Lightroom 6 Importing Photos into Wrong Folders

[SwissMaedel]

I have read all the other threads with similar titles/issues and nothing has helped. Someone please help me!

I am importing into Lightroom 6 from folder of photos on my desktop.

Originally the photos are downloaded from Google Photos by year, and then put into new folder on my desktop labeled by the year.

For example, I downloaded all my photos from 2014 from Google Photos to my desktop. I renamed the folder "2014" and placed it inside my Pictures folder on my Desktop.

Now I am trying to import into Lightroom 6.

Finding the Source is no problem.

Destination options:

- Organize by Date

- Date Format: 2018/2018-06-11

The files are clearly marked by date from Google photos, for example: 20140214_172205.jpg

Lightroom gives me a preview of where it will place the photos in my destination folder (an external harddrive called F:)

Lightroom wants to add all my video files into a random folder named "1948". No clue where it's getting this number!

It wants to add all the photos into a new folder with today's date: "2018-06-11".

Whyyyy?????

I have never had this problem with Lightroom until I got a new computer and had to move everything to my new External Harddrive. Now it is just a bit crazy.

Can someone please help me?

I know basic Lightroom stuff (importing, editing, exporting), but am not a computer whizz, so basic language appreciated.

Thank you!

[dj_paige]

SwissMaedel  wrote

The files are clearly marked by date from Google photos, for example: 20140214_172205.jpg

It really doesn't matter what the file name is, it matters what capture date is in the metadata in the file. Do you know what that is?

[SwissMaedel]

On Google Photos, you can click "info" for each photo and it gives you the date for it. It looks to be the capture date. I suspect that somewhere during the download from Google Photos, the capture date is changed to the modified date. I'm not sure how to stop that from happening but I'm trying to figure it out by downloading my Google Photos using other methods, such as Google Drive and ExitTool. I'll let you know if I have any success! Any other suggestions would be greatly welcomed!