P: Import is creating OS - level duplicate files named (-2) when using Devices rather than Files

COMPLETE DISASTER UPDATE!!!

Thanks Kent.  Yeah, I originally posted this in the Lightroom forum and it was moved here by a moderator.  Before posting I googled the issue but nothing came up so I'm glad to see that I'm not crazy.

I suppose I could upgrade to the latest version, especially if that might correct the isue.  But it's odd that this issue would have suddenly appeared out of nowhere within the version I'm currently running, no?  

These are photos from my phone which are already on my Desktop.  This filename change occurs when I import/move them into Lightroom (from within Lightroom of course).  

When I check the metadata, Lightroom tells me that the file name has indeed been changed.  Nothing is being duplicated (there's nothing left in the source folder).

@mtimko, What if you first cop the photo files from the card to your desktop. And then you launch LRC and import from the folder (with the card out ofthe card reader?

I have always since LR version 1, imported that way to avoid any possible glitches from the memory card to LR.

And knowck on wood, I had not had the duplication problem in any version of LRC!  And extra step, however if it saves time later sorting through duplicates, it is definitely worth it.

Hello frankp83974770,  If you read this thread you will notice that there have been alot of queries regarding a duplication problem. As Rikk Flohr from Adobe pointed out, one of the problems was fixed with an updated version of LR classic.  is there a reason you have not upgraded to the latest LRC?  And also you said this happens when you "moved" photos into LR. DId you mean you were importing them directly from a memory card or from a file on your desktop?

I've come across an odd issue just now.  When I import (move) photos into Lightroom, the file names have "-2" added to them.  So a file named 2022-06-04 14.17.43.jpg will be named 2022-06-04 14.17.43-2.jpg once imported/moved.  

I've searched my computer for these file names (without the "-2") to see if this is somehow the result of a duplication, but only the one file comes up.  

I don't have anything checked for "Rename Files" in the import dialog.  Where else could this issue be stemming from?

I'm using Lightroom Classic 10.3 on Mac OS Catalina 10.15.7.

@defaultfhf02f3w6waa,  SO those two panes just "show up" ? 

And yes there seem to be 2 different issues in this thread.

The questions remain:

Is the duplication of imported files only happening with imports directly from memory cards?

Is the duplication happening due to OS configuration?

Is the duplication happening due to hardware or software or combination?

Hopefully, one of the updates will avoid this problem for those who are experiencing it.

these are the two meta data panes from the same image.  (these were beside each other in the library) (that is not always the case)

sorry, not sure if you are asking me or another person in this thread.  There seems to be at least two issues being looked at.  I cannot replicate or test anything because the duplications and renaming to preserved file names, happen completely at random.  Sometimes a whole shoot will have duplicates and they will appear with the imported images - but later on - God knows when, I suddenly just have extras. Sometimes I find the duplicate images with the preserved file name file name (original file name gone) in large random groups at the end of a group of the usual jpegs and dngs.   AT the moment the most logical explanation is that my computer is the first sentient comuter in history and it's playing with my mind.  (I know that isn't the case)