Can't get presets to import into Lightroom

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September 6, 2018
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I got a new Mac today and downloaded Lightroom Classic CC. I bought presets awhile ago from The Luxe Lens so I downloaded them to my computer and I have tried everything to get them to work to no avail.

I had Lightroom Classic CC (7.3?) and my files were showing up as xmp. I tried to put them in the develop presets folder, made sure the store presets with this catalog was unchecked. I tried putting the presets pretty much everywhere and could not get them to show up in Lightroom no matter what.

I uninstalled and downloaded Lightroom 7.2 and redownloaded the presets to my computer, tried pretty much everything again! I don't know what I'm doing wrong!

Someone help me please! Ive been at this for about 4 hours now!

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rubbishscreenname

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So sorry this is so long after the original post, but just in case someone comes across here with the same problem as I just did, here's a possible solution.

It was a Mac problem. Try navigating to the folder containing the presets you want to import whereever they are in the Finder. Click on the folder and press command- I, or right click and 'Get Info'. A window pops up with all the info about the folder, size etc and in the bottom right corner there is a small padlock icon. Make sure it's unlocked - click on it and put in your admin password to unlock if necessary. Now it should work as expected with any of your import methods.

In my case I had checked 'keep presets with the catalog' (it's more intuitive for me) and put the folders manually via Finder in the Lightroom Settings / Develop Presets folder. After unlocking the padlocks in Finder, I reopened Lightroom Classic CC (v 9.4 FYI) and they were there as expected in a folder in the Preset list.

I hope this helps someone someday!