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mattvred
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January 8, 2024
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Considering switching off Lightroom classic and using Cloud version

  • January 8, 2024
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Looking for some advice.  I have used Lightroom Classic for years now.  Ported from Appture years ago into Lightroom before the web version was available.      Here's my situation:

 

  • 15 years of folders that hold my photos and video (by year and event) - stored on NAS and connected to Lightroom Classic
  • I have a Mac Mini, but I don't have enough disk space to store the synced photos, so I had to move my sync file to an external drive connected to my Mac Mini, and I am finding this is not fast enough to go through photos quickly.
  • I have also had issues with the mobile sync not finishing the sync into Lightroom classic - there have been 23 photos that it's waiting on, and it never finishes - 2 weeks now - this could be related to using an external drive for the target for the synced photos - who knows. 

 

Curious if it would make more sense to store my photos in the cloud and use Lightroom for the Cloud to eliminate all of the issues I have been having.

 

I am not a professional photographer, but I like to organize my photos, and I use the complete Adobe suite to modify my photos and videos.

 

Curious if you think I am crazy to move to the cloud version??   and if not, how would I move the photos I have stored from 2001 until today into a cloud storage option?

Photos stored locally, but I have found sync issues with

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Rob_Cullen
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 9, 2024

Read this informative article- Beginning to End!

MIGRATE TO LIGHTROOM CLOUD

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.3, Photoshop 27.5, ACR 18.3, Lightroom 9.3, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.3 .