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April 16, 2022
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Cannot access Photos Library on external hard drive from Import Source

  • April 16, 2022
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With help from Apple, I've transferred my Apples Photo Library to an external hard drive.  I think I've somehow pressed a wrong button in my wanderings, as now that library is not listed in the list of 'Sources' one needs to access when importing to Lightroom--an Apple issue or a LrC issue?

 

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Rob_Cullen
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April 16, 2022

It is an Apple issue. (Photos App 'hides' your photo files so that Lightroom-Classic cannot 'see' them.)

See explanations from these forum posts-

MAC PHOTOS Explained

PHOTOS APP LOCKS IMAGE FILES- Best Explanation

 

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.1.1, Photoshop 27.3.1, ACR 18.1.1, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.2 .