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ZimFromIRK
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August 25, 2025
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P: when creating an import backup, give the directories a sortable name!

  • August 25, 2025
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This is one thing that drives me nuts: when I import into Lightroom, there is an option to create a second copy of the photos being imported.  However, the name of the folder created for that second copy follows this pattern: "Imported on Saturday, July 14, 2025". Who thought that this date format was a good idea? I have 100+ of these folders and when I'm looking for a particular folder, I have to mentally parse through them until I find the one I need because I know the rough date I'm looking for and need to find the date that was imported. Sorting the folders by the last modified date or created date is useless as well as many of the older folders inexplicably have the same date (maybe I moved them around, can't remember).

Here is an example of this nonsense:

How about using a format like "2020-05-13 Imported".  Then the folders would at least be sorted.  Who cares about the day of the week!

End of rant. Thank you for your attention. 🙂