After upgrading to DK 8.6 no images can be opened in my collection

[Maik Qualmann]

Go to the digiKam settings under Collections. Next to the relevant network 
collection, you'll find a tool button (a round icon). Complete all dialog 
boxes, ensuring the path is correct. This will update the UUID for the 
collection in the database.

Maik

Am Sonntag, 22. Februar 2026, 20:19:46 Mitteleuropäische Normalzeit schrieb 
Thomas:
> Hello Emre,
> 
> 
> Unfortunately, I have not been able to find a solution.
> 
> In fact, I have to now use a Windows machine in order to use DK.
> 
> I have even tried installing various "nightly builds" og Digikam 9.0 but
> alas, it does not work.
> 
> 
> I think our setups are very similar:
> 
>   * DK installed on macOS.
>   * Photo collection hosted on SMB/NAS.
> 
> 
> Please let me know if you manage to sort this out. Please describe your
> problem in detail on the digikam-users at kde.org mailing list (CC).
> Someone more experienced than me will hopefully help you out.
> 
> 
> 
> BR
> 
> Thomas
> 
> On 22/02/2026 20.14, Emre Ayhan wrote:
> > Hello Thomas,
> > 
> > I had a Problem with Digikam on my MacBook and came by your E-Mail
> > inside of the Digikam Mailing Archive, where you talked about the same
> > Problem with Digikam on your MacBook. Specifically it was about the
> > Digikam 8.6 upgrade and not being able to work with images which are
> > stored on Network Drives / NAS Storage (which is attached as a Volume
> > on MacBook) inside of Digikam.
> > 
> > If it's not a problem for you, I wanted to ask you if you could help
> > me out with my Digikam problem.
> > 
> > 
> > I came across the same Problem with my MacBook + Digikam and wanted to
> > ask you, what exactly made the Problem go away for you? I connected my
> > MacBook to the NAS via smb and the NAS Storage gets attached in the
> > Volumes directory. I gave Digikam full disk management rights in the
> > system settings and I also tried to run it via the terminal with logs
> > enabled, but I still did not get it to work, meaning that I cannot
> > open or copy the images inside of Digikam (which are stored on my
> > NAS). Do you have any other ideas or steps which I could use or try to
> > get my Digikam "working" again?
> > 
> > Thanks a lot
> > Emre Ayhan