P: very slow to after export with "Add to Catalog" after updating

Having the same issue as original poster. It's really annoying and seems to me like something that could be fixed easily. If I can manually import ton of photos fast, Lightroom should be able to do the same upon export with the option Add to Catalog selected.

By @Pavel5E74

You are adding into a very old post. Both Operating Systems and Adobe Apps have upgraded/updated since the post was initiated. The original problem may not be at all related to your problem. Also many members might ignore old postings.

Please create your own new posting.

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When yo do, please remember to include at a minimum the following information (not all might relate, but it may be helpful)

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I only recently started this option as I rarely needed it in the past, as usually I would just export a JPEG folder for the client and never import that particular folder to LR, but recently I occasionally need to apply 2 watermarks (and unfortunately LR only allows one at at a time, so I need to reimport the image with one watermark and export again with the other) and sometimes I need a full res JPEG and then export other sizes from that, as it's faster.

And the stupid slow import time when that option is used is baffling. So I stopped using it and now do manual imports, it's way faster. They never fixed this, and probably never will.