Collections are suddenly gone in DK

[Thomas]

Yes, I can navigate to the folder from DK import > Add Images dialog. It 
looks like this:



Note: the individual files are gray, so I cannot select them. But I seem 
to be able to open the folder.

So it seems to me that DK has proper access?



On 20/09/2025 16.18, Maik Qualmann wrote:
> Have you perhaps set ignored folders (tab under Collection Settings)?
> Otherwise, digiKam simply doesn't have read permissions to this folder. Can
> you open this folder in the import tool via Import -> Add Images (please don't
> actually import the folder this way)?
>
> Maik
>
> Am Samstag, 20. September 2025, 16:09:56 Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit schrieb
> Thomas:
>> I tried playing around with the db.
>>
>> I ran this query:
>>
>> echo "SELECT * FROM Albums WHERE  relativepath LIKE '/2024/%'" | sqlite3
>> ~/Pictures/digikam4.db
>>
>>
>> It returns lots of entries.
>>
>> I then ran:
>>
>> echo "SELECT * FROM Albums WHERE  relativepath LIKE '/2025/%'" | sqlite3
>> ~/Pictures/digikam4.db
>>
>>
>> It returns zero entries.
>>
>> So clearly, DK is not picking up my photos...
>>
>> When I browse the folders, though, the pictures are there.
>>
>>
>> How to troubleshoot this further?
>>
>>
>> BR
>>
>> Thomas
>>
>> On 14/09/2025 19.14, Maik Qualmann wrote:
>>> The problem is, even if digiKam couldn't read the collection for some
>>> reason, the root album names should still be displayed. But you don't
>>> have them, right?
>>>
>>> Your log doesn't show any anomalies or error messages from the database.
>>> But I can only imagine some kind of database problem.
>>>
>>> If you haven’t already, please try the digiKam-8.8.0 pre-release version
>>> from here:https://files.kde.org/digikam/
>>>
>>> Maik
>>>
>>> Am Sonntag, 14. September 2025, 19:05:00 Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
>>> schrieb>
>>> Thomas:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This is Apple Silicon M3.
>>>>
>>>> MacOS version 15.6.1.
>>>>
>>>> The volumes are mounted. I can ls the contents from a terminal and I can
>>>> open the images int he Finder file browser.
>>>>
>>>> I will check Apple Console app although, I am not sure what to look for?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> BR
>>>>
>>>> Thomas
>>>>
>>>> On 14/09/2025 04.06, Gilles Caulier wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Right it's MacOS. Which version ? Arm or Intel.
>>>>>
>>>>> Perhaps the disk is unmounted by the system ? Did you see something
>>>>> abnormal in the system log (Apple Console Application)?
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards
>>>>>
>>>>> Gilles Caulier
>>>>>
>>>>> Le sam. 13 sept. 2025 à 14:57, Thomas<sdktda at gmail.com> a écrit :
>>>>>> On 12/09/2025 17.52, Gilles Caulier wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is macOS - not Windows.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't think something is locking my files and I have tried over
>>>>>> multiple restarts.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I will try to see if I can figure out how to see which files are locked
>>>>>> on macOS.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There is no antivirus.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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._, -()+"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any ideas how to troubleshoot this further?
>
>
>
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