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BjoernHirsch
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April 19, 2023
Question

Find photo originals stored in adobe cloud vs smart previews

  • April 19, 2023
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I am using the Adobe Photography plan with 20GB cloud storage and always import my photos on the iPad, sync it with Adobe cloud to my Lightroom Classic, then move the original files to another local folder and after delete the photos in the “synced photos” grid view to releasing cloud storage.

 

Following this process and only using smart previews which should not count in my 20GB storage plan I should have very low utilization of my storage capacity, but I am constantly close to the 20GB limit with using only smart previews online.

 

Can you please tell me how to view which photos are stored as originals in the cloud and using the storage after deleting all original files online ? 

 

Thanks in advance 

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    Wunscha
    Participant
    June 6, 2024

    Same question. How can I easily identify the photos that are original files in the cloud?

      cacvr96690723
      cacvr96690723
      Participant
      April 27, 2023

      Hi Björn,

      same workflow, same question... looking for an answer since years...

      If you find an answer pls let us know!

      Thanks

      Constantin

        cacvr96690723
        cacvr96690723
        Participant
        April 27, 2023

        Hi Björn

        Found just an annoying way:

        in Lightroom Mobile - Web: https://lightroom.adobe.com/ (login) you can click on a folder in your collections, then on a photo and show the "info" screen. There you have the information (Importdatum) where the picture is coming from in Adobe Cloud. Either it was your computer or e.g your phone / iPad.

        If phone / iPad then the original is stored in the Adobe Cloud and you reduce the space you have there. 

        Mark it, download it to your computer / Lightroom Classic, delete it in Adobe Cloud (Lightroom mobile), re-import the photo from LRC to LR mobile via the collection sync.

        Then you should have only smart previews in the Adobe Cloud and more free space as there are no originals anymore in the cloud.

         

        Pretty annoying, if you have > 10GB in the Cloud...

        If there is an easier way, let me know!

         

        Good luck

        Constantin

         

         

        coming from my computer:

         

         

        stored in the cloud:

         

         

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