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JohnChee
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October 7, 2024
Question

Missing photos in Library

  • October 7, 2024
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Hi there. I'm new to LrC and just started to import into the Library. I realised the number of photos in some library folders are not the same as that shown in the winder explorer. Any suggestions to correct this? Thanks🙏

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DClark064
DClark064
Inspiring
October 7, 2024

Are the additional files seen in Explorer photos or some other file type?

If they are photos and you want to import them into the LrC catalog, in the LrC Library module, right click the folder and select "Synchronize Folder...".  You will get a dialog box indicating the number of new photos found, and you can select to import them.

 

 

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JohnCheeAuthor
Participant
October 7, 2024

Hi DClark064. Many thanks your kind response. All the files in the explorer folders are either photos or videos. I've used the "synchronised folder" option but it doesn't work. In fact the dialogue box shows no new photos before I hit the "synchronise" button.

dj_paige
dj_paige
Legend
October 7, 2024

Lightroom Classic is not a file browser like Windows Explorer or Mac Finder. LrC does not have to show the same files as Explorer/Finder.

 

What has most likely happened is that you accidentally imported photos using COPY instead of ADD. Thus, these photos that you see in your operating system but not in the same folder in LrC, are actually somewhere else in LrC (a different folder). You need to find these photos in Lightroom Classic. Please follow all four of these steps in order:


1. In the Lightroom Classic Library Module, on the left, under Catalog, click on All Photographs
2. Turn off all filters (Ctrl-L once or twice)
3. Turn off all stacking (Photo->Stacking->Expand All Stacks)
4. Search for at least one of these photos by file name using the Lightroom Classic Filter Bar

 

Let us know what you find.

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