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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Lightroom Classic desktop

Lightroom ( file cannot be found )

Please help me. I exasperated.

I inserted by SD card into my Mac book pro.

I then clicked on the SD folder item on my desktop screen

I then dragged the images into the Lightroom classic folder in “the dock” on my MacBook.

The images appeared in Lightroom.

I edited one image.

I closed down Lightroom.

I reopened Lightroom and all the images in the library appeared showing an exclamation mark (!)

I opened up an image in the develop module and it advise that "file could not be found"

What am I doing wrong please.

Please , please advise me, as I am at my wits end ! Thank you

Kind regards, Adam.

Jul 29, 2023 at 12:26 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Lightroom Classic desktop

Did you remove the SD card?

If so it sounds like you imported the files from the SD card into LR but may have used Add instead of Copy (in which case it still expects to see them on the SD card).

If you removed the SD card, put it back and restart LR and see if the images are found. If that is the problem then I suggest starting again. Remove them from your LR catalog (NOT Delete) and reimport them by copying them to the MBP.

Jul 29, 2023 at 12:50 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Lightroom Classic desktop

I always copy my images from the SD card to my hard drive, backup these images and then import them into LR. I never start working with images until I have a backup copy...SH*T happens.

Jul 29, 2023 at 12:56 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Lightroom Classic desktop

You didn't copy the images from the SD card to Lightroom; you really only added their location to Lightroom. In other words, Lightroom is a catalog of images, not the actually storage place. You need to copy the images to their permanent storage location then add them to Lightroom. I hope you didn't format the SD card after adding them to Lightroom.

Jul 29, 2023 at 01:15 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Lightroom Classic desktop

thanks for your reply.

Jul 29, 2023 at 02:33 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Lightroom Classic desktop

good advice , thanks

Jul 29, 2023 at 02:33 PM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Lightroom Classic desktop

I didn't format the card , thankfully

Jul 29, 2023 at 02:35 PM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Lightroom Classic desktop

jwpstl wrote:
You didn't copy the images from the SD card to Lightroom; you really only added their location to Lightroom. In other words, Lightroom is a catalog of images, not the actually storage place. You need to copy the images to their permanent storage location then add them to Lightroom. I hope you didn't format the SD card after adding them to Lightroom.

That is good advice - Thanks - Did not format the SD card.

Jul 29, 2023 at 02:37 PM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Lightroom Classic desktop

Since the ! mark indicates LR cannot find the file where it last saw it, the question I have is what is meant by, "...in the dock on my macbook"? Do you mean you dragged the images to the LR icon on the dock? Try opening up LR, select import and point it to your SD, on the far right panel tell it where to put them and make sure at the top that COPY is selected.

I'm thinking similar to @jwpstl's reply above.

Jul 30, 2023 at 02:02 PM


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