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August 11, 2025
Question

LR Classic 14.4 not recognizing some or all new photos

  • August 11, 2025
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I've researched this issue and just stumped. I shoot with my Canon 1DX mk ii and the first 2 photos show up as good and the rest are grayed out like they already exist on the catalog on import. On some imports ALL the photos are grayed out. 

 

I think Lightroom think that they photos are already inside? I don't have the don't import dupolicates checked. 

 

I have done some things trying  to figure it out.

 

1. Uninstalled and reinstalled LR Classic-twice 

2. Erased on the Mac and then formated in camera a new card. Does the same on CF and CFast cards.

3. Removed plist in pref panes.

4. tested cards in Mac app Photos and it imports perfctly. Image Capture a Mac app also imports perfectly.

5. Tried different CF and CFast cards same issue. 

Any help appreciated 

 

2 replies

JohanElzenga
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 11, 2025

Make sure Lightroom has 'Full Disk Access'. See Quick Tips: How to give Full Disk Access to Lightroom Classic on macOS

 

-- Johan W. Elzenga
Participant
August 11, 2025

Thanks for the tip-Forgot to mention #2. I started a new catalog and that works fine. I will check the Full Disk Access. New MacBook Pro has 4TB drive so plenty of space about 900MB on this now.

 

Participant
August 11, 2025

Just tried to  Optimize the big catalog as well as did the full disk access. Still grayed out. Some times the first 2 photos will be OK the rest grayed.

Participant
August 11, 2025

Forgot to mentioin Macbook Pro M1 with 64 GB on Sequoia 15.6