Should Lightroom import settings from disk or overwrite disk settings from the catalog

Report · Mar 31, 2011

When the 'up' arrow appears in a thumbnail and comes up with the message:

The metadata for one or more of these photos has been changed by another application. Should Lightroom import settings from disk or overwrite disk settings with those from the catalog?

What exactly does that mean? This seems to happen every time I export an image to PS (CS5) and return to LR. What exactly has changed? What settings are being imported if I choose 'import settings from disk'.

Report · Apr 06, 2023

I always use import settings from disk. What I'd like to know is, is there any way to simply default to that answer without constantly waiting for LR to ask me? Sometimes it's quick, but often I wait 15 seconds for the question to show up, maybe more. Very irritating when the answer is always the same in my workflow.

Report · Apr 06, 2023

The answer to your specific question is no.

BTW, You have added a question to an unrelated thread from 2011.

Should Lightroom import settings from disk or overwrite disk settings from the catalog

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