Lightroom create double folder

Question

Lightroom 14, 5, 1. When importing, I create a path (hard drive, folder, subfolder), but in the Library, LR creates a new hard drive, with the photos in the correct location, if I search for them in the Finder.

But in the LR Folders I find two hard drives: in the newly created one, there is only the name of the subfolder, while in the normal one there are the other folders, but not the one just imported.

JohanElzenga · Accepted Answer

This is a well-known problem, called the 'Capitalisation problem'. Basically, what happens is that you have two different folders, one called ‘XXXX’ (or a combination of upper- and lower cast) and the other one called ‘xxxx’. In other words, the names are the same, except for the capitalisation of at least one letter. Because MacOS and Windows are case-insensitive, your OS sees those two folders as one and the same folder and so it deals with this without you even being aware of it. You will only see one single folder in the Mac Finder or Windows Explorer!!! But Lightroom is case-sensitive, so Lightroom does see two different folders. Please be aware that this folder is not necessarily the folder you are looking at. It could also be a parent folder (that Lightroom may not show). Here's how to fix the problem:

https://www.lightroomqueen.com/capitalization-catalog-error/

And here is a fix specificly for if you see the hard drive twice:

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/lightroom-displays-same-hard-drive-twice.html

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