Sep 25, 2013 17:22 | #1 I accidentally deleted a bunch of files in LR. I was able to restore them from Recycle Bin but all LR edits are gone. My understanding is that they would be saved in LR catalog and deleted along with files so I am SOL - is this correct ? Or is there a way to restore the edits ? It's only a couple dozen files but still... Ex-Canon shooter. Now Sony Nex.
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DanMarchant Do people actually believe in the Title Fairy?  5,634 posts Gallery: 19 photos Likes: 2056 Joined Oct 2011 Location: Where I'm from is unimportant, it's where I'm going that counts. More info | Sep 25, 2013 17:42 | #2 Pretty sure you are SOL unless those edits were in your latest catalog backup. Dan Marchant
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tzalman Fatal attraction.  13,497 posts Likes: 213 Joined Apr 2005 Location: Gesher Haziv, Israel More info | Sep 25, 2013 17:45 | #3 SOL. When photos are removed from the catalog, even if they aren't deleted and for sure if they are deleted, the metadata (catalog data) associated with them is deleted. Backup, backup, backup! Elie / אלי
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Bob_A Cream of the Crop  More info | Sep 25, 2013 21:52 | #4 You can turn on the option to write to Xmp as a way to protect against this. Your edits are then written both to the database and an xmp file. If you accidentally delete an image just restore both it and the xmp file and you're back in business. Bob
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tonylong ...winded  More info | Sep 26, 2013 00:12 | #5 A workflow suggestion: before you do a "major" operation such as this, make sure you back up your catalog (Lightroom has a function for this)! Tony
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Sep 26, 2013 06:53 | #6 tonylong wrote in post #16326035  A workflow suggestion: before you do a "major" operation such as this, make sure you back up your catalog (Lightroom has a function for this)! I was only going to delete a single file, didn't realize that I still had a bunch of them selected. Ex-Canon shooter. Now Sony Nex.
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Bob_A Cream of the Crop More info | Sep 27, 2013 21:46 | #7 Amamba wrote in post #16326420 I was only going to delete a single file, didn't realize that I still had a bunch of them selected. Catalog backups is done every three days, unfortunately all edits were done two days ago  Bob_A, didn't know that LR had this option, thanks ! I used it with Corel ASP and it makes preserving edits easy. I made exactly the same error as you (except I did it a few times ... very frustrating) before going to "Catalog Settings" and checking "Automatically write changes into XMP". It's a pretty easy boo-boo to make, especially when first learning the interface. Bob
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