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December 17, 2018

P: Desktop: Creating Duplicates Upon Saving

  • December 17, 2018
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Hoping this makes sense!

Almost every time I export/save photos from CC, the program will begin the process, then stop halfway through and restart... which then duplicates the file.

For example, I tried exporting an album of 80 high res images yesterday afternoon, which I walked away from...and four hours later,came back to the program STILL exporting, and I had SEVEN copies of about 3/4ths of the images from the album.

If its user error, for the love of goodness, please correct me.
If its a problem with CC, how would I go about fixing it? I've switched computers, uninstalled and reinstalled and restarted my computer.... nothing seems to fix it!

Please help! Exporting weddings is a frikin NIGHTMARE.

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Rikk Flohr_Photography
Community Manager
Community Manager
December 8, 2020

Greetings,

Updates to the Adobe Photography Products were released yesterday and include a fix for this issue. Please install the December update, restart your system and verify that you are no longer experiencing the issue.

Thank you for your assistance in reporting, providing additional information and, most of all, for your patience.

Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
Rikk Flohr_Photography
Community Manager
Community Manager
November 3, 2020

For anyone on this thread still experiencing this issue, we would like to collect a log file from you to further diagnose. 

Restart Lightroom

Attempt a large export that fails

For LrDesktop

Go to Preferences

Account Section

Hold down the [Opt/Alt] key to make [Diagnostic Log] button appear

Post here when you have a file ready and I will email you to collect it.

Thanks for your continued assistance.

Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
Julie k
Community Manager
Community Manager
November 1, 2020

Thanks for letting us know. We'll take another look. 

Inspiring
November 1, 2020

Same here. This program is a joke

Inspiring
October 31, 2020

STILL having this issue. Lightroom CC version 4.0, running MAC OS Catalina 10.15.7. Everything up to date. SO FRUSTRATING.

Rikk Flohr_Photography
Community Manager
Community Manager
October 21, 2020

Can you post a picture of your Creative Cloud App showing the Photography Section?

Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
Victoria Bampton LR Queen
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 21, 2020

The latest is 4.0. Go to the CC app > Updates tab on the left, click the ... on the right and then Check for Updates if the update isn't showing for you yet.

Victoria - The Lightroom Queen
Participating Frequently
October 20, 2020

If I'm wrong, please let me know so I can find a workaround with a different program. I cant understand how this only affect certain people. 

Participating Frequently
October 20, 2020

10.15.6......I have to put 20 characters so ignore this

Rikk Flohr_Photography
Community Manager
Community Manager
October 20, 2020

What is your OS Version Number?

Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org