Participant

Question

before on mac lightroom would choose the raw file, but now it chooses the jpeg file

7 replies
364 views
Translate

Im having trouble with my files. I shoot in jpeg + raw, and before on mac lightroom would choose the raw file, but now it chooses the jpeg file, and I can't seem to change that. As I said its weird, because on my mac it didn't use to do that, and on my iPhone lightroom chooses the raw file. How do i fix this? I asked the AI, but it doesn't help. When i open preferences and general or import it doesn't give me the option to choose raw file, only if its the camera or adobe settings. I have the latest edition of lightroom and macos sequoia installed.

[Moved from ‘Bugs’ to ‘Discussions’ by moderator, according to forum rules.]

macOS

Rob_Cullen

Community Expert

@Thomas_gl I notice you are a Mac user. By any chance are your photos being added to the Mac Photos app?

The Mac Photos app hides original files in a (hidden?) Package/Folder and only JPG previews are available to Lightroom.

Translate

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.6, Photoshop 27.8, ACR 18.7, Lightroom 9.4, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.3 .

Thomas_glAuthor

Participant

Yes they are being added to the fotos app on mac. why would they begin to hide the origional files? Anyhow, how do i find this hidden folder, because I can't seem to find it.

Translate

Rob_Cullen

Community Expert

A couple of other forum links that might explain better than I can- (I don't use a Mac, so my knowledge is limited)

PHOTOS APP LOCKS IMAGE FILES- Best Explanation

MAC HIDES IMAGES IN THE PHOTOS APP

MAC PHOTOS Explained

Translate

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.6, Photoshop 27.8, ACR 18.7, Lightroom 9.4, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.3 .

A

AxelMatt

Community Expert

As you wrote you're using Lightroom and not Lightroom Classic.

I moved your thread into the appropriate Lightroom forum.

Translate

My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 26H2 -- LR-Classic 15 - Photoshop 27 - Nik Collection 9 - PureRAW 6 - Topaz Photo AI

dj_paige

Legend

Lightroom (Lr icon) or Lightroom Classic (LrC icon)? What version NUMBER?

What do you mean by "lightroom would choose the raw file"? What step in Lightroom is this? Lightroom does not "choose" the file, you choose the file and then Lightroom follows your instructions. Where (what screen, what step) are you talking about?

Translate

Thomas_glAuthor

Participant

Adobe Lightroom (Lr icon) version 8.1. Im sorry for the lack of terminology, but the step is importing the picture (file). When I import the picture(file) either preview or editing, Lightroom doesn't give me the option to edit the raw part of the file if that makes sense, since the file is both jpeg and raw. When I import the picture, it imports it as jpeg, and not raw. I hope was clearer.

Translate

Thomas_glAuthor

Participant

I have restarted adobe lightroom many times, didnt work. Besides that, I can't recall changing or enabling any settings.

Translate

Sign up

To post, reply, or follow discussions, please sign in with your Adobe ID.

Sign in to Adobe Community

To post, reply, or follow discussions, please sign in with your Adobe ID.