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Hi all. I'm having a strange behavior here and dunno if this is related with the latest Lightroom Classic updates. I have my catalog with a lot of photo and sometimes I find photos from my computer and just to check if they are imported on my catalago, I select the folder to import and if the phots are not highlighted, they are on my catalog. I always worked like this.These days, I tried to do the same thing with some photos and Lightroom Classic shows all the photo as not part of my catalog, but I check on the photos folder and all are there and on the catalog too on lightroom. Dunno why this is happening now, but there is a way to "validate" all the photos on the catalogo to avoid duplicated imported photos? Checked the metadata of the photos that are "duplicated" and are the same of the original imported on the catalog.Thanks. 

Version of the app Platform and OS version  Basic steps to reproduce the problemNot sure what this means exactly but here goes nothing:When I insert the SD Card into the machine directly or an attached card reader the drive becomes navigatable on the desktop / finder. (working as expected)When I open LR Classic then navigate to the import screen the cards are selectable and in that left most pane the sub folders available and selectable however the photo previews do not appear so I am not able to select and import my photos from SD Cards.LR Classic has access to all files in privacy Expected result and actual resultWhen I insert the SD Card into the machine directly or an attached card reader the drive becomes navigatable on the desktop / finder. (working as expected)When I open LR Classic then navigate to the import screen the cards are selectable and in that left most pane the sub folders available and selectable however the photo previews do not appear so I am not able to

Hello! I'm trying to import photos into Lightroom and I can't. I have no warning of any errors, it just doesn't matter. I already tried in another catalogue, I changed the folder and it didn't work.https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S3dt0p5qamFvFCF-IBS8MOgxuZFg-rOL/view?usp=sharing

I haven't had problems with my primary LR Classic catalogue for years, however recently encounterted an odd bug: Clicking to different collections didn't yield the proper photo count (below the toolbar), even though the correct images were shown. No menu options could be selected and attempting to quit out didn't register anything. Strangly, there was no "not responding" note in the force-quit menu when I'd inevitiably have to do that.  Just a note, the mouse doesn't freeze, I can click around to different collections, however most actions are not occuring.  Other cats works fine but going back to this one, the same problem recurs. I updated LR Classic, which updated the catalogue. That along with restarting the computer didn't fix the problem.  LR .cat backups only occur monthly, though I can possibly nab a much more recent one on time machine, I hope that'll have to be a last resort. Any suggestions greatly appreciated by me AND my deadlines! &#1285

I updated to LRc 14.1 this morning since when the software is unusable. When I open LRc it will force close immediately I try to work on an image; even if I do nothing an error will occur and the system will close. It was working perfectly before the update but is now unusable.  After submitting an error report the Adobe software ran a diagnostic for compatability issues but found no problems. I'm running Windows 10 24H2 (OS Build 26.100.2605) with a core i9 14900K CPU, ASUS TUF Gaming B760-Plus WiFi and Zotac GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB Twin Edge - which was perfectly capable of running LRc before the update.

I usually rate images in Camera itself after the shoot.I then import the entire set of captured photos into Lightroom Classic (ALL captured - Rated+Unrated)Post import, I sort the images by Rating and then delete the Unrated images (Remove from Lightroom)Followed by editing the rated images in Lightroom Is there any workaround to import only the Rated Photos into Lightroom?

Our agency recently upgraded our server and all computers. I wasn't involved firsthand in that, and now I've found several issues in Lightroom.Our photo library currently holds more than 293,000 photos. Those files were copied to the new server with the same folder structure (year --> date --> file). No one involved knew how to relink everything in one click, so one person started linking one collection at a time. I was asked to get involved and figured out how to do a batch relink.However, several things aren't right as seen in the attached photos which I'll explain.Many photos indicate "file not found". If you right-click and select "Show in Finder", it will point to the photo, so the software knows where it is.Many photos also indicate via the right-click menu that they are not in a collection. However, the thumbnail badge shows it is in a collection.Conversely, some photos say they are in a collection, but there's no thumbnail badge.Edits do not immediately show up in History

Hello, I've had images with the exclamation marks and have had to relocate them before, but this is something entirely different.In the library module, I was reordering some photos between my 2nd shooter and myself for a wedding.  I had 22 photos selected and was moving them to a new section of the wedding.  I dropped them and they dissapppeared.  Now, they are still there in the folder on my hard drive (images 892-914).  In my lightroom folder it says 916 of 957 photos (because there's some stacks).  I've turned off all filters.  I've tried to see if they are available to import, but they are grayed out as if they are already there.I really don't understand what's happening.  I went to ALL PHOTOS in lightroom and searched for the filenames, but they still don't show up.  Help?

Hi, I used before Luminar Flex in my Lightroom. Now I want removed the plugins. Iwas just doing that from Preferenser/External Editing BUT Flex is still in my Modules (photo below). Can I just removed those files?

I transferred my Lightroom Classic catalog and photos from PC (catalog was on internal SSD & photos were on external SSD) to MacBook Air, with both the catalog & photos on the internal drive. I obviously did something wrong because every image on both on Lightroom Mobile as well as Lightroom desktop have been moved to the deleted status and are no longer appearing in my albums. I can't figure out what I did wrong.As I'm writing this, the All Synced Photographs on Lightroom Classic on the PC is counting down toward zero.I still have my original catalog and photos in multiple places, so I'm not concerned (at least not yet) that I'll lose everything.Can anyone help who is very knowledgeable about all aspects of Lightroom's syncing process?

