Mac - no right click, so I can't relocate image folders to an external drive.

[gordwait]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I checked and did not find my issue in the already reported ones

Describe the bug

I tried to move my photo album folders from the internal mac disk to an external drive. RIght click on missing images doesn't do anything.

If there are other features only available by right clicking, I suppose I can't use them either..

Steps to reproduce

1. Move the folder to the external drive
2. Open Darktable->Lighttable window
3. Right click on the skull picture - nothing happens at all, either with the Mac magic mouse or the Mac trackpad.
4. Unable to move the images to the external folder.

Expected behavior

Expected - some sort of popup window that would let me select the new location, when right clicking on a missing image.

Logfile | Screenshot | Screencast

Note from Gord Wait - after opening I selected a good image, then a missing image, then tried to right click on it, then I selected another good image.

darktable 5.4.0
Copyright (C) 2012-2025 Johannes Hanika and other contributors.

Compile options:
Bit depth -> 64 bit
Exiv2 -> 0.28.7
Lensfun -> 0.3.4
Debug -> DISABLED
SSE2 optimizations -> DISABLED
OpenMP -> ENABLED
OpenCL -> ENABLED
Lua -> ENABLED - API version 9.6.0
Colord -> DISABLED
gPhoto2 -> ENABLED
OSMGpsMap -> ENABLED - map view is available
GMIC -> ENABLED - Compressed LUTs are supported
GraphicsMagick -> ENABLED
ImageMagick -> DISABLED
libavif -> ENABLED
libheif -> ENABLED
libjxl -> ENABLED
LibRaw -> ENABLED - Version 0.22.0-PreRC1
OpenJPEG -> ENABLED
OpenEXR -> ENABLED
WebP -> ENABLED

See https://www.darktable.org/resources/ for detailed documentation.
See https://github.com/darktable-org/darktable/issues/new/choose to report bugs.

 0.0022 [dt starting]

/Applications/darktable.app/Contents/MacOS/darktable -d common
0.0022 application_directory: /Applications/darktable.app/Contents/MacOS
0.0023 darktable.datadir: /Applications/darktable.app/Contents/Resources/share/darktable
0.0023 darktable.plugindir: /Applications/darktable.app/Contents/Resources/lib/darktable
0.0024 darktable.localedir: /Applications/darktable.app/Contents/Resources/share/locale
0.0024 darktable.sharedir: /Applications/darktable.app/Contents/Resources/share
0.0024 darktable.configdir: /Users/gordwait/.config/darktable
0.0025 darktable.cachedir: /Users/gordwait/.cache/darktable
0.0025 darktable.tmpdir: /private/var/folders/77/p543rg8x1r377sd36wvqnnq80000gn/T
0.0025 new_xdg_data_dirs: (null)
0.5449 [dt_worker_threads] using 7 worker threads
2.8867 [dt_configure_runtime_performance] found a sufficient 64-bit system with 32768 Mb ram and 10 cores
2.8867 [dt_get_sysresource_level] switched to `default'
2.8867 total mem: 32768MB
2.8867 available mem: 16384MB
2.8867 singlebuff: 256MB
2.8868 mipmap cache: 4096MB
2.9242 [opencl_init] opencl disabled via darktable preferences
2.9242 [opencl_init] opencl library '/System/Library/Frameworks/OpenCL.framework/Versions/Current/OpenCL' found on your system and loaded, preference 'default path'
2.9243 [opencl_init] found 1 platform
[opencl_init] found 1 device

