P: Allow Mobile Downloads.lrdata to be moved to another location

Just tried it, it works, (the link), thanks

The link above has been updated to

http://www.evernote.com/l/AAl-28xG_cR...

I also get an error (an Evernote account is not required). Just now I regenerated the link It is

http://www.evernote.com/l/AAl-28xG_cR...

Please let me know if there is still a problem. Thanks

I get an Evernote error when I click on this link...is it possible I need an Evernote account?

Is it not possible to do this for example:

In LR Mobile, I create a new collection and add the jpeg files from my iPhone photos app. LR Mobile then sends the name of the collection to LR Desktop and creates a folder on the desktop with the same name.

When I get home I can then simply add the raw / jpeg files (but not duplicates) and everything then updates itself and I "carry on editing" in a seamless way?

I have another reason to justify why this really needs changing / improving.

I want to be able to import jpeg files into Lightroom Mobile on my iPad when out and about. I'll then share some pics, edit some, flag others and then leave them till I get home.

When I get home, I then want to create a folder on my desktop and import all jpeg and raw files into that folder (directory). Lightroom on my desktop should now allow me to easily sync / merge the "imported from mobile files / changes / edits" with the jpeg/raw files I just uploaded into the folder.

Surely this is 90% of the reason for having Lightroom on a mobile? It should allow to do initial work on jpeg's, and then get home and sync / merge all these changes simply with everything on the SD card that you then import properly at home!

Right now its a heck of a faff to try and do this - so much so that it negates the point of the mobile app to me.

This is wonderful software and a great concept - but until we can decide from the mobile app where the files will be stored on the desktop and then simply merge everything once home the workflow is a serious headache.

In my catalog settings I have "treat jpeg and raw files separately" enabled as I like to delete either jpeg's or raw's selectively. I'd also like for the flags / changes I make to the jpeg's in LR Mobile to be applied to the raw files when I import them on desktop. Again - this seems like an obvious requirement?

I believe in the spirit of good photo library management, LR needs to be changed to allow the end-user to configure the folder where LR stores photos it downloads via Lightroom Mobile. Currently, on Windows 8.1, the synced photos are stored under the C:\Users\\Pictures\Lightroom\Mobile Downloads.lrdata folder path.

The only way to have Lightroom automatically download those to another location is via changing the location of the Windows user profile's "Pictures" folder. This seems like a hokey work around compared to all of the other configuration options available in Lightroom.

This is a re-post from 5 months ago. The method described has been adapted by others for use on Mac.

Here is an Evernote document that describes how to relocate "Mobile Downloads.lrdata" on a Windows 7 system.

http://www.evernote.com/l/AAl-28xG_cR...

I want images synced from my mobile (iPad or iPhone) to get stored where all my other images are (my NAS).

Lightroom currently defaults to my internal SSD - which is the last place I want those images.

Furthermore, if I try and move them from the iPhone Collection to my NAS folder Lightroom screws them up!

I can't test this right now, but there may be a quicker way... not quite automated but quicker. Open the volumes for the 3 iPads and 2 iPhones so you can see the folders inside. Hold down Ctrl (Windows) / Cmd (Mac) so you can click on all 5 of those folders. That'll show all of the mobile photos in the temp location. Then use the Metadata filters to select the photos by month and drag them to the right folders in your main location. It's still not as useful as automating it or moving the default location, but may help in the meantime.