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Flybridge
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May 31, 2022
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How do I control the direction of sync between LR Ecosystem and LR Classic?

  • May 31, 2022
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I use LR Classic as my main app for managing my photos. However, I want to use the camera on my iPhone for various reasons and I want to then sync those photos nto my catalog, to merge with photos taken on my DSLR, or using the LR app on my iPhone.

 

I am using the latest versions of LR Classic and CC.

 

When I go into Preferences in LR and look at the Lightroom Sync tab, it shows 27 folders it is trying to upload from Classic to CC. I don't want it to do that. (And why those folders? I have many more folders than that, so why are the others not listed?)

The uploads seem to be stopping the downloads, as nothing is happening. I have been getting a message saying 27 items are syncing for months, and I've only just realsied what is happening!

Can I stop the upward sync, and just have the downward sync?

 

Thanks.

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Correct answer JP Hess

Lightroom Classic will only synchronize images that are in regular collections (NOT smart collections), and then only collections that you have marked to be synchronized. This is the mark that you must check in order for that collection to be synchronized. You can only synchronize collections from a single catalog.

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JP Hess
JP HessCorrect answer
Inspiring
May 31, 2022

Lightroom Classic will only synchronize images that are in regular collections (NOT smart collections), and then only collections that you have marked to be synchronized. This is the mark that you must check in order for that collection to be synchronized. You can only synchronize collections from a single catalog.

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FlybridgeAuthor
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May 31, 2022

Got it!

 

Many thanks.

JohanElzenga
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JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
Community Expert
May 31, 2022

Lightroom Classic only syncs to the cloud what you tell it to sync, so you did this somehow. It does not sync folders, it syncs collections. Remove those images from 'All Synced Photographs' to stop it. Lightroom Classic downloads everything from the cloud. That is something you cannot change.

 

-- Johan W. Elzenga
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FlybridgeAuthor
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May 31, 2022

Thanks, Johan.

 

However, I don't see a folder or a link in the navigation bar that says 'All Synced Photographs'. How do I access that to remove the photos from there?

JohanElzenga
Community Expert
JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
Community Expert
May 31, 2022

It's not a folder, it's a collection that Lightroom automatically creates. It should be in the top panel, next to the 'All Photographs' and other collections like that.

-- Johan W. Elzenga
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