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PM leaves .PM_lock files back
« on: May 14, 2011, 09:37:23 AM »
I'm running Photo Mechanic 4.6.7b6 on Mac OS X 10.6.7.

Regularly I find files named .PM_lock in my filesystems with 0 byte size. I guess these files are created during normal run and not cleaned up when PM ends.

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Re: PM leaves .PM_lock files back
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2011, 09:51:46 AM »
I'm running Photo Mechanic 4.6.7b6 on Mac OS X 10.6.7.

Regularly I find files named .PM_lock in my filesystems with 0 byte size. I guess these files are created during normal run and not cleaned up when PM ends.


Are you closing PM properly or is it crashing?

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Re: PM leaves .PM_lock files back
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2011, 02:10:09 AM »
PM is closed properly.

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Re: PM leaves .PM_lock files back
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2011, 06:32:29 AM »
PM is closed properly.

Are you reusing contact sheets, or always opening new ones?

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Re: PM leaves .PM_lock files back
« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2011, 06:59:51 AM »
I browse through my directories and doubleclick to open a directory in a new contact sheet. I open 6-8 contact sheets, sometimes I close a sheet, open a new one or two and at the end I close PM.

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Re: PM leaves .PM_lock files back
« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2011, 12:12:18 PM »
Any news on this topic? Can I provide any further information?

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Re: PM leaves .PM_lock files back
« Reply #6 on: June 06, 2011, 03:12:09 PM »
Any news on this topic? Can I provide any further information?

Giving me a list of steps that reproduces the issue directly would be most appreciated.

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Re: PM leaves .PM_lock files back
« Reply #7 on: June 23, 2011, 11:52:02 AM »
Hello, I have no special procedure for the .PM_lock files. I just browse my folders, make some IPTC/XMP edits and afterwards I find new .PM_lock files.

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Re: PM leaves .PM_lock files back
« Reply #8 on: June 30, 2011, 11:34:31 AM »
Hello, I just uploaded portrait_orientation_lost.zip to your server. Inside you can see a .PM_lock file (portrait_orientation_lost/after_pm/.PM_lock) created while IPTC/XMP editing.