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05/22/2011 08:53:21 PM · #26 |
| The rapture took them I bet. Must have been some good photos |
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05/22/2011 09:29:07 PM · #27 |
| I'd send my Mac back as this is not supposed to happen on an Apple product. |
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05/22/2011 10:20:26 PM · #28 |
Originally posted by jbsmithana:
I'd send my Mac back as this is not supposed to happen on an Apple product. |
Surely you jest. (..and no, I didn't call you Shirley!) |
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05/22/2011 10:22:30 PM · #29 |
If you are using Mac 0SX and you know the camera filenames i/e DSC 1206 ect, then you can open "Finder", type one of the file names into the search box at the top left, and it will search the computer and all the hard drives and externals for that combination of letters and numbers in a couple of seconds. If you find one, then the others are probably in the same location.
ETA, Oops, top right corner for the search box, not the left one.
Message edited by author 2011-05-22 22:26:13.
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05/23/2011 12:48:53 AM · #30 |
I thought about taking the Mac back, it pissed me off. Maybe I could upgrade to the new 27"iMac that just came out. I have the iMac that came out last year and its fairly new still.
The files got renamed and I have to go find each one individually. Which there are about 800 images I bet. I was able to find out the names of the new files but most are messed up and corrupted |
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05/23/2011 03:29:56 AM · #31 |
I still say, try Picasa. It will find them and they will be together because they were taken together. It puts things into folders in date order. It is also a very convenient way to view your pics as slide shows.
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05/23/2011 09:55:52 AM · #32 |
In OSX, find "Disc Utility" in "Utilities". Open it and run a "Permissions Repair" on the main hard drive. I'm still running X 5.8, and it helps a lot when things don't seem just right. The later versions of OSX may not need this, or may do it automatically, but it's worth a try.
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05/23/2011 10:45:53 AM · #33 |
this won't help you find the currently missing files, but it might help you in the future.
you need to use a standard workflow that includes archiving your images to an external device (cd, dvd, xHD, the cloud, or some combination of any or all), so that you won't be at the mercy of an operating system and recovery software.
you need to make sure you do things EXACTLY the same way each time so that you'll know EXACTLY where you put your stuff and where to find it if something goes wrong or if something changes.
a basic workflow involves:
- copying files to a local harddrive
- renaming them into something that has context and makes sense
- archiving them to external storage
- selecting and processing images with a non-destructive image manipulation system
- exporting your modified images
- archiving your exports and archiving your edits (i use Lightroom and regularly backup and archive my catalogs) |
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05/23/2011 09:41:28 PM · #34 |
I already do those things. It just so happened that these two projects were on my computers hard drive and not my external hard drive.
So I was able to find a slight portion of the files but of those pictures pretty much all of them are messed up and not useable.
Oh well |
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