Hi Andrew, I double checked my settings and the box to auto save to xmp isn't checked. I've never done that because I've been working off an old macbook pro with only 4 and now 6gb of ram. I'll have to save the catalog, close it down, and restart. Then try importing a few files again. But my nef's always had to be selected and xmp saved. Same with the native dng files from my ricoh gr. I'll post again later or tomorrow about what happens.
thanks...