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A followup observation. From your screenshot (that I have modified and annotated)
Are you automatically syncing your LrC catalog with OneDrive? If in LrC you click on Help, then System Info, does the Library path include the word OneDrive?
If so, consider stopping that. THe use of OneDrive in LrC is an issue, especially if OneDrive is acting up. At the very least it slows LrC performance down.
If you are not syncing to OneDrive, but perhaps some photos were imported to OneDrive, consider changing that. Storing photos on OneDrive for use in LrC can fail.
I defaulted this way and I'd likentontrybtonfix it now, but can't figure out how to change the default path it will import to. Advice?
By @shy_4339
It's hard to know exactly what you mean with a gibberish word in your sentence. However ... have you tried the advice already given in this thread? I believe one of those suggestions would solve your problem.
You might not know about this yet, but creating and editing presets works the same way across all of Lightroom Classic. For example, if you already know how to create and edit a file rename preset, a develop settings preset, an export preset, or a watermark preset, then you already know how to create and edit an import preset.
If you haven’t done it before, the general preset editing steps are, as shown in the picture below:
1. From the preset list you’re working with, select the name of the preset you want to edit.
2. Edit any setting that preset can save. (In this case, change your import path in the Destination panel.)
3. Go back to the preset list and choose Update [name of preset].
I'm hoping just to change the path from what it defaults to as opposed to having to apply a preset to every import.
By @shy_4339
I don’t think that overall default can be changed. If you reset preferences, I think it defaults to the Lightroom folder in the Pictures folder. Now, it does use another kind of default where it remembers the last Destination path you used. So if you set the Destination path you always want and do an import, the next time you import it should use the same path you used last time. But sometimes it can get changed unintentionally, so it's good to check it. But checking the path means having to expand the Destination panel. So I personally find it a lot easier to just make a preset with the correct path saved in it, and make sure that’s the one selected at the bottom of the screen before I click the Import button.
The other reason I like using an Import preset is that I save more than just my preferred path. I’m also saving the fact that I want all incoming files renamed to my requirements (in the File Renaming panel) and I want all previews set to Embedded & Sidecar (in the File Handling panel). So I like using an Import preset to guarantee that nothing will ever be imported incorrectly, not just the Destination path but for every Import option in that box.
Finally, because Lightroom Classic does tend to remember the last setting you used, you should not have to manually “apply a preset to every import.” Next time you import, you just glance down at the Import Preset menu. If it shows the name of your preset where everything is exactly as you like it, there are no extra steps, just click Import.
However, if you look down there and the Import Preset menu either shows a different preset name or it shows your preferred preset name ending with “(edited)”, then you know something has been changed, and you need to stop and re-select your preferred preset name so that the entire Import dialog box is back to the way you want it. This is why looking at the preset name is so valuable for ensuring that nothing is going to go wrong.
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