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Importing Jpg files to Lightroom Classic

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September 27, 2023
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I'm running Lightroom Classic 12.5 on a new MacBook Pro (2023) and Ventura 13.5.2. I recently imported 88 jpg files from a desktop folder. Syncing was going on. The thumbnail images appeared as usual. Upon pushing import, the progress meter indicated "two operations in progress" briefly and then . . . no images on the import by prompt. I tried that about 6 times. Nothing every time. Randomly I went to all my photos in Lightroom . . . and there they were, copied six times. I exited Lightroom and came back in, and . . . the latest import was there with 88 images, as it should have been all along. Can anyone explain if I am doing something wrong that is new, or . . . what happened?

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Rob_Cullen

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I have read your first post and trying to decipher the problem-

I recently imported 88 jpg files from a desktop folder. Syncing was going on.

No "syncing" is involved with the Import process in LrC

The thumbnail images appeared as usual.

That would be the Grid view in the Import dialog.

Upon pushing import, the progress meter indicated "two operations in progress" briefly

That would be -1) Referencing the photos in the catalog, and 2) Creating Previews in the Catalog.

and then . . . no images on the import by prompt.

Nor sure what you mean by this!

There is a Preferences > General option that can change what you see when importing-

I tried that about 6 times. Nothing every time.

Unless you have changed the option in the Import dialog- you can only import a photo once.

Randomly I went to all my photos in Lightroom . . . and there they were, copied six times.

Which might suggest you did uncheck [Don't import suspected duplicates]

I exited Lightroom and came back in, and . . . the latest import was there with 88 images, as it should have been all along.

The Catalog panel list "Previous Import" only ever shows the last Import process. eg. Import 100 yesterday and 10 today- 'Previous Import will show "10". Import 88 six times and 'Previous Import' will still show "88".

You havn't stated whether you used the COPY or ADD options in the Import dialog- this could make a difference. The ADD option can make an Import process quite fast by comparison with COPY or MOVE.

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.3, Photoshop 27.5, ACR 18.3, Lightroom 9.3, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.3 .

richardn81299187Author

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Rob Cullen, what I meant is while the import dialog is still on desplay after import, two things happen: a prompt that stays there are no images in the import; and the imported thumbnails do not appear like they did before the import, so I can go ahead and work on them - just blank. I just checked in the dialog and I DID have to recheck Don't Export Suspected Duplicates. And my import is and has always been COPY, not ADD. My question would be why I'm told there are no images in the import of 88 images, and why did I have to go to All Photos to suddenly see my imported thumbnails? Thank you.

Rob_Cullen

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"why did I have to go to All Photos to suddenly see my imported thumbnails?"

Well that's the combined list view of all photos you have ever imported to the Catalog.

The photo files will be in a Folder (in the Folder panel) that shows you exactly where you Copied them to ob the hard-drive in the import process.

And the 'Previous Import' list is only a temporary list- not an indication of the file location.

You can [Right-Click] on any thumbnail preview in the catalog and select [Go to Folder in Library] to have LrC show you the folder of image files.

By using the COPY import function you now have two folders on your Mac hard-drive! One being the Desktop folder of files and the other - the 'Destination' folder that you selected for the 'copy' function which now has the files that LrC is indexing. (ie. the Desktop folder is now a redundant duplicate, and could be deleted in Finder.)

Totally blank grey thumbnails in the import dialog might indicate that LrC cannot read the preview to display it.

There are other reasons for blank thumbnails (eg. Catalog corruption, Missing files, GPU problems, etc)

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.3, Photoshop 27.5, ACR 18.3, Lightroom 9.3, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.3 .

GoldingD

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with the green marker to its left

Perhaps a screen capture of that?

I have migrated away from MACOS (replaced a very old MACBook with an ASUS ProArt Studiobook Pro 16 OLED) so I cannot check. But that sounds like your photos are in DropBox????

richardn81299187Author

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No they are in Lightroom (I keep all LR on an external HD that is backed up daily to another. I have Dropbox but this image is from within LR.

GoldingD

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Ah that Green, Just indicates the drive space is fine. Had to look that up.

From:

https://jkost.com/blog/2020/10/working-with-folders-in-lightroom-classic.html

"Lightroom also provides a hint as to the available disk space on a drive by displaying a color-coded Disk icon in the Folder panel’s header. Green means that you have a significant amount of free space, yellow hints that the space is becoming limited and red warns that the drive almost full. When the header of a drive is gray, the drive is off-line."

GoldingD

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go to "All Photographs", where you'd see six copies representing the six attempts to impor

While looking in All Photographs, right click on each (one at a time) duplicate photo and select to Go To Folder in Library, or Show in Finder. Point being to see where these photos are imported to.

richardn81299187Author

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GoldingD, I did that with six duplicates, asked for Go To Finder, and it went to "Lightroom 5 Catalog" folder, with the green marker to its left. This problem has been going on for quite a while, thru many imports. I always assumed something had gone wrong during import, which is why I kept repeating the imports when the thumbnails do not reappear on the screen after the import. I rarely have to go to All Photographs, which is why I never noted all the duplicates.

richardn81299187Author

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GoldingD, See the screen shot below - the green bar is just to the left of the folder icon. ANd you can see a few of the duplicates.

JohanElzenga

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Check this. Apple changed the security requirements in MacOS Monterey and later. Go to MacOS 'System Settings - Security & Privacy' and add Lightroom Classic to "Full Disk Access". Click on the lock icon to unlock the settings (not needed in Ventura), then click on the plus icon to add Lightroom Classic if it isn't already listed. If it is listed, then just enable the checkbox (or the switch in Ventura). See also Quick Tips: How to give Full Disk Access to Lightroom Classic on macOS

-- Johan W. Elzenga

richardn81299187Author

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John, I made sure of that quite a bit ago. Lightroom has all permissions in System Preferneces. I have tried stopping syncing and that does not help the situation.

yamato713108855

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Are the images not displayed in the “folder” of the library module?
Images cannot be loaded twice, so once the image is loaded, it should be displayed there.

richardn81299187Author

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Not sure I understand. What I know is the Library Filter vew now holds all those thumbnails as "previous import", just like it did before the first import, but of course imported. That never happened with the six times I tried importing, until I quit Lightroom and then came back in. Every import originally resulted in a message of no images to the import. Until you happen to go to "All Photographs", where you'd see six copies representing the six attempts to import. So I'm stumped.

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