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Inspiring
October 26, 2017

P: Very slow sync speeds with a large import

  • October 26, 2017
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As I'm migrating from Aperture I moved ~50Gb of images into LrCC in one import. Images import to library fine, but the sync to cloud is incredibly slow - Task manager shows it topping out at ~0.5Mbps, whilst a quick speed check while the sync is running suggests upload speeds 15-20Mbps.It has been syncing for a few days now (admittedly not 24/7) which is pretty annoying! Any suggestions on how to get this going faster are much appreciated!

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Inspiring
September 4, 2018
This is ridiculous.  After a shoot I can easily import 1000 photos to parse through and touchup.  It seems like Adobe is trying to upload all the files at once.  Resulting in 5000 files in my case each trying to get their piece of bandwidth to get sent over.  This process should be serialized for anything over 10 files it seems.  Or more ideally, adobe should let us set criteria on which files get synched.  The criteria would be based on flag, stars, keyword, etc. Then we could load files up locally, fix them up, and then publish the files to the cloud that we want published.  1TB is a lot of data until you start having all the garbage shots stored up there too.  

ADOBE: This issue is in serious need of support.  It needs a bandaid immediately and a fix following.
Victoria Bampton LR Queen
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 1, 2018
Tibor, can you go to https://www.speedtest.net and post the download/upload speeds please? It does sound exceedingly slow, but we should just rule out your internet connect first.
Victoria - The Lightroom Queen
Inspiring
April 1, 2018
Hi there, 
Im new to Lightroom (about 3 weeks in) and during this time I have only managed to upload about 300 photos. From what Im reading here, its an obviously on going issue and one that is not being addressed.  Contacted tech support and they pocked around mp pc for about 5 minutes in an attempt to help.  This seemed to have no clue as to what they were doing.  And when we got disconnected they made no attempt to re-connect, which is good as it would have meant more of my time wasted. So, fresh in and Im already looking for something else to use as I can see that there will be no support offered here. Very disappointing Adobe.
Participating Frequently
March 22, 2018

Participating Frequently
March 22, 2018
You have the same upload speed as me. Here’s a link to how long it will take to upload: https://www.howtogeek.com/200728/why-...
100GB will take 10 days at 1Mbps.
Participating Frequently
March 21, 2018
I've upgraded to Lightroom CC along with 1TB of space. I have been syncing the whole day with only 114 images that have uploaded thus far...sooooooo painful and slow 😞

Based in Sydney, I know I don't have the fastest upload speed, but it definitely shouldn't be this slow as I regularly upload large files on Dropbox, YouTube and Flickr. What is going on?

Some screenshots for reference...

After syncing/uploading the from the morning and still going...there is still 549 out of 662 uploading.



My upload speed...

Inspiring
February 5, 2018
Is there any update on this issue? Im still troubleshooting on my end, but is there an overall issue with syncing speeds?
mth211
Participant
January 22, 2018
I thought it was just a slow speed my end, I'm getting maybe 200 photos/day. But sounds like it might be a larger issue
Participating Frequently
January 21, 2018
I'm experiencing the same issue. It's been days, it seems to use up all the upload bandwidth, but only maybe 300 files have uploaded out of nearly 40k. When I look at the sync "progress" menu, the number doesn't reduce, even after watching for over 5 minutes.
EDIT: After doing some further research, I believe my issue is with the terrible upload speeds provided by my ISP (sub 2 Mbps). 100 days to upload at 1Mbps! Maybe 50 days if I ever get the maximum supposedly available.
Inspiring
January 9, 2018


upload sehr langsam, nicht praktikabel