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Boomer_M3
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P: Allow Direct Importing images into iPad with ios 13

  • July 18, 2019
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I'm using Lightroom Mobile (4.3.2) on an iPadPro-2018. I want to import images from an SD card into LR.
Here's my import process:
-Attach card reader to UBS-C port, insert SD card
-Open Files.app and browser to the SD Card
-Select the photos you want to import into LR
-Select "Share" in the lower left corner of the Files.app

At this point, I should be able to select Lightroom. However, the LR option ONLY appears if the number of files is 10 or fewer. More than 10 files and the Lightroom icon does not appear. With this process, no more than 10 images can be imported into LR at a time.

Has anyone experienced this issue? Has anyone found a workaround? And yes, I have reported this to Apple.

Thanks for your feedback.


Peter

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    FeedbackCommunityMember
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    November 1, 2019
    I'm truly surprised that we have to vote on this as a feature request, when it was specifically called out in the Apple event and "sneaked" as a feature of iPadOS! If memory serves, they even showed a brief glimpse of Lightroom importing this way. I've added my vote (#32, that is a sadly low number). But this should be a premiere feature of Lightroom on iPad! Adobe engineers should be all over this one!
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
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    October 24, 2019


    Apple is upgrading to iPadOS for all us iPad users that adds some pretty important new functions.

    I can now use a usb-c dongle in my iPad and connect a external harddrive to that and a SD card. I can then copy files from the card to the drive. 

    But in LR I lack the options to import files. In short we need a way to import files with the new files tools. Would be perfect to be able to edit all the raw files on my external drive. 
    I am feeling hopefull that Adobe will the see the very GREAT opportunity and added usability that this will add to LR mobile.   
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
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    October 15, 2019


    Lightroom tethering to ipad pro
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    Pierre_G
    Participating Frequently
    October 4, 2019
    Though I’m not sure this is a requirement for importing pictures from an SD card : « External drive support » is already there, that allows to
    « Access files on a USB drive, SD card or hard drive »
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    Pierre_G
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    October 4, 2019
    For anyone that don’t want to lose five minutes with Googling : it’s the « Image Capture API » that Adobe may be waiting for. More information on https://www.apple.com/in/ipados/featu...
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    sergen80949761
    Participating Frequently
    October 4, 2019
    + 1  Importing more than 10 files at a time is not possible from SD Card so I guess it's a Lightroom related problem 😞
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    RobertK81
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    October 4, 2019
    Well so far my googling didn't include the term "API", maybe due to that I didn't stumble across that result.
    Found it now though, thank you for pointing it out!
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    squaxor
    Participant
    October 4, 2019
    Since I installed iPad OS 13 on my iPad Pro (2018) I've been able to access my Lacie Copilot drive via the USB-C connection. In Lightroom on my iPad I can now import photos via the Files option. So for me at least the problem is solved. Lightroom wasn't updated so I deduce that connection to  external drives was a iOS issue and not something Adobe had control over.
    Victoria Bampton LR Queen
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    Victoria Bampton LR QueenCommunity Expert
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    October 4, 2019
    > Adobe, we‘re waiting for you.

    A little gentle googling suggests Adobe may be waiting on an API from Apple that's still listed on their "later this year" release dates. 
    Victoria - The Lightroom Queen
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    RobertK81
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    October 4, 2019
    I‘m a bit surprised that Adobe would need a reminder of this feature being important to people.

    Seeing that specifically „apps like Lightroom“ were pointed out during the first presentations of iPadOS 13 (regarding the ability to, for example, import directly from a connected SD-Card), the silence from Adobe and lack of updates is worrisome.
    I think everybody agrees that the current way of importing from SD-Card to Lightroom on an iPad (going through the Photos app first) is crap, and people were very much looking forward to a much improved workflow now that Apple has delivered the necessary foundation for such a feature.
    Adobe, we‘re waiting for you.
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