RAW files in OneDrive folder - slow when importing from card

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January 1, 2025
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Hello everyone

I keep my RAW files in my OneDrive folder so as to backup my files to my OneDrive.

About a year ago, I had the issue that the library module started showing the normal file location on the drive, but also the same structure mirrored under "shortcut to OneDrive". When it started to do that, the import image selection process became extremely slow and lightroom would become unresponsive while it updated the future location of the imported images.

After a Lightroom update this behaviour stopped and everything was fine this past year.

Today I wanted to import 400 pictures and it took me 30min until Lightroom let me hit the "Import" button after updating the import location for this long.

Anyone else with this issue? Anyone got a solution (except don't use OneDrive)? It appears to be a weird bug.

Windows

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dj_paige

Legend

If the One Drive settings are to keep the photos in "the cloud" but not on your hard disk, then you might see the problem you described. PS: your title talks about "importing from card" but nowhere in the rest of your problem description is this mentioned.

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Martin KurzAuthor

Inspiring

Hey there, thanks, but my entire OneDrive is always available offline. Would also defeat the purpose of keeping three copies when one of them is always incomplete.

GoldingD

Legend

Several issues

OneDrive is not exactly a great backup strategy, especially if you do not pay for extra space.
You should have a 3-2-1 backup strategy, three backups, two on different local media, one on remote media (yes, such as the cloud). Just relying on one backup can be fatal.
Using the OneDrive for the location of the photos may be causing constant sync between your computer and OneDrive. OneDrive is by default set to SYNC files from your computer to OneDrive upon change. Just having LrC communicate to that file may trigger that.
In LrC /Help/System Info/ look at your Library Path. As you are using OneDrive it may point to a OneDrive Sync, that is bad.
Performance when using OneDrive with a LrC catalog can depend on the health of your Internet, and the Health of OneDrive. Bad Internet day, bad performance.

Would recommend divorcing anything LrC from OneDrive (copy separately to OneDrive after closing LrC if you want to use it as a poor backup)

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Martin KurzAuthor

Inspiring

Thank you for your reply:

OneDrive is not exactly a great backup strategy, especially if you do not pay for extra space.
I'm paying for extra space, I need Office anyways, so it made sense to just go with OneDrive
You should have a 3-2-1 backup strategy, three backups, two on different local media, one on remote media (yes, such as the cloud). Just relying on one backup can be fatal.
my entire library is on the PC SSD, I'm backing up daily to my mini server and I keep OneDrive as my offsite backup
Using the OneDrive for the location of the photos may be causing constant sync between your computer and OneDrive. OneDrive is by default set to SYNC files from your computer to OneDrive upon change. Just having LrC communicate to that file may trigger that.
OneDrive just tells me that there are sync issues with certain files such as the catalogue until I close Lightroom, the photos aren't an issue as the RAWs don't get changed by lightroom.
In LrC /Help/System Info/ look at your Library Path. As you are using OneDrive it may point to a OneDrive Sync, that is bad.
The library path is fine and points to the drive path
Performance when using OneDrive with a LrC catalog can depend on the health of your Internet, and the Health of OneDrive. Bad Internet day, bad performance.
as my entire OneDrive is always available offline there shouldn't be an issue.

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