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P: using arrow keys to navigate through images an image gets merged with the last one

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April 20, 2026
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Arrowing through a number of images suddenly this image was overlayed with the previous one. Restarting Lightroom Desktop 9.3 on my MacBook Pro M2 Pro did not fix this. I was able to use the Versions tab to revert the image. Then I started arrowing through again and a minute later the same thing happened to a different image. At the time I wasn’t processing anything heavy on my MacBook, but the fan was running pretty fast so something was going on. A few minutes later and I now can’t duplicate the issue.

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NoaSophia

Participant

Having the same issue. Photos are starting to “overlay” each other. Also, when trying to look for a photo by the file name, lightroom shows a different photo under this name.

Another thing that happened to me is when im pressing the \ key to view the original photo, it shows me a completely another photo..

I have the newest version updated

NoaSophia

Participant

Restarted everything, cleared cache, even reinstalled lightroom. Keeps happening ;(

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glman

Participant

I'm experiencing this and the random rotations on the latest version of Lightroom as well. I'm using a Dell with AMD chips. Happy to upload photos.

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Generous_view0D45

Known Participant

interesting that their release notes specifically call this a macOS bug, as I was also encountering this on Windows. @Rikk Flohr_Photography does this mean the issue was only fixed on macOS, or was it fixed generally but misattributed as solely a maxOS issue?

Rikk Flohr_Photography

The original bug was filed against the MacOS failure, which is why the release notes indicated thusly. The fix should be cross-platform.

Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org

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newshiny1

Participant

The exact same thing is happening to me. Is there a solution?

I just bought a brand new MacBook Pro M5 (18-core CPU, 20-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine 64GB, 2TB SSD). When I picked it up, I installed LR (cloud version)and tried using it. The computer kept crashing repeatedly right out of the box. It was determined to be a hardware issue and Apple provided a replacement.

When I got the replacement, I downloaded Lightroom cloud again (using version 9.3) and tried to use it. No crashing this time, but every time I try to use a preset, it adds a ghosting image from the last picture I tried to edit on the old machine which looks like a double exposure. It’s every preset - the Lightroom default ones and my custom presets. I’ve tried deleting my main custom preset and recreating it on my new computer. Same issue.

Looking up the issue chat GPT says to disable the processor, but isn’t that the whole reason I bought the new computer? I’m not seeing anything online with anyone having similar issues. Can anyone help? I was so excited about my new MacBook Pro and it’s been nothing but a nightmare. Thanks for any advice this community can provide.

alcdlm

Known Participant

Hello newshiny1,

I encountered exactly the same issues.

Try installing version 9.3.1 and see if your situation improves.

Luckily you will be able to enjoy your beast of a Mac with LR!

Best regards,

Arnauld Le Carbonnier.

alcdlm

Known Participant

Hello,

To be further confirmed: in my early tests version 9.3.1 seems to have fixed the ghosting issue (and maybe other issues).

Best regards,

Arnauld Le Carbonnier.

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plaiditudeAuthor

Inspiring

I’m also seeing random images get rotated. I see them when scrolling in grid view and I have to open and rotate them back. So far I seem to be able to avoid the transfer of settings by going back to grid view after editing a photo. The thumbnail will quickly show the changes for a moment, revert to the previous settings, then update again to show the correct settings. Then it’s safe for me to open the next image.

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Generous_view0D45

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@plaiditude @alcdlm @Christian300812339wlx @redisred @nilkes

Curious if any of you are using an a7R IV/V, a7CR, or similar high resolution (60+ MP) camera?

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plaiditudeAuthor

Inspiring

No, I use Nikon Z5ii (24mp) and Z50ii (20mp)

alcdlm

Known Participant

Additional information: I’m using Lightroom Desktop 9.3 on a MacBook Pro (Apple M1 Pro) 32 GB of RAM and operating macOS 26.4.1.

alcdlm

Known Participant

Hello,

I’m using Lightroom Desktop since version 1 and I’m enjoying it!

Recently I installed version 9.3.

Since then I stumbled upon a few quirks never seen before.

While processing my newest photos, I noticed bugs with :

picture orientation being wrongly interpreted
cropping being forgotten
settings being corrupted (I had to copy the settings - reset the image - and paste settings to get back to the developed target result)
ghost image appearing within some photos

I found it very disturbing and untrustworthy for my photos to process..

Are those problems known and can we expect a fix soon?

Of course I would be happy to help!

Thanks for getting back to me.

Best regards,

Arnauld Le Carbonnier.

bellaneu

Participant

I have also been experiencing all of these things!

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Christian300812339wlx

Participant

@Rikk Flohr_Photography

I am suffering from this constantly on a Macbook Pro M4 Max AND on a Mac Studio M3 Ultra, both with online and offline files, on the current version of Lightroom Desktop (9.3). I work with .ARW photos from A7R IV (so very high resolution). It happens both with big cache and small cache and with lots of free SSD-space. It’s massively slowing down my editing, because if I switch too quickly between pictures with the arrow keys after doing any edits at all I risk coming back to find pictures like the above, with all edits replaced with edits from another, and even a weird overlay of the other picture, possibly denoise data applied to the wrong picture. It can only be fixed by resetting everything or Undoing back past the point where it happened (implying it is a reversible operation executed by Lightroom, not some kind of driver/hardware/external problem.)

I suspect it is related to the long-living bug that happens if you adjust for example exposure after switching from photo 1 to photo 2 but before photo 2 loads properly, typically indicated by the histogram stil showing data for photo 1. If you do that, the slider will increment on the currently selected photo 2, and photo 2 will visually change, but the histogram stays stuck on photo 1, and as soon as you switch to any other photo, the adjustment you made is applied to photo 1, while photo 2 reverts to what it was before you first switched to it. The adjustment to photo 1 is not an overwrite, but happens as if you were always on photo 1. For example:

Photo 1: Exposure +0,50
Photo 2: Exposure +0,00

Switch quickly from photo 1 to photo 2.

Before histogram updates, adjust:

Photo 2: Exposure +0,00 → +0,10

Switch to any other photo, then check photo 1 and 2. Result:

Photo 1: Exposure +0,60

Photo 2: Exposure +0,00

I mention that because this seems related, happening if making adjustments too soon after switching. But that window is pretty long sometimes, and hard to notice when it happens.

I attached a video showing the bug in action on some rejected photos! In the video I rest the mouse over the exposure slider and use the arrow keys to both quickly switch photos and adjust exposure, and then show the resulting buggy photos.

System: MacBook Pro 16-inch, Nov 2024, M4 Max, Tahoe 26.3 (25D125)
but also happens on Mac Studio M3 Ultra

Lightroom 9.3 bug video.mp4

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Hugo Adelino

Participant

This exactly has been happening to me too, on both my imac and macbook. Both started pretty much at the same time, probably after an update. It is extremely frustrating.

dj_paige

Legend

A possible cause is a corrupted preview cache. For these photos, in the Library Module try the menu command Library->Previews->Build Standard Sized Previews

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pio666

Participating Frequently

I will try, even though I think this more Lightroom error/bug that it sometimes losses an event to reload/repaint the image.

FYI - these images were uploaded 10 minutes earlier (it is not old library folder imported ages ago). Additionally, cache rebuild was done 3 months earlier (it is not like 3 year old with lots of LR versions in the meantime).

dj_paige

Legend

Definitely give it a try. If it doesn’t help, please explain “ I think this more Lightroom error/bug that it sometimes losses an event to reload/repaint the image.“ in more detail.

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