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August 27, 2023
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Lightroom Classic cannot export images to a disk mounted by WebDAV

  • August 27, 2023
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Hi all,

I am using MacOS with Synology NAS and LrC.  I saved all images into the NAS and access those images with my MacBook via a mounted disk under the WebDAV protocol.  Although the mounted disk volume is always "0", I can still add folder and images into the mounted disk by Finder. I can even successfully import those images in the mounted disk into LrC catalog without moving their locations, develop those images, add geotag to images, etc.

However, I cannot save the updated metadata into the images after development, I cannot even export the developed images to the same mounted disk.  It seems LrC compulsory to have spare volume on a disk to proceed the above operations. Unluckily, it is WebDAV's limitation that cannot transfer the figure of spare volume of my NAS (which is about 8TB free space) to the mounted disk.

Now, I can only proceed the above operations after mounting the disk with SMB or AFP protocol.  However, it means I have stay with the same WIFI network with my NAS but I only return home once a year.

Would anyone know any method to resolve the above inconvenience? Will Adobe deliver an update to LrC to deal with the above situation?

I understand there are already many image editing softwares do not need to check the disk space before exporting.

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Community Expert
September 4, 2023

@johnrellis has the right answer. Just use a VPN. This is exactly what I do to access the terabytes of images on my synology NAS. I don't use tailscale but wireguard with the WireGuard VPN server running on my router which is stunningly fast and a bit more secure than running the VPN server on the NAS. Works perfectly and allows me to access all my images almost anywhere in the world (except maybe in some countries where VPN access is blocked). Highly recommend going this route.

johnrellis
Genius
August 27, 2023

Based on observing Adobe's support for Lightroom Classic over the years, I think it's unlikely that Adobe would change LR to accommodate Synology / Webdav -- but others may differ.  You could file a feature request here:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic-ideas/how-do-i-write-a-feature-request/idi-p/12386378

 

A quick google shows that some people mount a Synology volume with SMB3 over the Internet using a VPN, and Synology includes Tailscale to make that easier.  A couple reports varied as to performance. I have no experience with any of this, and I'd expect that you need some prior technical experience to make this go smoothly.

Participant
September 4, 2023

Thanks, VPN can help