what is happening on this import?

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HiI want to import duplicates and this has been working fine forever but today I am getting grayed out images even though I have the duplicates box unchecked.  It's like it has stopped working and is still not importing duplicates even though I have it deselected.  Was there a software update and this is a bug?

JohanElzenga · Answer

You've selected 'ADD', meaning the images are not copied, only added to the catalog. As they are not copied, you can't do this for images already in the catalog, regardless of the 'Don't import suspected duplicates' setting. That's because this would create two database entries for the same image, not for two copies. You can actually (more or less) do this, but by creating a virtual copy.

If you really want to import two real copies, then you must select 'Copy' and a different destination for that copy.

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