Lightroom 2.1 RC - "M" shortcut in german localization can delete photos (Mac OS X)

In the german localized version the shortcut "M" is used to bring up the library filter bar above the photo layout in grid view.
The problem is, if you repeatedly press the "M" key in short intervals, the actual selected photo from the grid view may get removed from the library and moved to the trashcan.
So be careful emptying your trashcan, some of your photos unintentionally might have gotten there!

Same with 2.1 final.

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When I tried moving photos from one folder to another (drag&drop within the lightroom library as usual), after moving most of the files 3 photos remained and I got an error that those three could not be moved. I checked on the hard drive and the files (dng) where gone - neither in the old, nor in the new folder or the trash bin. Nothing. The previews are still in the old folder within lightroom with the usual exclamation mark of missing files. Any idea where they went or how to get them back? I'm using Lr 5.6 on OS X Yosemite.

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Thanks for the help. I wish Adobe made this clearer up front so as to avoid any accidental deletions and to ensure the products are interoperating the way they should.

Let me try to answer your questions.
1)
collections created within the Lr Mobile app will be automatically synced to the back-end. You can add photos manually from your camera roll or enable a collection for "Auto Add". With that all future camera shots will be automatically imported to Lr Mobile and synced
2)
correct. changes will be synced from Lr Mobile to Lr Desktop - back&forth
3) local camera roll deletion is not connected to the Cloud back-end. But be carefull that the import/sync is finished before you trigger that.
4)
as answerd before. the cloud back-end is not connected to the device camera roll
5)
video is not supported yet
7)
original resolution images will be downloaded to Lr Desktop. Preview images will be shown in the Lr Web view Adobe Lightroom
8)
when you create a collection within Lr Desktop and add your photos you would like to sync, then you can enable this collection for sync. As soon your are signed-in and start the sync (via the top left activity panel) you will notice a little checkbox beside the collection. When you check this sync start to run. Lr Deskop generates smart previews and uploads these to the back-end (plus thumbnail previews + meta-data). When you open up Lr Mobile app and you would like to make an edit, the Lr Mobile app loads the smart preview form the back-end and syncs back the meta-data or edit setting.
Hope that helps you to start.
Guido

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Hi,
did anyone try this fancy installation software for the WL6.0 Service
Pack 2? Actually I would prefer the old WL5.1 way of distributing a
service pack (zip file with a readme and lot's of jars) instead of this
piece of software. The localization is really bad, the texts do not fit
the dialogues, german umlaute (ä,ü,ö) don't work, hey, this is Java,
isn't it? Why don't these guys use Unicode?
During installation I always get the error message 'Der Pfad des BEA
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Seems the important point is missing :-)
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want it to be where I want it to be?
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Daniel

Hi Bertrand,
this is what I was afraid of when about half a year ago Michael Gridley
mentioned that WL6.0 would have this kind of 'convenient' installer. The
old system needed some time unil one would get used to it, but the only
problem I ever heard of was that real java novices would run into
problems with classpath settings. Beside that it was clear, transparent
and did not make too many (probably wrong) assumptions on the
installation environment.
Now we've got this black box of an installer which is probably good for
marketing but from my point of view not a gain from a developer's
perspective.
I really hope that WL6.1 will have an installation mode which proves
this negative view wrong.
Cheers,
Daniel
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Bertrand FOVEZ [mailto:[email protected]]
Bereitgestellt: Dienstag, 12. Juni 2001 13:32
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Unterhaltung: German localization of SP2 Installer - I want my
zipped-jar-distribution back!
Betreff: Re: German localization of SP2 Installer - I want my
zipped-jar-distribution back!
Hi,
I'm a french developer and I experienced such poorly localization too.
Actually, the french-localized option does not work at all. We must
choose
the english localization in order the installation program to work.
Beside, the english-localized program works fine.
So far, so bad...
Bertrand
"Daniel Hoppe" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message news:
[email protected]...
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did anyone try this fancy installation software for the WL6.0 Service
Pack 2? Actually I would prefer the old WL5.1 way of distributing a
service pack (zip file with a readme and lot's of jars) instead of this
piece of software. The localization is really bad, the texts do not fit
the dialogues, german umlaute (ä,ü,ö) don't work, hey, this is Java,
isn't it? Why don't these guys use Unicode?
During installation I always get the error message 'Der Pfad des BEA
Basisverzeichnisses ist' ('The path of the BEA root dir is'). Is what?
Seems the important point is missing :-)
Can I download a non-exe-file installation routine somewhere? Something
really oldfashioned which lets me put my installation exactly like I
want it to be where I want it to be?
Thanks
Daniel

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