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philthehat
Known Participant
September 13, 2025
Question

Why is syncing between lightroom mobile and classic so slow and backward?

  • September 13, 2025
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What a waste of time uploading and downloading RAW files!!!  Why doesn't it just sync to the file on your hard drive with the same name in a designated folder???  Who thought that we could click sync and just wait for the files to download?  As professionals we use iPads and computers equally, we aren't just on the mobile 'Creating Content' it's work!

Surely as this is one company the Cloud library/folder with it's adjustments could be migrated to Classic and then we relinked the files to those on the hard drive with the same name?  This happens with FCP, even from iMovie!

Using an iPad to cull and do basic edit while off-site when on a job is brilliant and you can get clients very quick edits if needed.  Very slow with RAW files and the app needs to be on as it doens't work in the background without a power source!!!   But when it comes to editing them properly on a computer, it's a such a waste of time synching everything up.

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johnrellis
Legend
September 22, 2025

When the LR Cloud was announced at the time of LR Classic 7, Adobe stated publicly that there would be no more improvements to syncing between LR Classic and LR Cloud, just bug fixes. They've been true to their word.

philthehat
Known Participant
September 27, 2025

Triffic!  Why would they create a system with deliberate problems?  It half works as intended.