MacOS Photos "Locate referenced files" doesn't work

"Locate referenced file" is not doing anything for me in the most recent version of Ventura". I Just checked again with a small test library. When I move a referenced file to an external volume or rename the file or any folder along the path, the "Locate" command is completely unresponsive and I cannot reconnect any file, if the path to the file has changed.

Even when "Locate referenced file has still been working, it did nothing but taking us to find the file on our own and we could reconnect it. There has not been any help for to search for the file, like Aperture had.

The best you could do is to move the library to a drive with enough storage, put the originals back where they used to be, then reconnect them to the moved library and consolidate them into the moved library.

I understand that subscriptions can cause people to worry about open-ended relationships, but have you actually looked at what you get for $10 per month? You get LR Classic, LR (the Cloud version) plus Photoshop, as well as various add ons like an app for making easy websites. At $120 per year that compares very favourably with the days when LR Classic alone was 180 and Photoshop around 500. Plus, all these apps are always up-to-date.

Folks are also concerned with the notion of their work being trapped should they stop paying. Well in LRC you can no longer edit or use the map function, but the library function, including the ability to import and export, continues to work in perpetuity. If you use the Cloud version, you have an entire year to download your work from their servers. So lock in is just not an issue.

Now I'm familiar with the Adobe photography plan, but equally, the others - like CaptureOne and Mylio - will have similar safety valves, and should you choose those apps then of course you should familiarise yourself with the consequences of ending your subscription. On1 Photo Raw has both subscription and outright purchase options, DxO Photolab is purchase only - though like Luminar - its file management is its weakest link.

And with any non-subscription options, I have to content with knowing that one fine day they will stop working because of an OS upgrade.

If you really don't want the apps to stop working then don't upgrade the OS.

As far as I recall this was a bug in Photos v7. As I constantly say on here: if you want to use a referenced library most any other Photo manager is better equipped for the job the Photos

In my testing here it seems to be. I'e not seen any further reports.

Yes, but you switched from a very capable pro-level application to a give-away consumer one that's far less capable.