Reading SD card

[pblinn51]

Lightroom Version Number

Lightroom Classic 8.4.1

Operating System

1. macOS 10.15 Catalina

Since the new Catalina OS system my Lightroom 8.4.1 comes up with crazy images (see attached screen shot). The card works on my husband's Mac, but not mine so it is not a defective card.

 

[Jim Wilde]

Confirm that you have the SD card properly selected in the Import dialog.....that looks like you've got something in your system library selected, with "Show Subfolders" checked, so the import process is picking up all the thousands of small image files that are used throughout the operating system and applications. Perhaps include a screenshot of the Import dialog, left hand panel.

 

[Hal P Anderson]

Those aren't images from your SD card. They are icons and such from somewhere in your operating system. Probably you need to point to a different place in the Input section of the Import window. Jim just said the same thing, but better.

 

[pblinn51]

Confirm that you have the SD card properly selected in the Import dialog.....that looks like you've got something in your system library selected, with "Show Subfolders" checked, so the import process is picking up all the thousands of small image files that are used throughout the operating system and applications. Perhaps include a screenshot of the Import dialog, left hand panel.

The import window shows that the card, "Untitled" isn't even recognized by Lightroom. It shows up in my Finder window, but not Lightroom.

 

[Jim Wilde]

Try selecting it under the Files section (it's supposed to be automatically selected from Files, but maybe the way it's been formatted is casing the problem). That may not work, however, as it looks as though Lightroom doesn't see any sub-folders on that card.

 

[pblinn51]

Try selecting it under the Files section (it's supposed to be automatically selected from Files, but maybe the way it's been formatted is casing the problem). That may not work, however, as it looks as though Lightroom doesn't see any sub-folders on that card.

It does not show up in Files section and it yes it does not show up any subfolders under Untitled which is the SD card. The sub folders of the card do show up in Finder

 

[Jim Wilde]

"Untitled" does show up at the bottom of the Files section, are you saying that no images show up when you select it?

If Finder can see the sub-folders, try copying them to your hard drive and then try importing from there.

 

[pblinn51]

"Untitled" does show up at the bottom of the Files section, are you saying that no images show up when you select it?

If Finder can see the sub-folders, try copying them to your hard drive and then try importing from there.

Exactly, no photo images show up. We did exactly that, but it doesn't even recognize that folder.

 

[Paul McFarlane]

First, welcome to the Forum.

There are some reports (still being investigated) regarding SD Imports on Catalina, though by no means not all are affected. As a work around (and you likely thought of this) copy them in Finder to the local disk then Import form there.

Remember, Adobe have not released a new version of Classic since Catalina and recommend you do your own testing before upgrading. This will change when an updated version of Classic is released. Meantime, any issues can be reported directly to Adobe.

Here's the page noting Catalina and Classic, it also contains the link to report any issues.

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/macos-catalina-compatibility.html