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Maciek33631875efln
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May 25, 2024
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Migrating Edited Photos from Apple Photos to Lightroom Classic

  • May 25, 2024
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Hello,

I have a few hundred RAW photos taken with a Canon camera. All of them have been edited (cropped, color adjusted, shadows, etc.) in Apple Photos. Since Apple Photos lacks some features, I am moving to Adobe Lightroom Classic.

Is there a way to export the edits I made in Apple Photos so that I can import them (together with the RAW files) into Lightroom Classic?


I have tried "Export Unmodified Originals" with Export IPTC as XML, hoping it would allow me to transfer the edits. Unfortunately, Lightroom doesn't recognize the edits.

Thank you.

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JohanElzenga
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JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
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May 25, 2024

The edits of Apple Photos are not compatible with Lightroom. There is an app called 'Avalanche' that can try to 'translate' Apple Photos edits to Lightroom edits. https://cyme.io/avalanche-for-lightroom/

 

-- Johan W. Elzenga
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Jao vdLCommunity Expert
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May 25, 2024

There is no way to have the edits transfer while using the raw file. The only way to have the edits visible in Lightroom is to export in jpeg or tiff from photos but that is likely not what you want.

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