Lightroom Classic hanging on import

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
February 20, 2025
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I'm a sports photographer, and have been having an issue with Lightroom Classic hanging as I'm trying to import photos.

My workflow: I import my photos onto the computer through PhotoMechanic. I then cull my photos in PM, select the ones I want to edit, and drag those over to import into Lightroom Classic. Import is set to import from current location, so there is no renaming, moving, etc., it's all on hard drive. For each game I create a new folder in the same library. As the game goes on, the import starts hanging, there will be no progress on the progress bar. Eventually it will work, but sometimes it takes five minutes. I'm using jpgs, not raw.

I've uninstalled and reinstalled Lightroom. I've deleted the preferences folder. I created a new library. Nothing has worked.

Any suggestions?

macOS

GoldingD

Legend

Can you create a video capture of your process and post in a reply? May want to save the video at something like Dropbox.

Sameer K

Community Manager

Hey, @Eric313752980uhc. Welcome to the Lightroom Community. I'll need more info to help you figure this out.

Please share the system info from Lightroom Help > System info > Copy and paste into a text document > Upload and attach here. How many images and folders are in each of your import sessions?

Does this happen when you copy images to a specific location? Is the catalog stored on an internal or external drive?

As a quick test, create a new catalog (File menu > Create New Catalog) on the Internal drive and try creating your workflow without using any folder locations on external drives.

Let me know how it goes.

Thanks!
Sameer K

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