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<p>Hello again,</p>
<p>In an attempt to fix this issue, I went to Settings ->
Metadata -> ExifTool. It said it already had exiftool 12.70.
However, I have a newer version installed with brew, so I figured
I might need to change it. So I clicked change and navigated to
/opt/homebrew/bin/exiftool and selected this. Then digikam
detected this as v 12.76 which is all good. Then I clicked OK in
Settings. Now DK froze up for like 10-15 minutes. Then it prompted
me for this:</p>
<p><img src="cid:part1.0KGzEs65.kVH7YKUu@gmail.com" alt=""
width="790" height="330"></p>
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<p>I did <i>not</i> change my digikam database folder. I only
changed the ExifTool.</p>
<p>Now I am worried about DK might do something to my database?</p>
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<p>How to proceed from here?</p>
<p>I think neither of the choices here are good - and I see no
"cancel" action available :-(</p>
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<p>BR</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 26/06/2024 12.22, Thomas Damgaard
wrote:<br>
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<p>Hi,</p>
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<p>When I start Digikam on my Mac I briefly see this error message
flashing</p>
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<p><img src="cid:part2.xBME189k.VTpXf8bH@gmail.com" alt=""
class=""></p>
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<p>Why do I see this error?</p>
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<p>I already have ExifTool installed:</p>
<p>$ brew install exiftool<br>
</p>
<p>==> Downloading <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula.jws.json"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula.jws.json</a><br>
######################################################################################################
100.0%<br>
==> Downloading <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://formulae.brew.sh/api/cask.jws.json"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://formulae.brew.sh/api/cask.jws.json</a><br>
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100.0%<br>
Warning: exiftool 12.76 is already installed and up-to-date.<br>
To reinstall 12.76, run:<br>
brew reinstall exiftool</p>
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<p>How do I fix this?</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>About the error and the UX:</p>
<p>I really love DK it is a pure open source gem. However, this UX
pattern of flashing scary looking messages briefly is pretty
bad. It took me like 5 digikam startups to actually be able to
read this as the message is only shown for 10 seconds. DK takes
probably over 30-60 seconds to start up on my mac. So keeping
attention while just watching the splash screen is difficult.
Then when it finally appears, this message is only flashed for
10 seconds.<i> <br>
</i></p>
<p><i>Please</i> do not just flash a seemingly important message
for only 10 seconds without even providing the user a way to
keep the message up (there is only a close button).</p>
<p>Preferably, either decide if the message is important or not.
If it is not then do not show it. If it <i>is</i> important,
keep the message available.</p>
<p>It is unclear from the message text what this actually means. I
am a fairly technical user and I have no idea really. I know
what exiftool is, but I have no idea if DK actually <i>needs</i>
it - or if it relies on its own internal libexif or similar if
external exiftool is not available? <br>
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