I'm running LR4 under MS Windows 7. I just used the Metadata filter to select all images with "has been changed" as the status. I selected all these images (about 100) and selected Metadata/Save Metadata to Files. When the process was finished I had 7 images still showing under the filter. Five are from an HDR image set with three CR2+JPEG, and the other two are individual HDR merges, as TIFF files. Another is a single CR2+JPEG image, and the last is a single CR2 image (by this time I had stopped capturing JPEG images along with the RAW images).
I select these images again, either all together or singly, and do the Metadata Save. For an instant the Unsaved Metadata cell icon disappears, and then it comes back again. I still have 7 images showing the data needs to be saved. If I look in my photos folders, the appropriate .XMPs show that they were in fact updated.
Can anyone tell me reasons for the image in the grid view still showing that the metadata needs to be saved? I'm not getting any error messages or any other indication that there's a problem. Thanks.
UPDATE: it occurred to me that I should make a new change to the metadata of these 7 images, and try the save again. I add a new keyword to each image and ran Save Metadata to File. The 7 images disappeared from the Metadata Status filter window, the Has Been Changed count dropped from 7 to zero, and a message indicating that no images met the criteria appeared. Success? Nope, because after a few seconds all 7 images popped back up again, and the Has Been Changed count went back to 7. This is bizarre. Help!
