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Gabor Lenart
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November 15, 2025
Question

Automatic Import mode recognition disappeared

  • November 15, 2025
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Lightroom doesn't recognize that I want to add photos.

 

I'm on Lightroom 15.0.1

In this release, Lightroom changed the way the Import window works compared to previous versions.

The mode selection is a bit different, where you can select if you want to add the photos, or copy them, etc.

My problem:

In previous versions, if you just selected a folder in finder and just dragged it onto the Lightroom Classic app icon, it immediately recognized that I want to import this folder and selected the 'Add' mode for import.

If I had a memory card inside, and just selected import in Lightroom, and I selected the memory card, it immediately knew that I want to copy the files.

 

Now it wants to copy everything and doesn't remember my selections. I think it is really obvious if I drag a folder into Lightroom, I just want to add it. It was working in every previous versions perfectly, I don't know why change this for the worse...:S