Photos not importing / import issue

Pleeeeeease help me. This is driving me crazy! I have what seems like an intermittent problem with LR4.3.
Sometimes it lets me import and edit no problem, then sudenly the import won't work almost like it can't see the images because the preview doesn't show.
A few times when this happens I restart then it works again, but this time I've tried everything and nothing works :-(
When I select "cancel import" I have to force quit to get anyting to work.

I'm having a similar problem with Import. I'm not importing from a card. I'm trying to import from files I've already moved to my harddrive. When I select the folder with the pics to import, I get nothing but a lot of blank boxes, just like the image above. If I click on a box, I get the pic. When I try to import one or all of them, Import just hangs. When I cancel the import after a ridiculously long time of nothing happening, I get an error message that says "No photos or videos found to import" — even though there's a folder full of photos I pointed LR at. I've reinstalled LR 4.3, but then I read that doesn't do anything, and it didn't. I've restarted the computer. I've reimported the photos to another folder. I've unplugged the camera, I've unplugged other USB stuff — even though I don't see how this could have anything to do with anything, and hasn't in the pas. Nothing, nothing, and more nothing.

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I have just purchased the new iPad with the camera connection kit. I just want to be able insert my SD card into the Pad and view my photos, not import them.Can this be done and how? Please advise. Thank you.

See this article: iPad: Using the iPad Camera Connection Kit
No, this canot be done, afaik. When your camera or card is connected, you will see the thumbnails in the camera pane, but not full size preview. So to browse your photos on the iPad you will need to import them to your camera roll. But you need not delete them from the camera or card after importing, so you might simply import selected photos to your camera roll from the camera grid and then delete them again from the camera roll after importing and browsing, without removing them from the card/camera.
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Iphoto: find photos not imported in the iPhoto Library

Hello
I've got this message from iPhoto since few days, trying to repair the DB with no success, any idea ??
In English : Photos not imported are find in the iPhoto library.
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Go to your Pictures Folder and find the iPhoto Library there. Right (or Control-) Click on the icon and select 'Show Package Contents'. A finder window will open with the Library exposed.
Look there for a Folder called 'Import' or 'Importing'.
Drag it to the Desktop. Make no other changes. Start iPhoto. Does that help?
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Yosemite Photos not importing Nikon D40 RAW+JPEG

I tried to import RAW+JPEG photo sets from an SD card of a Nikon D40 and my first impression was that the photos were imported, they appeared on the Last Import album but then I noticed these issues:
1. I was not able to edit the photo
2. I was not able to select the RAW file to edit it
3. When tried to import from Facebook, the Finder interface was not able to located the imported photo even though it appear on Photos app
I thought that the issue was related to the SD card so I connected the D40 via USB and imported again. Nothing different happen, the same 3 issues.
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1. Insert the SD Card in the slot
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MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011)
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That is what Apple's RAW support page says, so you can do nothing about it:
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See the footnote at
Nikon D4S†
Nikon D810†
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†Nikon RAW L format only.

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Photos not imported message after opening iPhoto 08

Has anyone ever experienced following Problem:
Everytime I open iPhoto it appears this error message: "9 photos have been found in the iPhoto Library that were not imported. Would you like to import them?". If I choose yes, iPhoto shuts down after a short while. If I choose no, it works, but everytime I do so, one foto is added to the fotos left to import.
How do I get rid of this fotos?

alterkram
Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
Go to your Pictures Folder and find the iPhoto Library there. Right click on it and choose 'Show Package Contents'. A finder window opens with your library inside. You should see a folder there called 'Importing' or perhaps 'Last Import' (NOT Auto Import). In side will be the offending files. Drag that folder to the desktop and launch iPhoto. Does it work normally?
Regards
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Raw Photos not importing

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Not surprised. NLE's have been designed primarily to work with files that compared to stills cameras are "low res" ... but voluminous in number. NLE's have to handle thousands of images on the fly, that need de-compressing not just individually but whole groups "share" bits & pieces though perhaps in different places as subjects or camera move during a scene.
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I just realized that any photos I have been importing to the iPhoto library from somewhere on my hard drive rather than from an external device/camera have NOT actually been imported into the library, rather are still linked to the original file. This means that iPhoto can't always find the correct pathway to the correct file -- and it has backfired on me big time in that I ordered a $50 book and one of the images was wrong. Right thumbnail, but wrong actual photo, because the link had been lost. Beyond the aggravation that my book is now messed up and I apparently can't do anything about it since it's been more than 90 minutes, I want to fix this so that my iPhoto library is accurate and it doesn't happen again. I have been going to File - Import to Library, but it doesn't. It just links to the original file, which then can't be found once I reopen the program after quitting. Any advice? This only started happening since upgrading to '09, by the way.

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TD

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Go to your Pictures Folder and find the iPhoto Library there. Right (or Control-) Click on the icon and select 'Show Package Contents'. A finder window will open with the Library exposed.
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TD

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