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June 21, 2025
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I wish there was a more logical way to sync between LR and LrC

  • June 21, 2025
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I primairly use LrC as it makes editing, and organizing far more robust and straightforward. I like to sync to my LR to edit on the go but I run into the major delimma of not being able to export full res images. But if I upload directly into LR then I don't have the abilitty to transfer them back to the classic catalog. 

 

I just wish I could work more interchangebly. Upload on classic, sync to LR, edit on my mobile device, export, or sync back to classic and delete from the cloud. 

 

Correct answer JohanElzenga

"But if I upload directly into LR then I don't have the abilitty to transfer them back to the classic catalog."

I have no idea why you say that, but it is false. If you import images in Lightroom directly, then they will transfer automatically to Lightroom Classic. Lightroom Classic downloads everything that's in the cloud, no exceptions. In order to let the images download to a location of your choice, and not the fairly obscure default location, go to Preferences - Lightroom Sync and set the destination there. You can also check the option that Lightroom Classic should create a dated folder structure, just like you can do with directly imported images.

 

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JohanElzenga
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JohanElzengaCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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June 22, 2025

"But if I upload directly into LR then I don't have the abilitty to transfer them back to the classic catalog."

I have no idea why you say that, but it is false. If you import images in Lightroom directly, then they will transfer automatically to Lightroom Classic. Lightroom Classic downloads everything that's in the cloud, no exceptions. In order to let the images download to a location of your choice, and not the fairly obscure default location, go to Preferences - Lightroom Sync and set the destination there. You can also check the option that Lightroom Classic should create a dated folder structure, just like you can do with directly imported images.

 

-- Johan W. Elzenga