P: Synchronize folder does not import new images unless show import dialog is active

I have this same problem. Sometimes, when I go back and retry it, it works but then stalls!

Added 4 photos to new folder in Explore win 7 4 bit. Synced in Lr. They show in Previous Import, but not in the tree in Lr. They exist and show in Explore.

I'm also experiencing this problem. LR CC 2015 2.1 is telling me I have 362 pictures to import into a folder but after hitting the Synchronize button it tells me there are no photos or videos to be found.

Nothing new to the readers of this thread but I am another annoyed user and this problem has been there since LR5 for me. I've tried unclicking all the options in the prefs and dialog window with no success so I really don't know what to do and there are 12,000 images in dozens of sub-folders so I can't even find where the missing images are despite going through and syncing each and every sub-folder. Maybe the only solution is export each catalog into a new LR cat and start a fresh?

I hope someone fixes this problem soon.

The Synchronize Folder dialogue shows the crrect number of pictures to sync, but only pictures sitting in the current folder are synced. Any sub folders are ignored.
The workaround is to tick off Show Import dialogue, and import from there.

Win10 64bit, LR CC 2015.2.1 latest update.

i fear that when adobes thinks "we got most of the pros now we go for the noobs" it will all be much much worse in the future.

i tried LR mobile and i honestly have no use for it.
i don ́t use my smartphone to edit on a 4.5 inch screen or upload/manage my pictures.

i do that from my desktop or laptop.

yet adobe seems to focus on developing for the selfie crowd. :(

instead of fixing and improving the mediocre face recognition, the map module, demosaicing or the DAM features.... i get mobile apps and a dumb import dialog.

x-trans sensor support is still utter crap in LR.
the whole demosaicing in LR is falling behind the competition in terms of quality.

sharpening in LR is crap.
it produces ugly artifacts. and i don ́t speak about oversharpening or user faults.

like many pros i set sharpening in LR to ZERO.
because i can ́t stand what LR sharpening does to my images.

i would love to do some RAW pre-sharpening but LR sharpening is just not good.

when you take the time to compare sharpening in LR to other products you will see that this part of LR is in desperate need of improvement.

and that ́s NOT a user fault.
many photographers may not even notice this because they have not seen sharpening results from other products.

that is stuff adobe should focus on.
not on a new import dialog.. what a nonsense..... 😞

OK I did my upgrade back to 2015.1.1. It was quick and smooth and I'm happy for the moment. I'll wait for 2015.3 or 2015.4 and then only upgrade after I see a lot of favorable reviews. I've learned not to be one of the first to jump on a new upgrade.

Tanja - I'd add not only design by committee, but design to the lowest common denominator. But you can't idiot-proof everything. The idiots just keep evolving.

"Happier, but still frustrated."

what really puzzles me is that adobe has learned nothing from the microsoft "start menu" debacle.

design by committee.....

"Unless the bottom most folder was created in Lightroom, you can't even see it to synchronize it."

I went back to 6.1.1 but at 6.2 I was able to create (name?) a folder in the cataclog that was already in my folders on my hard drive with Lightroom and then was able to synchronize it, as long as it was the bottom folder.

it works as long as you dont want to edit and save to any other folder, that was my problem because each date folder I have a sub folder for exports, so if I went back and exported any old files lightroom would not import.but it did work as long as it was last date, I guess the figure you only work with new files :)

Luckily the uninstall and reinstall went fairly fast with no issues, I turned off auto updates, will wait till bugs are worked out

Unless the bottom most folder was created in Lightroom, you can't even see it to synchronize it.

Instead of doing any productive work tonight, I'll spend the evening deleting this downgrade and reinstall 6.1.1. If upgrades are going to be this problematic, a 1 click rollback would be a most welcome feature.

In a merged topic, Adobe employee Becky Sowada wrote:
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Hi Steve,

Sorry to hear this isn't working for you. We were able to repro the problem and have a bug logged.

For now, there are two workarounds - one is to check "show import dialog before importing" as you already noted. The other is to Sync the bottom-most folder. The issue occurs if the folder you're syncing has subfolders, so syncing folders without subfolders will work without showing the import dialog. I realize this is not as efficient as syncing an entire folder tree, but I wanted to offer it as an option until a fix can be made available.

Becky
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