How to find missing files

some files like pdf files. or files with a wrong extension are not cataloged by lightroom.
When i start importing, a popup menu appears with files lightroom is not able to read.
But as is said, some files are not in that list. But stil not recognized by lightroom.
how do i now which files are in a folder. but not visible by lightroom.

I originally had the photos organized by date folders on the hard drive, then I imported them into iPhoto.
It sounds like you had a Referenced Library - that is, the photos were not copied to the Library on import. Now something has changed and the path to the photos has altered somehow and iPhoto cannot find them.
iPhoto in this method uses aliases to track the location of the files. You might try repair those aliases with an app like [FileBuddy|http://www.skytag.com/filebuddy>
If that fails there is no fast solution for this, and it's one of the reasons that I wouldn't recommend iPhoto in this configuration.
There's also nothing to be gained from doing so.
You can use iPhoto with Photoshop: You can set Photoshop (or any image editor) as an external editor in iPhoto. (Preferences -> General -> Edit Photo: Choose from the Drop Down Menu.) This way, when you double click a pic to edit in iPhoto it will open automatically in Photoshop or your Image Editor, and when you save it it's sent back to iPhoto automatically. This is the only way that edits made in another application will be displayed in iPhoto.
Note that iPhoto sends a copy+ of the file to Photoshop, so when you save be sure to use the Save command, not Save As... If you use Save As then you're creating a new file and iPhoto has no way of knowing about this new file. iPhoto is preserving your original anyway.
My best advice is to convert that Library to a Managed library.
Regards
TD

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