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So I have just dropped images into a folder on my Mac . I was out photographing a tower in my local woods and took about 50 shots . here's where it gets strange one of the thumbnails is of a shot I took around 2 years ago and when I click on the thumbnail it shows the correct shot taken today of the tower and now it gets stranger again , the shot in the thumbnail was taken with a different camera on a different memory card and saved to a different computer around 2 years ago. Anyone any idea how this could happen ?
 
Icloud, same image number?
 
Intriguing :) Somehow it must be caching the thumbnail. (ETA: I mean of course it caches the thumbnail - for some reason it's picking the wrong one)

Does entering this in the terminal fix it?

qlmanage -r cache
 
JonathanRyan said:
Intriguing :) Somehow it must be caching the thumbnail. (ETA: I mean of course it caches the thumbnail - for some reason it's picking the wrong one)

Does entering this in the terminal fix it?

qlmanage -r cache
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no didn't fix it . Its the strangest thing because the shot (its a couples engagement shoot) was taken with a different camera etc . As you know I have just changed computers so the shot of the couple cannot possibly be on the Mac . Its on the old pc and a hard drive both of which are in my attic.
 
You've just changed computers...
Did you transfer over a backup from the old system?
If so, that may be an avenue for an orphaned thumbnail image to migrate to the new one.
 
Tori_T said:
You've just changed computers...
Did you transfer over a backup from the old system?
If so, that may be an avenue for an orphaned thumbnail image to migrate to the new one.
Click to expand...
No . New computer along with brand new hard drives , also at the same time changed camera systems . There is nothing plugged into this computer that has been near the old one . This has baffled me
 
The annoying thing is.....I know this has happened to me in the past and I can't remember what it was!

But this is the clearest case ever of spookiness - new computer, new OS, new camera, new card.

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