as the ones which are not missing and always have been. The missing photos have not been moved.
They are not lost. For some reason, they are categorized as "Missing".

First, run 'Library - Find All Missing Photos'. Lightroom creates a special 'Missing Photos' collection, but that does not get updated automatically. So perhaps these photos aren't missing at all (any more). If Lightroom still says they're missing, then they are missing, period.

 

[Johan Elzenga]

And another thing to check: make sure we are really talking about missing photos! A photo can also show a (different) exclamation mark when the metadata have changed externally.

 

[clee01l]

I know where they are.

You may know where they are, but do you know where LR thinks they should be? You need to find out what files LR has defined as missing AND then determine why.