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nitinh59157576
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August 29, 2018
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I want to sync selected albums to my local drive

  • August 29, 2018
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Hi Everyone,

This is a great community to learn about Lightroom and find quick answers to common problems. Thanks everyone for making Lightroom great again !

I wanted to get some opinion on my workflow with Lightroom + Lightroom Classic. When I do a photo shoot, I usually upload my pictures into Lightroom mobile using my ipad immediately. Lightroom mobile is great for making a lot of quick edits. But obviously it doesnt have HDR and panorama for which I need to use Lightroom classic. So I need to then go my desktop, open my lightroom classic and wait for it to sync all the pictures. I have about 200 GB of pictures in and I dont want lightroom to sync all the pictures to my desktop when all i want is for it to sync one album. The main reason is that my desktop has only 256gb on my SSD drive (plus 1 TB on a regular HDD).

So is it possible to sync selected albums to my desktop and ignore the rest ?

Thanks a lot

Nitin

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    99jon
    99jon
    Legend
    August 29, 2018

    >So is it possible to sync selected albums to my desktop and ignore the rest ?

    No it is not. Unless, you stop importing everything.

    Sync is designed to mirror everything from the cloud.

    But you can pause sync in LR Classic. Use LRCC on your computer or LRCC on your iPad to tidy up what you don’t want. Then only what is left will get sent down into LR Classic and your chosen folders.

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    nitinh59157576Author
    Participant
    August 29, 2018

    Thanks a lot ! But that wont help me because syncing all photos will exhaust my SSD. So I need to sync them in HDD, copy the files to SSD and then merge hdr or panorama (which really doesnt help save any time).

    Adobe if you are listening, add selective sync !

    Sean McCormack
    Community Expert
    Sean McCormackCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    August 29, 2018

    You can choose an external disk to sync to or that 1TB, but it will go back to the default if it's disconnected. Preferences>Lightroom Sync>location

    Sean McCormack. Author of 'Essential Development 3'. Magazine Writer. Former Official Fuji X-Photographer.
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