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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/09/2025 17.52, Gilles Caulier
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<pre wrap="" class="moz-quote-pre">I'm 99% sure that something in your Windows installation locks the
database or the application or the file system. This introduces giant
time latency in the program. This can be the Windows update running in
background, an antivirus, or a malfunction with your hardware.
Another issue can be the file path scheme name in your collection
which cause dysfunction, eg. no latin1 char encoding for ex, even if
digiKam supports UTF8 and the application manifest for Windows sets
these properties at run time.
In my office we switch from WIN10 to WIN11 progressively on all
desktop computers, and we sometimes see troubles with file paths when
we use company applications (where WIN10 has no problem for a very
long time). This is difficult to investigate and to reproduce. This is
especially true with the network file systems but not with all users.
The reason is not clear...
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<p>This is macOS - not Windows.</p>
<p>I don't think something is locking my files and I have tried over
multiple restarts.</p>
<p>I will try to see if I can figure out how to see which files are
locked on macOS.</p>
<p>There is no antivirus.</p>
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<p>Also, all files on this file system should be plain ascii
compatible as I ensure files only have names in the set
"A-Za-z0-9._, -()+"</p>
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<p>Any ideas how to troubleshoot this further?</p>
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