Why "add photos" option is inactive while importing photos

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June 21, 2022
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Hi!

I'm trying to add photos from an external USB drive and Lightroom Classic only allows me to either copy them or to copy and create dng. I'm getting this issue on a new Windows laptop, previously & currently I am also using Lightroom Classic on 2 macs. There's no problem like this on macs.

Any thoughts or ideas on how I can fix this issue? Otherwise, I might very quickly run out of storage space on the laptop, my files are huge.

Thanks in advance!

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GoldingD

Legend

What is the make/model of the external drive?

What type of drive?

What format is the drive partition?

dj_paige

Legend

If the photos are on a "removable drive" such as a camera card, then you can't use ADD. You can only use ADD when the photos are on a hard disk or network drive.

So Lightroom Classic is doing the right thing here. It can't be "fixed". If you are running out of space, import the photos to a different drive.

fierce_teacher98A1Author

Participating Frequently

thank you, ok, I've read this before, but why I can do it on a Mac, but not on a PC? Is this the way Lightroom Classic operates on PC only?

dj_paige

Legend

There are a lot of possible reasons, including a "bug" in the Mac version.

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