Photo Mechanic Plus cataloguing is dead

[Robbo]

As I understand it from PM+ support, the cataloguing feature is being discontinued due to its instability. When I installed PM+ 2026.2 build 9034 on my Mac Studio, it would not stay up and kept crashing so badly that I had to reboot my machine. Finally, I had to uninstall it completely. It is too bad because the old version worked fine. But, apparently, they can't find a fix for it. I NEED a cataloguing feature so I am forced to find another piece of software for the job.

[Henry Gilbey]

So do I, I can't really function in my work without the catalogue feature...........

Do you have any suggestions on what other software I need to look at now? Many thanks.

[pearcie]

Hi
For Mac users I can recommend NeoFinder - https://www.cdfinder.de/index.html.
It works really well with PM.
I use the standard version.

There is also a Windows version - https://www.abemeda.com/

Gary

[Henry Gilbey]

Many thanks, I will check it out and give it a go...........

So you are using PM as per normal - editing shoots, renaming, adding keywords etc.

And THEN using Neofinder to find specific keyworded images within your library etc.? That's how I see it at the moment, am I heading down the right road here?

[pearcie]

That’s exactly right.

To be clear it’s not an intergrated process you do have to catalogue your files into NeoFinder and update them as your library grows - but ratings, keywords etc are all are carried across and it’s quick and can handle large libraries.

I tried PM+ and although I love PM I did find it a bit clunky.

I believe there is also a business version which can auto update catalogues.

Searches can be carried out without being attached to drives or internet as the NeoFinder library is a separate file.

Also customer support is great.

[Henry Gilbey]

Many thanks again, I downloaded the trial version, catalogued my photo library and it's working great. So easy to understand and get around so far, this might be the solution, much appreciated.........