Lightroom Classic version: 8.1 importing not working

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January 1, 2019
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I can no longer see the photos to import. Could not see photos from Iphone so used image captue to move photos as jpg to a folder on my imac. We importing from the folder import shows no photos to import. Used Bridge and no problem. I tried unchecking the don't import suspected duplicates.

Any advice. Yes I reboot imac and reinstall Lightroom classic.

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Correct answer GoldingD

Part 1 of 2

OK, right now I ma confused, looks like two problems, or is the problem re-defined?

Looking towards the missing keyword dialog. are you talking about the keyword section that appears inside the Apply During Dialog box? And is that box missing. if so, perhaps it is just turned off.

In the Import screen right click over on the right in the gray area:

Then a box should come up:

Showing Apply During Import turned of, click on it.

Now is that area I am pointing to what is missing?

GoldingDCorrect answer

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Part 1 of 2

OK, right now I ma confused, looks like two problems, or is the problem re-defined?

Looking towards the missing keyword dialog. are you talking about the keyword section that appears inside the Apply During Dialog box? And is that box missing. if so, perhaps it is just turned off.

In the Import screen right click over on the right in the gray area:

Then a box should come up:

Showing Apply During Import turned of, click on it.

Now is that area I am pointing to what is missing?

GoldingD

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Part 2. If that was what was missing, but you cannot remedy it. Then your preferences file is corrupted, aka buggy.

You will need to reset the preference file.

Resolving Buggy Behavior in Lightroom: How to Reset Preferences - YouTube

Replacing the Lightroom Preference File – Lightroomers

Preference file and other file locations | Lightroom Classic CC and Lightroom 6

Recover catalog and images after resetting preferences in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom

Incidentally this is a universal solution that might work for all shorts of LR issues. especially when something used to work. Probably only beat by the number one magic solution, Reboot the bleeping computer.

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Thanks this fixed the issues

dj_paige

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Make sure the Destination Panel on the right hand side of the Import dialog box is present. (Click on Copy, then if the Destination Panel is not there, right-click on one of the other panel headers and select Destination). Once you can see the Destination Panel, make sure it is expanded and a valid folder (one that exists) is selected.