Bug 416934

Summary: Tags & data disappear after moving images to new folder
Product: [Applications] digikam Reporter: 7applaw
Component: Albums-IconViewAssignee: Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: caulier.gilles, metzpinguin
Priority: NOR    
Version: 6.4.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: macOS (DMG)   
OS: macOS   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In: 8.0.0
Sentry Crash Report:

Description 7applaw 2020-01-30 00:40:15 UTC 
SUMMARY
Photos were imported into a temporary folder and reviewed in 'Preview' mode. Date, description, tags, and face tags were added to each photo. Excess photos were deleted. Finalized photos with data and tags added were moved to another folder. When the images were 'refreshed' and displayed in the new folder in 'Thumbnails' view, all the data and tags were missing.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Images imported into folder 'A'.
2. Images viewed in digikam 'Albums' tab.
3. Tags added to each image in 'Preview' mode.
4. In MacOS Finder, images are moved from folder 'A' to folder 'B'.
5. In digikam, 'Albums' tab, 'Thumbnails' mode, view is refreshed with 'F5', images from folder 'A' disappear.
6. In digikam, 'Albums' tab, 'Thumbnails' mode, folder 'B' is selected and the view is refreshed with 'F5', images in folder 'B' appear but without any tags.

OBSERVED RESULT
Tags and data disappear when transferred to another folder.

EXPECTED RESULT
The tags and data should be saved and attached to each image, regardless if they are moved to another folder or shared to another drive or sent via email.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
macOS: Catalina ver#10.15.3 (19D76)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Maik Qualmann 2020-01-30 05:26:20 UTC 
The error is that they have moved the images with the Finder. The images must be moved inside and with digiKam to other albums if they do not save all metadata such as tags, comments etc. in the images. To do this, the corresponding settings must be activated in the digiKam metadata setting, or for RAW files the reading and writting to sidecars. Within digiKam, sidecars and added metadata are also copied when the image is moved. The finder doesn't do that.

Maik
Comment 2 caulier.gilles 2020-08-01 13:17:23 UTC 
7applaw,

The last response from Maik is enough ?

Gilles Caulier
Comment 3 caulier.gilles 2020-12-18 12:10:45 UTC 
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=426938

--- Comment #4 from caulier.gilles@gmail.com ---
Hi,

digiKam 7.2.0-beta2 pre-release PKG installer now support BigSur and is
compiled with last stable Qt 5.15.2.

https://files.kde.org/digikam/

Problem still reproducible with this version.

Thanks and happy Christmas in advance

Best Regards

Gilles Caulier
Comment 4 Maik Qualmann 2022-10-27 20:58:34 UTC 
Use digiKam to move images and folders or if using the finder make sure all metadata has been written to the images. Due to current error corrections when scanning and finding images in the database, I am closing this bug report.

Maik