P: I would like to synchronize over LAN/Cable instead of internet

I have a 100MB/S leased fibre line which gives me 100MB/s up and down but that's not the bottleneck. The bottleneck is the way LR queues and uploads the images, it doesn't max out a connection and it's pointless to upload from a desktop to the web just to then download the exact same files from the web to an iPad when the desktop and iPad are connected to the same local network.

I agree the ability to push collections to the web is useful but it's too slow for extremely large collections and also wastes unnecessary bandwidth.

Quite often I'll be working in a remote location and using a mobile hotspot which has limited data bandwidth (5GB) but it's a fast 4G connection with 50Mb/s or more. If I shoot on location and download to my MacBook Pro and then want to edit on the move on my iPad I have two options. Waste 2GB for example uploading images to CC cloud and then another 2GB downloading them to iPad or import direct to iPad and have a broken workflow as raw images won't be on the laptop and backed up.

The ability to sync over local LAN connection (wifi) between desktop and LR mobile is a key feature that is still missing. I pretty much guarantee it will be included in a future update but it needs people to reply to this thread requesting it to help ensure it makes it onto LR roadmap.

I think he's meaning while traveling he shouldn't be dependent of internet connection and instead there should be a way to get sync between Lightroom Desktop and LR Mobile even without internet.

I think he's right. That would be fully mobile.

> I buy especially for travel and which is unusable

What's unusable about it?  Just because you don't have a fast enough internet connection? If you go to www.speedtest.net - how fast is your upload/download speed?

Toute cette discussion et tous ces reproches face à votre solution sont pertinents....
Actuellement un iPad ne peut servir qu'à présenter quelques photos à un client en dehors de chez-sois dans tous les cas, ça n'est pas une solution valable pour un travail de shooting sérieux.
Et ce maudit pseudo-catalogue sur le Cloud, c'est nul, excusez-moi, mais je devrait vous demander de me rembourser l'iPad que j'ai acheter spécialement pour voyager et qui est inutilisable.... Vos évangélistes et autres publicités sont des mensonges  et de la poudre aux yeux !

All this discussion and all these complaints in the face of your solution are relevant....
 Currently an iPad can be used to present some pictures to a customer outside of home - be in all cases, it is not a valid solution for a serious shooting work.
 And this cursed pseudo-collection in the Cloud, it's lame, excuse me, but I should ask you to pay back me the iPad I buy especially for travel and which is unusable....  Your evangelists and other ads are lies
 
 and the powder in the eyes!

Since we've been ignored so long, and for those of us who are using the increasingly powerful Lr Mobile on similarly powerful devices, how 'bout SOME way of synching, even if not a LAN, locally? so we can use Lr Mobile when we're, um, mobile? My camera can sync via a direct connection; why not Lr Mobile?

I'm a tour guide and travel photographer and I love being able to work with my pictures on the go and to take advantage of the many opportunities that Lightroom mobile gives me... however, I do also use the desktop version of Lightroom... and there I have a big problem on the go...
I live and work mostly in South America and when I'm on the go I can't always count on internet (or will only have a poor internet access at hotels and other points)... so for me it would be crucial to be able to sync my images (and changes) without having to rely on a wifi connection - ideally I'd like to be able to connect my ipad with my macbook pro and have them sync over cable.
I know it sounds old fashioned... but it would be the best way for me and I believe (reading up a bit on the internet) for many others more...

Echoing what other have said about sync pausing and syncing over lan wifi or cable, but more importantly, SELECTIVE SYNC please! 

I do not need every photo that I sync to my iPad also on my iPhone - look at how Dropbox works with selective sync, it is perfect. 

the need for pausing sync or doing it locally shows how people are using LRM - away from fast internet speeds, originating photo collections on the go in LRM rather than the desktop version. 

There are many of us begging to allow use of iPads for mobile workflow devices, but until you allow wired transfer back to desktops it is unrealistic.

Adobe are already work on that? When the LAN sync will be released? That's the only question remains.

I woukd like to add my request that LAN syncing is implemented ASAP. However since I know that the only reason for not having already done so is strategic and not technical, I'm not holding my breath! As others here have pointed out it is shortsighted for Adobe to "force" users to syncing via CC. One can only assume that the sucess of their regrettable move to a SAS business model for their software delivery has blinded them to the advantages of listening to their userbase. I do hope I'm wrong about this and that LAN syncing is just around the corner......Until then LR mobile will rest on a virtual shelf for me. Shame as I think the product is pretty slick