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Professor Deb
Professor Deb
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December 19, 2023
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P: Allow external SSD photo access from Lightroom on the iPad

  • December 19, 2023
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Lightroom CC on the Mac allows access to external storage devices. Adobe, please allow external storage device access for Lightroom on the iPad! That would make this the perfect mobile photo solution. Right now the only option is to import the files to the iPad photo ecosystem before they can be brought into Lightroom. I have many thousands of photos on external drives (many with camera raw edits) that I would like to access directly like I can on the Mac version. 

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    David998
    Participant
    January 16, 2025

    Hi!

    On the Mac, you can choose in Lightroom whether you want to work in the cloud or locally. Why is this function not available on the iPad? I would like to edit the photos locally directly from the SSD without uploading hundreds of gb to the cloud. That would improve my workflow immensely!

     

    Unfortunately, customer support has no idea and doesn't understand the problem.
    Is there any information on whether this feature is planned, that would be absolutely brilliant! It would allow me to manage my entire photo workflow with just the iPad.

     

     

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      Whimsy Collective
      Participant
      May 26, 2024

      Hi Professor Deb, I agree!

       

      A much needed feature to allow access to local network, files and folders, and be able to open Lightroom catalogs, and also Frame IO bridge access for review and sharing photos. I'm a Frame IO user.


      I can't believe the Product Manager of Lightroom has not thought of this. Even the product team of Developers, Product Designers, and UX Researchers?

       

       

       

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