[digiKam-users] Deleted tags re-appear

[ursine1]

I am using the recent *digiKam 6.0.0 beta 3* on an iMac using macOS Mojave,
Version 10.14.2. Previously, I used *Aperture* and now am in the process of
using digiKam for my *DAM*. I created a collection of images from Aperture
using the *Aperture Exporter* app. This app exported both image originals
and "versions". Also, the "keywords"(*tags* in digiKam) that I used,
including facial identifications were also exported.

Now that I have started using digiKam, I have made a hierarchical structure
using tags, e.g. "Family / Brothers / Jesse". This was done by creating
higher level tags (like "Family" and "Brothers") and then moving existing
tags (like "Jesse") to the proper location.

The problem is that after several times opening digiKam, the old tags
reappear along with the new hierarchy. I have deleted the older tags several
times, but they keep reappearing. Database maintenance options don't seem to
help.

Any suggestions?

Chuck



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[Photonoxx]

Hi, 

What kind of picture format do you use, jpeg or raw files (or other) ?

Do you know how was stored metadata by Aperture and how is set Digikam, wrote in the embed file metadata or wrote in an xmp sidecar file ?

If it can help, I recently encounter a similar problem and I think its origin was that I used in the past the option to write xmp file for all picture format (raw + jpg) and now I set digikam to use xmp only for Raw, but, when I was modifying a jpg file metadata, the correct metadata was correctly wrote in the jpg file (verified by exiv2 -pa command), but Digikam read back the old metadata contained by the jpg.xmp files, and and Digikam doesn't show the new metadata after a restart or a "read metadata from files".

If you don't need jpg.xmp file (if you have some) and your metadata are imported in Digikam, you probably can deleted them, or you could set digikam to use xmp files for all pictures format and future modifying should then be kept in place if the problem is the same of mine...

Nicolas

Le sam. 8 juin 2019 à 20:16, ursine1 <[hidden email]> a écrit :

I am using the recent *digiKam 6.0.0 beta 3* on an iMac using macOS Mojave,
Version 10.14.2. Previously, I used *Aperture* and now am in the process of
using digiKam for my *DAM*. I created a collection of images from Aperture
using the *Aperture Exporter* app. This app exported both image originals
and "versions". Also, the "keywords"(*tags* in digiKam) that I used,
including facial identifications were also exported.

Now that I have started using digiKam, I have made a hierarchical structure
using tags, e.g. "Family / Brothers / Jesse". This was done by creating
higher level tags (like "Family" and "Brothers") and then moving existing
tags (like "Jesse") to the proper location.

The problem is that after several times opening digiKam, the old tags
reappear along with the new hierarchy. I have deleted the older tags several
times, but they keep reappearing. Database maintenance options don't seem to
help.

Any suggestions?

Chuck



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Retired from IT and living near Barcelona
Enjoy taking photographs for more than 60 years
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[J Albrecht]

I suspect that you have a photo or two on your system which is/are still tagged with the old tags. If ANY of the photos scanned by digiKam contain the old tags, they will be shown in the tag tree. Do a search for photos containing the old tags from the left panel. When found, using the right panel, deselect the old tags and apply the new tags.

> On 17 Jan 2019, at 09:50, ursine1 <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> I am using the recent *digiKam 6.0.0 beta 3* on an iMac using macOS Mojave,
> Version 10.14.2. Previously, I used *Aperture* and now am in the process of
> using digiKam for my *DAM*. I created a collection of images from Aperture
> using the *Aperture Exporter* app. This app exported both image originals
> and "versions". Also, the "keywords"(*tags* in digiKam) that I used,
> including facial identifications were also exported.
>
> Now that I have started using digiKam, I have made a hierarchical structure
> using tags, e.g. "Family / Brothers / Jesse". This was done by creating
> higher level tags (like "Family" and "Brothers") and then moving existing
> tags (like "Jesse") to the proper location.
>
> The problem is that after several times opening digiKam, the old tags
> reappear along with the new hierarchy. I have deleted the older tags several
> times, but they keep reappearing. Database maintenance options don't seem to
> help.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Chuck
>
>
>
> -----
> Retired from IT and living near Barcelona
> Enjoy taking photographs for more than 60 years
> --
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