First I followed your advice and tried to start an import using the photos app and this was only possible after unlocking the iphone. It seems that it was an apple security settings issue. I was fiddling around now for a while and I think the problem is solved. It is impossible to really import the chosen files. But then it is again the same: I try to import one single or a few files and Lightroom freezes. It is enough to 'start shutting down' the iphone and Lightroom will find the image files. I don't understand this but I tried it several times. This is enough to make the images appear in the Lightroom import dialogue. I just have to press the right sided button of my iphone until the 'swish to shut down' screen appears. To go a bit more into detail: I found out that it is not necessary to really shut down and restart the iphone. But, as mentioned above, if I choose a photo and start the import, even when I choose only one single file, Lightroom won't import but freeze and I have to shut it down via activity manager. Shutting down and restarting the iphone while it is connected to the Macbook enables me to find and choose photos on the iphone via the Lightroom import dialogue (image files appear in the import dialogue window). Locking/Unlocking does not make a difference. Hey 'ragrawal' and Sunil - thank you for your replies. Just imagine I was Gursky using Lightroom and all of the sudden I could not get my inspirational snapshots out of my iphone I'm just a hobby photographer but nevertheless I'm taking my photography quite serious. Release a Lightroom Update fixing this bug as soon as possible. Please, Adobe, guys, help me, make me happy again. I contacted apple and they told me I have to wait for the next lightroom update. I found a forum post on the apple help page, describing similar problems with Image Capture. But: when I start to import the picture files, Lightroom will freeze. It's funny but when I switch off and then switch on the iphone while it is connected to the macbook, photos will appear listed in the import dialogue. Now photos are not listed to choose them for import when I choose my iphone as source in the import dialogue. Photo import from iphone to Lightroom did work properly until the last iOS update. I'm using Lightroom 6 for Mac running on Macbook Pro/El Capitan. Photo import from iphone to Lightroom 6 fails after updating on iOS 10.2.

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