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dennishmiller
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February 23, 2024
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P: Importing duplicates from iPhone

  • February 23, 2024
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I took about 800 pictures on my iPhone while on vacation last week and added about 600 of them to a new LR catalog. These were not in sequence - a few from day 1, some from day 3, day 4, etc... When I got home,. I connected the phone to my Macbook, went to the catalog, and chose Import/Don't import suspected duplcaites, thinking LR would just grab the final 200 not yet in the catalog. But no - it wanted to reimport all 800. I would just delete the catalog and start over except that I already started work on a bunch of them and don't want to lose my edits. Any idea how to force LR to do its job properly? LR 13.0.1 on a MacBook Pro running Venture 13.5.2.

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    Rob_Cullen
    Rob_Cullen
    Community Expert
    February 24, 2024

    If the pictures are in Lightroom-mobile on the iPhone (or are they not?), why are you even trying to Import by connecting  the phone to Macbook?

    If 'Sync' is turned on in LrC- all photos in Lightroom-mobile will automatically download to the local LrC catalog without needing to import 'phone > Macbook'.

     

     

    Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.0, Photoshop 27.0, ACR 18.0, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0 .
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    dennishmillerAuthor
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    February 24, 2024

    "If the pictures are in Lightroom-mobile on the iPhone". They are not.

    "If 'Sync' is turned on in LrC-"  It is not.

    "why are you even trying to Import by connecting  the phone to Macbook?"  Believe it or not, I actually know what I am doing.

    Rob_Cullen
    Rob_Cullen
    Community Expert
    February 24, 2024

    Thanks for the reply.  You obviously know your stuff. I hope you get an answer to the problem.

     

     

    Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.0, Photoshop 27.0, ACR 18.0, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0 .
    Rikk Flohr_Photography
    Community Manager
    Rikk Flohr_PhotographyCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    February 23, 2024

    Using Lightroom Classic 13.2, Canon 5D MK IV, on a Copy as DNG workflow, I cannot reproduce this. 

    Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
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    dennishmillerAuthor
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    February 23, 2024

    Also, I'm using an iPhone, not a Canon, so not sure how relevant your experience is to my problem. Also, why does CC say I am up to date if I am on 13.0.1 and the current ver is 13.2?

    Rikk Flohr_Photography
    Community Manager
    Rikk Flohr_PhotographyCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    February 23, 2024

    Again:
    "Then, we     need detailed, step-by-step instructions for reproducing. "

     As for your CCD issue, I would recommend posting in https://community.adobe.com/t5/download-install/ct-p/ct-download-and-install?page=1&sort=latest_replies&lang=all&tabid=all  

     

    Update: I am also not able to reproduce on iPhone 14 Pro Max on iOS version 17.2.1 

     

    Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
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    dennishmillerAuthor
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    February 23, 2024

    Just to prove the point, here is a screenshot of the folder showing the dups that were creaetd when I tried adding just a few of the files that were already in the catalog. LR seems oblivious to this fact. 

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