Prevention of importing duplicates

Question

Hi,I can't find any information on the prevention of the import of duplicates in Lightroom (Cloud). Plenty of stuff on Classic.Any guidance would be appreciated. I also use Mobile. John

Timothy.Spear · Answer

Lr calculates a hash value if the image.

The hash value is used as a logical key, which prevents a duplicate image from being imported regardless of filename.

There are a few ways around this, but this is the general concept.

Tim

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