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I have a mid 2010 mac pro w/four internal hard drives, one of which has all things photo, including the Lightroom catalog; it's running OS X 10.10.5 Yosemie
I’m running Lightroom CC 2015.3 Release Camera Raw 9.3
I’ve been using Lightroom for a year, current catalog has ~35k files.
My issue: Lightroom won’t import files likely because I aborted an import.
What happens: With Lightroom open I click on the <Import…> tab, navigate to the folder I want and click on it.
It opens, but the grid contains no thumbnails, only file names. If I double click a “picture”, a preview of the file opens; if I right click the “picture” and click on “show in finder” a finder window opens with the proper file hi-lighted and in the correct location on the hard drive. In other words, Lightroom is acting as if the file has already been imported (because of the aborted import?).
I have tried:
unchecking the “Don’t Import Suspected Duplicates” box under “File Handling"
resetting the presets folder
deleting the preset folder and rebooting
restoring the catalog to a previously dated backup
importing to a new catalog
restoring the entire photo hard drive to a previously dated time machine backup
None has worked.
There might be some Lightroom files resident on the home drive that’s preventing a proper reset, but I’d rather not do random time machine restorations on that drive.
A final twist - I have loaded these files onto a late '07 13" macbook running OS X 10.7.5 and Lightroom 5.7.3 with no problems.
Any thoughts on what to do?
Thanks
I also note from your screen clip that the folder you are trying to import has .MOV video files in it.
I have read forum threads where this can cause import problems.
Can you try and use the operating system /Finder and separate the videos from the images- by moving them out to another folder. Then try the import of the images folder only.
And turn off 'Smart Previews'- these can be easily created at a later time.
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One likely cause is a corrupt monitor profile.
Check the support page- Photos appear as black, gray, or blank rectangles in Lightroom
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Followed suggestions in both links - issue persists.
Thanks
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I also note from your screen clip that the folder you are trying to import has .MOV video files in it.
I have read forum threads where this can cause import problems.
Can you try and use the operating system /Finder and separate the videos from the images- by moving them out to another folder. Then try the import of the images folder only.
And turn off 'Smart Previews'- these can be easily created at a later time.
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The .MOV files were the culprit. Moved them to a separate folder and all's well.
I'm sure I'd have found it on my own sometime in April.
Thanks for giving me my life back./
jk