LrC photos Missing

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@Ashley23934538shna wrote:

I uploaded my raw photos into Lightroom about a week ago. For some reason, the last month or so Lightroom keeps telling me that my photos are "missing" when they aren't. The file and photo name are the same and they are located in the right place on my hardrive. 

I've noticed when I look under 'documents' and 'iCloud' where I keep my photos, a lot of the photos have been disappearing. Instead of a photo thumbnail, it has the LR logo and thats all. Under each of these photos is the "cloud" that has to be pressed to try to be downloaded. These are the photos that are "missing" in lightroom. Why were they there in lightroom now gone or "missing"? How do I get them back?

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Lightroom Classic needs the photos to be on your local hard disk. It cannot work with photos that are in the cloud. Apple iCloud can store the original photo in the cloud, and only keep a link to it locally. That is what @Per Berntsen is trying to tell you. You cannot use this iCloud feature in combination with Lightroom Classic.

Lightroom Classic requires local storage of photos, they cannot be in the cloud.

I'm not familiar with iCloud, but use Dropbox, which works well, as long as "Save hard drive space automatically" is unchecked in preferences.  With this option checked, files will be uploaded to the cloud, and the local copy deleted.

You can also keep your photos in a regular folder on your hard drive, which should prevent any upload to the cloud and local deletion.