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I hit "import" at 8:15 this morning and it is now 10:15pm and LR has only imported 599 photos and the progress bar is about 25% full. There are probably around 2,000 photos on this card. It's a 128GB card with 300mb write speed. The photos are being imported to an external drive, but the catalog is on my HD. Photos are all raw, I shoot live stage photography and have to be able to adjust the lighting. When I shoot our show I always fill up the card. I used to always hit "import" when I go to bed and it's done when I get up, so less than 7 hours. It's been over 14 hours and it's 25% done. What is going on??
Adobe LR Classic
13.2 Crelease
Camera raw version 16.2
Computer Info:
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac19,1
Processor Name: 8-Core Intel Core i9
Processor Speed: 3.6 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 8
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 16 MB
Hyper-Threading Technology: Enabled
Memory: 64 GB
System Firmware Version: 1968.140.7.0.0
OS Loader Version: 577.140.2~15
SMC Version (system): 2.46f12
Serial Number (system): C02ZK19UJV40
Hardware UUID: 9F7272BD-12D0-51B3-8AC6-6199E04D4557
Provisioning UDID: 9F7272BD-12D0-51B3-8AC6-6199E04D4557
Radeon Pro 580X:
Chipset Model: Radeon Pro 580X
Type: GPU
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 8 GB
Vendor: AMD (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x67df
Revision ID: 0x00c0
ROM Revision: 113-D0008A-042
VBIOS Version: 113-D0008A1X-009
EFI Driver Version: 01.B1.042
Metal Support: Metal 2
Displays:
iMac:
Display Type: Built-In Retina LCD
Resolution: Retina 5K (5120 x 2880)
Framebuffer Depth: 30-Bit Color (ARGB2101010)
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Automatically Adjust Brightness: Yes
Connection Type: Internal
S24B300:
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (1080p FHD - Full High Definition)
UI Looks like: 1920 x 1080 @ 60.00Hz
Framebuffer Depth: 30-Bit Color (ARGB2101010)
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Rotation: Supported
Connection Type: DVI or HDMI
Adapter Firmware Version: 7.55
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My first thoughts: defective or malfunctioning camera card, or defective or malfunctioning card reader.
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The card reader is the slot built into my iMac and it has happened with all of my cards lately. Same cards I have used for several years.
Update: It's now almost 50% done, 11 hours after I posted this, 24 hours after I started the import.
Card Details:
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It's probably a bit late now, but selecting the SD Card from 'Files' section tends to be faster and much less prone to issues* than 'Devices' (see first attached screenshot).
* I filed a bug back in late February for the Mac in which I reported that LrC 13.2 often would not import all of the files due to be imported. The number imported tended to be related to how many files had been enumerated** prior to me pressing the import button.
** See second attached screenshot
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I think this was my solution! After the first card finished, tried another card in the same card slot. This card was also full, but only holds 64GB. I imported from files instead of devices, started at 10:15 pm before bed and it was done when I woke up at 6 am. It took a full 24 hours to import that many photos before. I think I at least eliminated the card reader as the problem. Thanks for the help!
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The card reader is the slot built into my iMac and it has happened with all of my cards lately. Same cards I have used for several years.
Update: It's now almost 50% done, 11 hours after I posted this, 24 hours after I started the import.
Card Details:
Lexar 128GB Professional 2000x SDXC Memory Card, UHS-II, C10, U3, V90, Full-HD & 8K Video, Up To 300MB/s Read, for DSLR, Cinema-Quality Video Cameras (LSD2000128G-BNNNU)
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What you said indicates the card reader itself could be the problem.
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Will, more than a bit late now, but in the future I would advise, when "Importing" many many photos, such as when on a photoshoot , that you change your workflow to the following: