Bug 450529 - After a MacOS update all collections settings are lost and have to be remade.
Summary: After a MacOS update all collections settings are lost and have to be remade.
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: digikam
Classification: Applications
Component: Setup-Collections (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: macOS (DMG) macOS
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Digikam Developers
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Reported: 2022-02-18 16:49 UTC by Paul Bush
Modified: 2023-05-02 06:04 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Version Fixed In: 8.1.0
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Description Paul Bush 2022-02-18 16:49:00 UTC
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 caulier.gilles 2022-02-18 17:13:49 UTC
1/ which digiKAm version did you use ?

2/ here, on my macbook pro, i already upgrade the OS without to lost settings. All digiKam configuration are stored in user directory. There is no reason to lost this data.

Gilles Caulier
Comment 2 Maik Qualmann 2022-02-18 17:52:00 UTC
The collection settings are in the database and are not changed during an update.

Maik
Comment 3 RJVB 2022-02-19 11:24:37 UTC
(In reply to Maik Qualmann from comment #2)
> The collection settings are in the database and are not changed during an
> update.

Unless the OP is talking about a major upgrade, done via a clean install? ;)
Comment 4 Maik Qualmann 2022-02-19 11:35:30 UTC
I first assumed that the OP did an update from digiKam. However, MacOS has been updated to Monterey. Well, since we don't know the digiKam version used, it may just be that it's too old.

Maik
Comment 5 RJVB 2022-02-19 11:51:22 UTC
Erm, if the digiKam version is too old to run on 12.x it probably shouldn't run at all, not simply lose all settings and then work again after resetting them.

And if an update of digiKam itself causes this kind of factory reset, well, I'd call that a bug! One that I'd get very pissed about ;)
Comment 6 Maik Qualmann 2022-02-19 11:56:08 UTC
We should stop looking into the crystal ball, we don't even know what type of database the OP is using.

Maik
Comment 7 caulier.gilles 2023-05-02 06:04:06 UTC
The user must check at least the compatibility of digiKam with the MacOS version used. It listed in online documentation:

https://docs.digikam.org/en/getting_started/installation.html#digikam-on-macos

Gilles Caulier