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Inspiring
October 19, 2016
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P: Please give me a switch to turn off sync.

  • October 19, 2016
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I take photos on my iPhone and I want to chose 1 to edit and then post where I chose.  I do not want to auto sync every photo I take with the app.  I have to put my phone in airplane mode to stop this process.  Otherwise my slow DSL upload is all clogged up by this app uploading everything I take.  Please give me a switch to disable the auto sync on the iphone.

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Victoria Bampton LR Queen
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Community Expert
October 19, 2016
Are these photos already in Lightroom mobile? (In which case, removing the ones you don't want to sync would do the trick) or are they still being add to Lightroom mobile as you shoot them?
Victoria - The Lightroom Queen
Inspiring
October 19, 2016
I have auto add off on mobile and I selected the pause option on the desktop. Everytime I open the app it tries to sync every photo Ive taken with the mobile app.
Victoria Bampton LR Queen
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Community Expert
October 19, 2016
That's great Blake, but I'm trying to understand exactly what change is required (since the engineers will need to know that information). So the question is, are photos still being automatically added to Lightroom mobile even though the switch is set not to do so (bug - higher priority) or is this simply a request for selective sync (feature request).
Victoria - The Lightroom Queen
Inspiring
October 19, 2016
Already been through everything with adobe.  They told me to suggest the change in the app.
Victoria Bampton LR Queen
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Community Expert
October 19, 2016
Any photos in the Lightroom app will sync, but the switch in the Preferences should stop them being automatically added. How long ago did you disable that switch, and are new photos still being added to the Lightroom app?
Victoria - The Lightroom Queen
Inspiring
October 19, 2016
every photo I take on my iphone tries to sync
Victoria Bampton LR Queen
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Community Expert
October 19, 2016
What doesn't work exactly? You mean it continued to automatically add the photos even with that turned off?
Victoria - The Lightroom Queen
Inspiring
October 19, 2016
That doesnt work for me.
Victoria Bampton LR Queen
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Community Expert
October 19, 2016
Click the Lightroom Icon in the top left corner and turn off auto add. Then only photos you choose to import will be added to Lightroom mobile and synced.
Victoria - The Lightroom Queen