Collections are suddenly gone in DK

[Maik Qualmann]

Please try opening the images in the import tool.
You should only see folders, not images, in the file dialog. But it might be 
another problem with file dialogs in macOS.

Maik

Am Samstag, 20. September 2025, 16:31:57 Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit schrieb 
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?