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BDijkman
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June 10, 2021
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LRC not syncing - but thinks it needs to sync 50K photos...

  • June 10, 2021
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Dear all,

 

I have been struggling for a few weeks now to get my sync from LR Classic to LR to work again. My intention is to only sync smart previews in that direction. It did work for a while, and I managed to sync about 60K photos, until all syncing stopped. Nothing I have done since then has helped to sync again.

 

  • I have tried to delete the Sync.lrdata file - no effect.
  • I have deleted all photo's from LR, which (obviously) resulted in me losing my collections in LR Classic.
  • I have sync my IOS devices, which no longer show any photos.

 

This leaves me with the current situation:

 

Any suggestion would be highly appreciated!

 

Regards,

Bart

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DdeGannes
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DdeGannesCommunity Expert
Community Expert
June 20, 2021

See the screen capture from my system for Syncing in LrC.

 

Regards, Denis: iMac 27” mid-2015, macOS 11.7.10 Big Sur; 2TB SSD, 24 GB Ram, GPU 2 GB; LrC 12.5,; Lr 6.5, PS 24.7,; ACR 15.5,; (also Laptop Win 11, ver 24H2, LrC 15.3; PS 27.0; ) Camera Oly OM-D E-M1.
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BDijkmanAuthor
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June 21, 2021

Hello Denis,

 

Thanks for the tip. I immediately tried that (see picture). Just this did not start the sync from LrC. I then added a photo to LR on my iPhone, which appeared without any issue in LR on the Mac. The new folder "Mobile Photos" was also created after I changed the setting, but nothing appears there. LrC still believes that it needs to sync 50K photos, but it is not syncing any.

 

It seems that the link between LrC and LR is broken somehow. Any clue how that might be reestablised?

 

Bart

DdeGannes
Community Expert
DdeGannesCommunity Expert
Community Expert
June 20, 2021

I just noticed from one of the screen shots you posted with you initial post that no location for the synced files is selected. Not sure if this affects your issue. See the screen capture.

 

 

 

Regards, Denis: iMac 27” mid-2015, macOS 11.7.10 Big Sur; 2TB SSD, 24 GB Ram, GPU 2 GB; LrC 12.5,; Lr 6.5, PS 24.7,; ACR 15.5,; (also Laptop Win 11, ver 24H2, LrC 15.3; PS 27.0; ) Camera Oly OM-D E-M1.
    DdeGannes
    Community Expert
    DdeGannesCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 10, 2021

    Do you have LrC and Lr running on your computer at the same time?
    If so can you explain your workflow procedures?

     

    Regards, Denis: iMac 27” mid-2015, macOS 11.7.10 Big Sur; 2TB SSD, 24 GB Ram, GPU 2 GB; LrC 12.5,; Lr 6.5, PS 24.7,; ACR 15.5,; (also Laptop Win 11, ver 24H2, LrC 15.3; PS 27.0; ) Camera Oly OM-D E-M1.
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    BDijkmanAuthor
    Participant
    June 10, 2021

    Thanks DdeGannes!

     

    I am primarily a LrC user, but occasionally I will open Lr from the same machine (iMax 5K 27" 2017). Some 2 years ago I uploaded some photos to Lr to see what it was about, but did not really use it. Since a month or so, I started syncing from LrC to Lr. I went very smooth in the beginning. Since I have been having sync issues, I have opened Lr more frequently.

     

    My normal workflow is to import into LrC from an SD card, select and categorize the photos, and then assign some to Collections which are synced with Lr. I do not upload directly to Lr from a phone or any other device.

     

    I believe that somehow something got corrupted while I was syncing a lot of my photos from LrC to Lr. I labeled a bunch of Collections as "to be synced", leading to having a lot of photo's in the sync queue. The sync got stuck, after which I started my recovery actions.

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      BDijkmanAuthor
      Participant
      June 20, 2021

      Unfortunately the situation remains unchanged. Nothing I do is changing the fact that LrC believes that it needs to sync: "Local Activity synching 50730 Photos". When I start up LrC it shows a "sync complete with a green checkmark", but after about a minute it falls back to the "Local Activity synching 50730 Photos".

       

      LR itself has 0 photos in it and nothing to sync and neither does Creative Cloud...

       

      Would appreciate any further suggestions a lot!

      DdeGannes
      Community Expert
      DdeGannesCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 10, 2021

      Try signing out of your Adobe Creative Cloud a/c then signing back in. Then reboot Lightroom.

      Also advise what version you are using, the exact version number.

       

      Regards, Denis: iMac 27” mid-2015, macOS 11.7.10 Big Sur; 2TB SSD, 24 GB Ram, GPU 2 GB; LrC 12.5,; Lr 6.5, PS 24.7,; ACR 15.5,; (also Laptop Win 11, ver 24H2, LrC 15.3; PS 27.0; ) Camera Oly OM-D E-M1.
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      BDijkmanAuthor
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      June 10, 2021

      Dear DdeGannes,

       

      Thanks for responding so quickly. I did not mention it in my message, but I did sign out of Creative Cloud and then sign back in multiple times as well. Without any luck.

      Regardless, I just did it again. What I then see is that for half a minute or so LrC shows a green check mark "sync complete" and then falls back to the "syncing 50.730 photos". LrC somehow believe it still needs to sync a lot - which is not the case - and it does not sync any new photo.

       

      I am on LrC 10.3 and Lr 4.3 (as you are).

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