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deb_9184
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May 11, 2025
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Problems importing into Lightroom classic

  • May 11, 2025
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Hopefully someone can help or point me in the right direction. 
I got a new MacBook Pro and loaded the current version of lightroom classic. 
The problem is when I import photos into Lightroom (either using a card reader or directly from the camera) - the photos are NEF in Lightroom but on the hard drive they have shown up as Topaz Denoise. I deleted that to see if that would make any difference. 
But when I imported again - Lightroom had NEF but the hard drive had NX this time. 
I’m not tech so I have no idea how to fix this. 
I'm importing  COPY with copies going to designated spot on my hard drive. 
Thanks for any help as I’m really frustrated. 

2 replies

johnrellis
johnrellis
Legend
May 12, 2025

I find the "Kind" displayed in Mac Finder ("Topaz Denoise", "NX") often misleading and unhelpful, as your example shows.

 

You may find it simpler to set FInder to show the file extension that's at the end of every file name (.NEF, .TXT, .JPG, etc.) and ignore the Kind column entirely.  To do that, in Finder do the menu command Finder > Settings, and select Show All Filename Extensions.

 

Many (most?) expert computer users end up doing this sooner or later.

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    gilles3741
    Participant
    November 21, 2025

    Bonjour,

    Probleme d importation sur lightroom classic.Il s ouvre normalement mais quand je clique sur importer il se bloque,il met environ + de 30s avant que la fenetre s ouvre et là encore il bloque.

     

    Version Lightroom Classic: 15.0.1 [ 202511041508-dddee541 ]
    Licence: Creative Cloud
    Paramètre de langue: fr
    Système d'exploitation : Windows 11 - Business Edition
    Version : 11.0.26200
    Architecture de l'application : x64
    Architecture du système : x64
    Nombre de processeurs logiques: 12
    Vitesse du processeur : 3,7Ghz
    Version SQLite: 3.36.0
    Adobe GSDK Version: 1.4.0.171
    Utilisation du CPU: 0,0%
    Source d’alimentation: Branché
    Mémoire intégrée : 16067,4 Mo
    Mémoire GPU dédiée utilisée par Lightroom: 141,4Mo / 8146,2Mo (1%)
    Mémoire réelle disponible pour Lightroom : 16067,4 Mo
    Mémoire réelle utilisée par Lightroom : 1156,3 Mo (7,1%)
    Mémoire virtuelle utilisée par Lightroom : 1300,0 Mo
    Nombre d'objets GDI : 749
    Nombre d'objets utilisateur : 2466
    Nombre de processus gérés : 2892
    Taille de la mémoire cache : 1456,1Mo
    Version interne de Camera Raw: 18.0 [ 2389 ]
    Nombre maximal de liens utilisé par Camera Raw : 5
    Optimisation SIMD de Camera Raw : SSE2,AVX,AVX2
    Mémoire virtuelle de Camera Raw: 149Mo / 8033Mo (1%)
    Mémoire réelle de Camera Raw: 153Mo / 16067Mo (0%)
    Cache1:
    NT- RAM:0,0MB, VRAM:0,0MB, Combined:0,0MB
    Cache2:
    m:1456,1Mo, n:0,0Mo
    U-main: 82,0Mo
    Paramètre PPP du système : 144 PPP (mode haute résolution)
    Composition sur le Bureau activée: Oui
    Taille d’aperçu standard: 3840 pixels
    Affichages : 1) 3840x2160
    Types d'entrée: Tactile multipoint : Non, Tactile intégré : Non, Plume intégrée : Non, Tactile externe :
    Non, Plume externe : Non, Clavier : Non
    Informations relatives au processeur graphique :
    DirectX: AMD Radeon RX 6600 (32.0.21033.3005)
    État initial: GPU pour l'exportation pris en charge par défaut
    Préférence utilisateur: Auto
    Activer la HDR dans Bibliothèque: Désactiver
    Processeur graphique pour la génération d’aperçu :Auto (S5_7)
    Dossier de l'application : C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Lightroom Classic
    Chemin d'accès à la bibliothèque : E:\Lac du Jotty\adobe LC\adobe LC.lrcat
    Dossier des paramètres : C:\Users\gian7\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom
    Modules installés :
    1) Adobe Stock
    2) Flickr

    Cordialement.

    dj_paige
    dj_paige
    Legend
    November 21, 2025

    @gilles3741  we'd like to help, but not in this thread which is about another topic. Please start a new thread, provide a complete and detailed problem description, along with the contents from the Lightroom Classic menu command Help->System Info, and people will be happy to help you in that new thread. Please do not continue to discuss your problem in this thread.

    Rob_Cullen
    Community Expert
    Rob_CullenCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    May 11, 2025

    I suggest it is simply a 'File Association' matter that can easily be changed.

    For your NEF files-  You might set the app to open NEF files as Photoshop.  (Why Photoshop?-  Lightroom-Classic can not 'open' image files- it can only open Catalog .LRCAT files.)

    https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/mac-help/mh35597/mac

    "NX" may be a file association with the Nikon app (Nikon Studio-NX).

    Ultimately if you Import your photos to Lightroom-Classic it does not matter which File Association is set for your photo files.

     

    Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.1.1, Photoshop 27.3.1, ACR 18.1.1, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.2 .
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