<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le dim. 24 févr. 2019 à 17:48, Jim Kahnweiler <<a href="mailto:jim@jimkphoto.com">jim@jimkphoto.com</a>> a écrit :<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Hi, I just download and installed digikam on my Mac, running Mojave. As a user using MediaPro for many years I have been forced to search for a replacement because PhaseOne has abandoned the software. DK is the most likely replacement. However, my initial experience has been frustrating. </div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I have several questions for which I can't find answers. Can someone help me, please or provide a link to a tutorial that will explain how to do what I want to do.</div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">1) My first album copied the images to the database location. Is there a way to create an album without moving files?</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>You don't need to copy files at all. Just point the root album to the directory to manage. It's not Apple Iphoto or Photos. Nothing is copied. This kind of management is a shame from private applications.</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">2) The second album I created opened in a new window and was not saved. No files were moved. The verticle images were not displayed in a rotated view. </div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Sorry i don't understand. Did you place new items inside ? Albums are directories on HDD in fact... It's simple and logic. Nothing is hidden as private Apple software. </div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">And, I added the MIME preferences to recognize tif, psd and dng format, but the application did not respond, so thumbnails were not displayed.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>You don't need to add extra Mime types. This one are already registered by digiKam. did you take a look about "?" button in setup mime type panel ? </div><div><br></div><div>Probably the application not responding because it currently scan and register items in database, in background...</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">3) Screenshots on the DK website show a dark background, but I couldn't find a way to change from the default white background.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Go to Settings/Theme menu.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">4) When I first launched DK, the icons in the sidebar were solid, now they appear greyed-out.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>???</div><div> </div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I see that v.6 is a .0 version, with new releases scheduled for the near future. Would I find a more stable release if I downgrade to v.5.8?</div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Under MacOS, definitively no. 6.0.0 come with more than 630 bugfixes while 2 years of development.</div><div><br></div><div>Best</div><div><br></div><div>Gilles Caulier</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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