Importing new photos that Lightroom says I already imported

[jennal51096941]

After taking photos and importing them for the first time Lightroom will sometimes decide that a portion of the photos are already in the catalog. I need these photos in Lightroom, but it refuses to let me import them. I have tried unclicking the duplicate box and force ejecting the card, different cards, new cards, importing straight from the card, either by selecting it in lightroom or dragging from the card, no luck. PLEASE HELP ME!!! 

[dj_paige · Accepted solution]

Occasionally bugs of this type are reported, the suggestiosn I have for you are;

1. Delete your preference file then restart Lightroom, see if the import works now
2. rename the original files somehow, for example, put the letter A after the file name, such as IMG_5461A.CR2

[thejerrycz]

4 years later.. bug still there..

[dj_paige]

You should tell Adobe, not via this forum, which is almost entirely Lightroom users.

On the main page of this forum is a link which says "Submit product feedback"

[Erika2406907869uo]

I just encountered and overcame this bug. Here is exactly what I did to fix it, and I can confirm it worked. What follows are instructions for the Apple environment... 

1. I opened the original files in Finder, and confirmed their location

2. I batch renamed the files using Adobe Bridge (open Bridge; in the Folders section, locate the folder with your pictures; ensure the pictures are shown in the Content section, then click Workflow, create a new Batch Rename workflow, add a sequence number).

3. The copied files are then found in a new subfolder of the original locations, called Workflow. 

4. Inside Lightroom Library, click import, and reimport the files in the Workflow folder into your Library. 

5. Finally, I located the partial folder in my Library and removed it using Control+click > Remove.

[Rex270453068hbd]

I recently had this problem and after a lot of searching around, this is what worked for me. 

I went to the "By Date" section and found the files which had the same filenames of the ones I was trying to add and right clicked and selected Delete.

After this I was able to add the new ones.

[Rex270453068hbd]

Forgot to add this: the takeaway for me is to always delete from album instead of remove from album