Metadata changed message

[Mark F]

Many of my thumbnails have the "metadata changed message" even though these images have never been opened in any program other than LR.  I have read that a way to eliminate this is to check off the "Automatically write changes to XMP" box in the catalog settings menu. Will doing this have any unintended side effects? I do most of my editing in LR, using CS4 for soft proofing and the occasional tweak that LR doesn't handle.

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Thanks.

[john beardsworth]

I'd ignore the message - I don't find it very reliable. So do a Ctrl S (Cmd S if on Mac) and write the metadata back to the files.  Hopefully that'll clear the exclamation mark.

Leave the automatic setting on. Although it doesn't save all your work, it offers a second-class backup in addition to regular backups of the catalogue file.

John