How to utilize cloud storage? Does syncing to cloud require equivalent local device storage?

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January 1, 2023
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I bought 1TB Lightroom cloud storage, because I am running out of storage to store my photos on my phone. However, Lightroom is unable to sync my photos from the phone to the cloud since I do not have the equivalent storage on my phone. How on earth does the Lightroom require me to have the same storage for the photos on my phone? I buy the storage, because I do not have it. How to sync only to cloud, and not on local storage? How does the system require local storage, when I am storing things on cloud?

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Abambo

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Check if “download only smart previews” is on in Lightroom.

Mobile devices normally shouldn't download the whole cloud. Desktop and Laptop devices do, I have, however, no clue, if they do also with Lightroom.

I'll move this to the Lightroom forum, you will get more qualified answers about Lightroom there.

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

kglad

Community Expert

that's how the sync folder works.

https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/file-storage-quota.html

in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post if it helps you get responses.

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