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November 3, 2020
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Bulk adding folders to Lightroom on Mac

  • November 3, 2020
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I have about a couple of thousand photos organized in folders (year/quarter/month/even) on my external harddrive - is there a way of bulk adding all those folders to lightroom (not classic) on my mac? Idealliy I just drag and drop all folders into Lightroom and it will preserve the folder structure.

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fmeiAuthor
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November 4, 2020

thanks both for answering - total lack of knowledge on my end it seems, all clear now!

JP Hess
JP Hess
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November 3, 2020

Lightroom organizes images differently than you organize them on your Mac. You cannot duplicate the folder structure. They will be organized by date. Then you can organize them in albums by subject within Lighhtroom.

    Rob_Cullen
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    Rob_CullenCommunity Expert
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    November 3, 2020

    First know that Lightroom (the cloud based version) will Import and 'send' your photos to Cloud storage.

    Your photos are automatically organized by the date they were captured. You can also choose to group specific photos into albums.

    So- folder structure is not preserved.

    For more detailed info I suggest you read the free Lightroom CC Quick Start Guide that is available from-

    https://www.lightroomqueen.com/blog/

    COMPARE LR & LR-CLASSIC (Lr Queen)

     

     

    Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.3, Photoshop 27.5, ACR 18.3, Lightroom 9.3, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.3 .
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