Adobe Lightroom Update Is Permanently Deleting Users' Photos on iOS

On Tuesday, Adobe apologized to users of its iOS Lightroom software after a recent update resulted in the permanent deletion of some presets and photos. The company says it’s issued a fix for the problem.

The bug was first flagged by PetaPixel on Thursday after it received complaints from readers about their photos disappearing. Numerous testimonials appeared on Adobe’s feedback forum describing the same situation. And Adobe soon confirmed that an update issued for Lightroom on iPhone and iPad was nuking irreplaceable photos and pricey professional presets for some users.

In a statement, Adobe wrote:

Some customers who updated to Lightroom 5.4.0 on iPhone and iPad may be missing photos and/or presets. This affected customers using Lightroom mobile without a subscription to the Adobe cloud. It also affected Lightroom cloud customers with photos and presets that had not yet synced to the Adobe cloud.

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Installing version 5.4.1 will not restore missing photos or presets for customers affected by the problem introduced in 5.4.0.

Some customers affected by this issue might be able to use iPhone and iPad backups to recover photos and presets.

The company acknowledged that the loss of users’ digital property is upsetting and referred anyone with further questions to a forum FAQ.

It’s another reminder that digital goods can and will disappear, back it all up

https://gizmodo.com/adobe-lightroom-update-is-permanently-deleting-users-ph-1844801860

>>10380575. Here ya go read away anon…article from 2019

uthor: Christin Ayers

Published: 6:37 PM PSTNovember 8, 2019

Updated: 6:37 PM PST November 8, 2019

State Sen. O’Ban announces bill to help combat Washington's nursing home crisis

TACOMA, Wash. — While Washington’s senior population is soaring, the number of nursing homes is on the decline.

Numbers from the Washington Health Care Association (WHCA) project that in 20 years, the number of people over the age of 65 in the state will climb from 16% of the population to 22% of the population.

Despite the trends, the number of nursing home facilities has dropped in recent years, nearly 10%, due largely to financial constraints related to a statewide Medicaid shortfall.

Jim Spiegler and his wife of 30 years, Betsy Delahunt, know firsthand what it’s like to have their nursing home shutter suddenly. A few months ago, they were displaced from Vashon Community Care Center on Vashon Island.

“They told us the facility would have to be closed, and it was quite clear that it was financial,” said Spiegler.

“To be told summarily that we were going to have to leave within six weeks…it’s profoundly disorienting,” Delahunt added.

Altogether, 19 skilled nursing facilities in Washington have closed since 2017, according to the WHCA.

“The solution is very plain. We need to increase the Medicaid reimbursement rates," said State Senator Steve O’Ban.

O’Ban is sponsoring legislation that would increase the Medicaid reimbursement rate, based on up-to-date information from the most recent calendar year.

“My bill will create a new system for establishing state payments to nursing homes,” he said. “It will simplify that payment structure. It will reward nursing homes that are providing care for high acuity patients.”

O’Ban pointed out that Washington pays $216 per-patient per-day in Medicaid reimbursements to skilled nursing facilities.

By contrast, Oregon pays $326 per-patient per-day, and Idaho pays $266.

His proposed bill has the backing of the AARP and the state’s Long Term Care Ombudsman Program.

California wildfire burn area now larger than state of Rhode Island

An astonishing 771,000 acres have burned in California since a rash of thunderstorms sparked hundreds of fires across the state less than a week ago, Cal Fire officials said Friday.

The burn area combined is larger than the state of Rhode Island.

"We simply haven’t seen anything like this in many years," California Gov. Gavin Newsom said at a press briefing with Cal Fire.

The number of total fires has grown from 376 on Wednesday to 560 on Friday. Of those, 20 to 25 are massive, threatening communities. These fires were sparked by more than 12,000 lightning strikes that struck amid a heat wave, delivering a dangerous mix of triple-digit temperatures and monsoonal conditions, Cal Fire spokesperon Jeremy Rahn said. Some fires doubled in size within 24 hours.

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/California-wildfire-acreage-largest-15505814.php#photo-19846535