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brian09223

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Lightroom Classic 10.3 , Camera Raw 13.3
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I loaded up three days of photos into my external hard drive then imported them into
Lightroom on my Mac. I worked on some of them and then closed out Lightroom. When I reopened Lightroom a couple of days later they no longer appear in my Lightroom catalog after I start up Lightroom. They are still on my external hard drive. I tried to re-import them but they're all greyed out and will not import. I went into my external hard drive and clicked on one of the pictures which opened in Preview. It said the photo was locked. This hasn't happened to me that I can remember. I must have screwed up somehow. Can anyone help me fix this problem?
 
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If the images are greyed out in the import dialog, that means they are already imported. The reason you do not see them is probably because you have selected a collection or folder that does not contain them. They should be visible in the ‘All Photographs’ collection however. The locked photo on disk is probably just a coincidence, that has nothing to do with what Lightroom shows.
 
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You are right. When I look in "All Photographs" I see them. I tried to put them into a new folder and Lightroom said all Photos selected are missing. Is there a way I can re-import them from my external hard drive.
 
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