The most common reason Lightroom can’t import your photos is that it believes the files are already imported. When this happens, certain files will appear greyed out and cannot be imported into the catalog. To fix this, go to File Handling and uncheck the “Don’t Import Suspected Duplicates” option.
A frequent query we ran across in our research was “Why are my photos not showing up in Lightroom?”.
Missing photos can happen as a result of unplugging an external drive that was the source for the photos or if the drive mount point (Mac) or the drive letter (Windows) has changed. For these issues the solution is simple – plug the external hard drive back in and/or switch back to the drive letter Lightroom expects.
While I was researching we ran into the inquiry “Why can’t I add pictures to my Lightroom Classic Collection?”.
In the Finder’s System Preferences go to Security and Privacy. M ake sure that all the boxes are checked under Lightroom Classic, giving it permission to access your drives, files, and folders. Unable to add images to a collection (LR Classic 10.0) It’s not uncommon for updates to have a few issues.
Why can’t Lightroom Read my Raw files?
If Lightroom can’t read the RAW files, odds are your new camera’s RAW format isn’t supported yet. But don’t despair. Camera manufacturers know this and will usually provide free software that lets you edit your RAW photos. For example, if you just bought the Nikon Z6ii, you can use Nikon’s native software to edit.
Does Lightroom back up your photos?
Remember, the Lightroom catalog doesn’t store the original files, so backing up the catalog will NOT backup your photos. You’ll need to back up your images separately. Lightroom keeps crashing As mentioned before, Adobe Lightroom is a pretty stable piece of software.