> How are you importing the photos? Drag-and-drop or with File -> Import From
> Folder?

I'm importing with File -> Import From Folder and I'm choosing Copy Photos.

- Grant


> It looks to me that you're attempting to import the same file (not a
> duplicate, but the same file) a second time. In other words, the file you're
> attempting to import is already in the library. -- Jim
>
> locate only finds the file in my target folder, not in my destination
> folder: # updatedb && locate IMG_20130303_144420
> /home/grant/photodump/IMG_20130303_144420.jpg # But it refuses to import the
> file with the log message indicating it has already been imported. Could
> shotwell have renamed the file when it was copied to the destination folder?
> I'm on 0.14.1. - Grant
>
> There's many reasons. At the end of an import, Shotwell should give you a
> list explaining why photos were not imported. In Shotwell 0.14, it will
> offer to save a text file giving a full report. The most likely cases are
> that the photos were byte-for-byte duplicates of other photos (Shotwell
> won't import duplicates), that they are not photo files (corrupted or named
> incorrectly), or that Shotwell doesn't support their data format (GIF is the
> most prominent for example). -- Jim Hi Jim, I import and copy my photos from
> /home/grant/photodump/ to /home/grant/Pictures/. I have: # updatedb &&
> locate IMG_20130303_144420 /home/grant/photodump/IMG_20130303_144420.jpg #
> "Shotwell Import Log.txt" says:
> /home/grant/photodump/IMG_20130303_144420.jpg duplicates existing media item
> /home/grant/photodump/IMG_20130303_144420.jpg Can you help me reconcile
> this? - Grant I imported/copied a large number of photos into shotwell from
> a folder and I was about to delete the folder but I noticed at least several
> photos that did not import or copy. Why would some photos import and not
> others? - Grant
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