importing photos

Which settings for your import, like

• creating 1:1 previews
• applying Development settings
• applying keywords
• etc.

do you use?

To configure the import see here for more and detailed informations:

How to specify import options in Lightroom Classic

It shouldn’t be about the difference between Add or Copy. Sometimes it’s about the preview it needs to generate for the imported images. For the fastest import, in the File Handling panel of the expanded Import dialog box, set Build Previews to Embedded & Sidecar. Then it will not spend the time to render its own previews.

Import will probably take the longest if Build Previews is set to Standard or 1:1.

Possibly becuase LrC is doing a lot of work in creating previews when you import? Possibly because your computer is slow? How long (in minutes) does it take to import? How many photos are you importing? What camera (make and model) took these photos?

I can't really know the reason without more explanation of the problem and the information requested above, and without knowing your computer hardware. Please provide (as text) the information in Help->System Info.

in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post (like this one has already been moved) if it helps you get responses.

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