Bonjour,Dans le même sujet, je ne trouve pas comment redimensionner la fenêtre Préférences.C'est agaçant.Si quelqu'un peut m'aider, merci Good morning,In the same topic, I can't find how to resize the Preferences window.It's annoying.If anyone can help me, thank you

Ich kann meine Fotos nicht mehr exportieren. Der Export stoppt kurz vor Schluss. Egal welche Dateigrösse, Zielort usw. Ich habe LR neu installiert, Aus einem anderen Katalog versucht zu exportieren, nichts funktioniert.   [Moved from ‘Bugs’ to ‘Discussions’ by moderator, according to forum rules.]

Hoping someone can help.My Lightroom classic library is stored on an external drive with additional safety copies on different drives.I have recently included my main external drive in my Time Machine back up and was experimenting to find out the process of recovering my  Lightroom Library should anything happen to the drive. I successfully restored the library from Time Machine to a spare external drive. The files and folders are the same size and all images appear to be there but as the new drive has a different name all images have the exclamation mark. Does anyone know the best way to fully restore a Lightroom library in the event that I had to rely on the Time Machine copy backed up on a completely new drive? Many thanks in advance.

Hello everyone, I've a MacBook Air M1 and the desplay default resolution is 1440 x 900; if I'm setting on "More Space" the resolution is 1680 x 1050. Why in the LrC Catalog Settings the Standard Preview Size if is set on Auto is 3360px?

When attempting to open a file in LRC, I got this notification -The Lightroom catalog cannot be opened because it is too new to be used by this version of Lightroom. Would you like to select a different catalog?- However, no update is available. Any idea why this is happening/ how to fix it?

I'm having problems with my primary catalogue, so I'm importing it into a new catalogue to troubleshoot and see if the issues will go away. However, it's already taking over an hr to import, even with virtual copies.  I think I'll be better off trying other ideas due to a deadline, and would think that cancelling this shouldn't affect the catalogue being important in any negative way, but wanted to check in first. Should I let this run its course, or can I cancel without fear?  I don't care about the new catalogue I just made.  Thanks!

I have already read previous message about it but no solution or broken link I try to delete image and I always get this error "?:0: attempt to index field 'rootFile' (a nil value)" I cant find the solution, the folder all in read and delete so what to do ? because I can manage without any issue my external diskthis ,is lightroom 11.3.1 and os 12.3.1 Any idea please ?    

Every time I turn on the Spot Removal tool, the photo turns to a black and white sketch looking thing... What's going on?! I've restarted LR as well as my computer. MacOS Mojave 10.14.6. LR Classic 8.4.

Hi, LR Classc version 14.0.1 is all of a sudden missiing the apply button. So now, when I click add, the apply button is misssing, when I hot generate, its removes every single time and is not adding to my selection. Even when I click add, the only button now available, is to 'remove', and it does just that. I click re-generate so many times, and it removes, not adds. I have uninstalled LR, Updated, nothing is working.  

Hi there,Just wanted to use LR6 on a new laptop.unlinked it from the old one.After entering the serial - which I confirmed with the support team is all fine and active, the QR prompt to login with adobe results in a cycle. I login, I accept the terms, the window closes and nothing happens anymore.When running LR again, I'm stuck with the login prompt once more. Any ideas? Customer service so far was all but helpful... Thanks!

I have LRC 14.0.1 and want to import a PSE 2025 catalog. It doesn't appear supported yet. When could I expect that? I want to switch over to LRC 🙂 Thanks,Patrick

14.01 on Mac Studio M2 running 15.1.1 from Grid View - Toggling Zoom inconsistently displays Green Image F key inconsistently displays Black Screen size of black or green is dependent on the Zoom  Double clicking in the image will zoom just fine. Can't figure this one out.

I'm having real problems using the secondary display in Lightroom since updating to a new M3 Macbook Pro, with dual Apple studio displays. Running LR 13.2, which was fine on my old imac.I normally use one display for the Lightroom main screen and develop module, and the second display with the Lightroom secondary display in Loupe view. This has always worked really well till now, however all if does now is constantly flicker, especially when moving between images. The main trigger seems to be changing the rating of an image, and then the dsecondary display disappears momentarily.Sometimes it just disappears,  and I need to click on the main window for it to reappear.It is not my montor connection, as only the LR window flickers, not anything else on the display. I've tried running the main window and secondary display window on the same screen, but it still disappears in the same way, but then bounces back up in the middle of my second display, not where I positioned it. It's

I recently updated my iOS to Ventura 13.7.1 to be able to downloaded the October updates to LR Classic and PS.  After doing so I am finding LRC to be running slow on my iMac.   Basically, when moving the sliders there is a delayed reaction that is slowing my workflow down.  Currently I have around 275GB of 1TB on my harddrive available and for the most part before doing the update I wouldn't experience a slow down in LR unless I had less than 20% storage space available.   If I exit LR and restart my computer it usually runs well for a few minutes and then starts running slow again.  I am using a 2017 iMac and running the latest version 14.0.1  Any help/suggestions would be appreciated. 

I am a hobbyist photographer, and I primarily use Lightroom on MacOS for photo organization (importing and sorting) and editing. I have a collection of approximately 14,000 photos, which totals around 600-700 GB. Currently, my photos are stored across multiple SD cards (used with my camera) and a 2 TB external hard drive that serves as my main storage location. I am considering adding a cloud-based backup for all my photos. My family and I share a 2 TB iCloud Drive subscription, of which only about 450 GB is currently used. I would like to explore the possibility of backing up my photos to iCloud in addition to my external hard drive. Here is my current workflow:I import images from my SD cards into Lightroom.During import, Lightroom saves the images to my external hard drive, organized by year, then quarter, and finally by shoot. My question is whether there is an efficient way to integrate iCloud Drive into this workflow. Specifically:Can I configure Lightroom or my sy