Add --find-orphans option to CLI

[RhetTbull]

Add option to find orphan photos (if any) -- e.g. those photos that are in the library but not referenced in the database

[msg43]

@RhetTbull Hi, just to be clear, what is a "photos that are in the library but not referenced in the database"?
The physical data is in the photolibrary database but there is no "entry" so the file might as well not be there?
What do you recommend I do if I have hundreds of those?
(I looked in the CLI tutorial as well before asking).
Thanks!!

[RhetTbull]

@msg43 the orphans are photos that are in the .photoslibrary folder but do not appear to be referenced in the actual Photos database. They could be lost photos (due to an error) or photos that you deleted but (also due to error) they never got actually deleted off disk. I've never seen more than one or two. Can you send me the output of the orphans command to osxphotos.py@gmail.com? I'll take a look to verify it looks right and the command is running as intended. You could inspect these and see if they are photos you want to keep and if so, import them into the library.

[msg43]

Thanks for taking a look at my orphans output. Here is the smaller database output (1-10) and the bigger one (1-5).

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On Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 12:18 PM Rhet Turnbull ***@***.***> wrote: @msg43 <https://github.com/msg43> the orphans are photos that are in the .photoslibrary folder but do not appear to be referenced in the actual Photos database. They could be lost photos (due to an error) or photos that you deleted but (also due to error) they never got actually deleted off disk. I've never seen more than one or two. Can you send me the output of the orphans command to ***@***.***? I'll take a look to verify it looks right and the command is running as intended. You could inspect these and see if they are photos you want to keep and if so, import them into the library. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#84 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AR6K5LK3X4ZFHONKPXYSDTDYZBQL3AVCNFSM4LTQCYF2U5DIOJSWCZC7NNSXTN2JONZXKZKDN5WW2ZLOOQ5TEMBQG43DANZTGYYQ> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[msg43]

Hi @RhetTbull, what do you think of my files? Is there any easy way for me to batch re-add these file links to the database?

[RhetTbull]

Hi @msg43 I just sent you an email reply. The email includes details for using the --export option to export the orphans then re-import them into the library.

[msg43]

Phenomenal! Thank you!!

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On Sat, Mar 30, 2024 at 12:05 PM Rhet Turnbull ***@***.***> wrote: Hi @msg43 <https://github.com/msg43> I just sent you an email reply. The email includes details for using the --export option to export the orphans then re-import them into the library. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#84 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AR6K5LIYWBB7KGNI4NEOURTY23PF3AVCNFSM4LTQCYF2U5DIOJSWCZC7NNSXTN2JONZXKZKDN5WW2ZLOOQ5TEMBSHAYTQNJYHEYQ> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>