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Nov 7, 2026 7:59 AM UTC
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Ability to manually control the order/items to sync first when using Lightroom on a new device. Instead of a quick computer swap I now have to wait for all 35000 photos to sync before I can access the singular collection I am working on

When having installed Lightroom or LC on a new computer or device, I would like to be able to choose which items start downloading from the cloud first. Instead of a quick swap, I am currently waiting for 35000+ items to sync before I can likely access the singular collection I am trying to work on.

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    Rob_Cullen
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    Nov 7, 2026 10:55 PM UTC

    Lightroom installs do not need to download all files from the Cloud. In ‘Cloud’ mode images are accessed directly from the Lightroom Cloud.

    Lightroom-CLASSIC is a different ‘beast’.  You can only sync ONE LrC catalog with the Lightroom Cloud. LrC was never designed to sync with the Cloud.  Turning on [Sync] in LrC will always download ALL images in the Cloud- there is no ‘selective; option. Using a LrC catalog on multiple computers is problematic and very prone to confusion.

     

    See the post in the Lightroom Queen forum by Califdan - “You are heading into chaos with this approach..” 

    https://www.lightroomqueen.com/community/threads/lightroom-synchronise-questions.51579/#post-1343725

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    Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.6, Photoshop 27.8, ACR 18.7, Lightroom 9.4, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.3 .