Searching for File gets Stuck

[mardicar]

I found that I have a lot of multimedia files "lost." Don't know why. Most of them I just click to open the person's multimedia page and double click on one photo and they all clear up. Then I can do the same with the spouse since they are usually lost also. However, occasionally I get a photo for which I have no matching file name. I probably changed it somewhere along the line, but sometimes the file name is correct. This should be easy to fix, but Reunion goes into a perpetual search and never gives up. The only way I can proceed is to Force Quit and start again. This works just fine, but is a total waste of time and I can't get rid of the offending file or "fix" it.

[Mark]

...Reunion goes into a perpetual search and never gives up.

What do you have listed under Multimedia Search Folders in:

Reunion -> Preferences... , Mutlimedia

Usually when Reunion seems to get "stuck" searching for missing items, it's because the folders it's setup to search through have a large number of files in them, which means it can take a long time for Reunion to search through everything. Often this is the result of something like your entire Home folder (shown as "~/" in this list) being in that list.

...I can't get rid of the offending file or "fix" it.

You should be able to remove it by clicking once on it in the Multimedia sidebar, then clicking the red minus (-) icon at the bottom of that sidebar. If you only click once to select the missing item, Reunion shouldn't go searching for it.

Or, you could go to:

Reports / Multimedia Usage

And drag the correct file onto the appropriate missing item in that list.

HTH

[mardicar]

Sorry to bother. It turns out that this happens mostly where there are a lot of photos attached to an individual. The only problem is my impatience! If I let it run it eventually does the job...so no problem after all. Love Reunion!!

[mardicar]

Thank you so much. Your suggestions were spot-on and I now have a daunting mess cleaned up. The mess was definitely due to my own fault. I had good reason to change file names, but never thought about what it would do to Reunion's multimedia. All fixed now.