[dt_opencl_device_init]
DEVICE: 0: 'Apple M1 Max'
CONF KEY: cldevice_v5_appleapplem1max
PLATFORM, VENDOR & ID: Apple, Apple, ID=16940800
CANONICAL NAME: appleapplem1max
DRIVER VERSION: 1.2 1.0
DEVICE VERSION: OpenCL 1.2
DEVICE_TYPE: GPU, unified mem
GLOBAL MEM SIZE: 21845 MB
MAX MEM ALLOC: 4096 MB
MAX IMAGE SIZE: 16384 x 16384
MAX CONSTANT BUFFER: 1048576 KB
ADDRESS ALIGN: 4096
MAX WORK GROUP SIZE: 256
MAX WORK ITEM DIMENSIONS: 3
MAX WORK ITEM SIZES: [ 256 256 256 ]
ASYNC PIXELPIPE: NO
PINNED MEMORY TRANSFER: NO
AVOID ATOMICS: NO
MICRO NAP: 250
ROUNDUP WIDTH & HEIGHT 16x16
CHECK EVENT HANDLES: 128
TILING ADVANTAGE: 0.000
DEFAULT DEVICE: NO
KERNEL BUILD DIRECTORY: /Applications/darktable.app/Contents/Resources/share/darktable/kernels
KERNEL DIRECTORY: /Users/gordwait/.cache/darktable/cached_v5_kernels_for_AppleAppleM1Max_1210
CL COMPILER OPTION: -cl-fast-relaxed-math
CL COMPILER COMMAND: -w -cl-fast-relaxed-math -DAPPLE=1 -I/Applications/darktable.app/Contents/Resources/share/darktable/kernels
KERNEL LOADING TIME: 0.0468 sec
[opencl_init] OpenCL successfully initialized. internal numbers and names of available devices:
[opencl_init] 0 'Apple Apple M1 Max'
2.9838 [opencl_init] FINALLY: opencl PREFERENCE=OFF is AVAILABLE and NOT ENABLED.
[opencl_update_priorities] these are your device priorities:
[opencl_update_priorities] image preview export thumbs preview2
[dt_opencl_update_priorities] 0 -1 0 0 -1
[opencl_update_priorities] show if opencl use is mandatory for a given pixelpipe:
[opencl_update_priorities] image preview export thumbs preview2
[opencl_update_priorities] 0 0 0 0 0
[opencl_synchronization_timeout] synchronization timeout set to 200
UNIFIED MEM SIZE: 8192 MB reserved for 'appleapplem1max' id=0[opencl_update_priorities] these are your device priorities:
[opencl_update_priorities] image preview export thumbs preview2
[dt_opencl_update_priorities] 0 -1 0 0 -1
[opencl_update_priorities] show if opencl use is mandatory for a given pixelpipe:
[opencl_update_priorities] image preview export thumbs preview2
[opencl_update_priorities] 0 0 0 0 0
[opencl_synchronization_timeout] synchronization timeout set to 200
3.0430 [dt_worker_threads] using 7 worker threads

(darktable:68471): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 11:34:28.643: gtk_window_add_accel_group: assertion 'GTK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed
26.8317 Session fullpipe cache report. hits/run=0.00, hits/test=0.000
[opencl_summary_statistics] device 'Apple Apple M1 Max' id=0: NOT utilized

Commit

No response

Where did you obtain darktable from?

darktable.org / GitHub release

darktable version

darktable 5.4.0

What OS are you using?

Mac

What is the version of your OS?

Mac OS Sequoia 15.6.1 (24G90)

Describe your system

32 GB Ram
Mac magic mouse - secondary click set to right side
Mac trackpad - secondary click set to two fingers

USB Microsoft mouse - right click button on mouse

Are you using OpenCL GPU in darktable?

Yes

If yes, what is the GPU card and driver?

Apple M1 Max: Chipset Model: Apple M1 Max Type: GPU Bus: Built-In Total Number of Cores: 32 Vendor: Apple (0x106b) Metal Support: Metal 3 Displays: DELL U3219Q: Resolution: 3840 x 2160 (2160p/4K UHD 1 - Ultra High Definition) UI Looks like: 3840 x 2160 @ 60.00Hz Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Rotation: Supported

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I have seen mention on the web that this could be due to a bug in Apple software.
If there was some way to make a keyboard workaround, or edit the folder location in a text file it would be helpful as well.

I did look in the reported bugs and didn't find it, my apologies if this is a duplicated issue.

[wpferguson]

Double click on one of the skulls to try and open it. Then go to the collections module and you should see a line through the film roll name. Right click on the lined through film roll name and choose update path to files. Select the new folder.

[gordwait]

Double click on one of the skulls to try and open it. Then go to the collections module and you should see a line through the film roll name. Right click on the lined through film roll name and choose update path to files. Select the new folder.

That did the trick, thank you!

Not sure now if right mouse click is still an issue for other features, but I have my photos moved and Darktable linked to them.

[MStraeten]

right click isn't an issue if done at the proper place ;)