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kaylap32233671
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Dec 27, 2024 10:27 PM UTC
Question

Lightroom Mobile No Longer Lets Me Import from iPhone Favorites Album

When using Lightroom Mobile I've always been able to import directly from the “Favorites” album on my iPhone. It made editing so much easier since I could quickly flag my best shots and import them in bulk.

 

Recently, I noticed this option is gone. The “Favorites” album doesn’t show up when I go to import photos. Has anyone else run into this? Is there a workaround or did Adobe quietly remove this feature?

 

If it’s gone for good it’s going to be such a pain to sift through my whole library. Hoping someone has some insight!

 

Thanks!

 

[moved from bugs to discussions according to the community rules - Mod.]

    8 replies

    RockNRollDad
    Participant
    Jan 27, 2025 3:47 AM UTC

    My wife is very upset about this... her whole workflow is to favorite in iPhone Photos app and then import from the favorites. Waiting for an answer...

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    JetsetBen
    Participant
    Feb 4, 2025 12:39 AM UTC

    A workaround I found is that in the Lightroom Mobile app, you can click on Device button at the bottom menu, then using the dropdown menu next to Recents you can select Favorites. From there you can select photos to import and add to a Lightroom folder. 

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    brittanyb87847250
    Participant
    Dec 30, 2024 9:08 PM UTC

    Yep! Same thing I has happened to me. It started after the recent IOS update, so I'm wondering if it's something to do with that? The only way round it I've found so far is to select the favourites within my camera roll and then 'open in Lightroom'. 

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      JetsetBen
      Participant
      Dec 30, 2024 9:20 PM UTC

      A workaround I found is that in the Lightroom Mobile app, you can click on Device button at the bottom menu, then using the dropdown menu next to Recents you can select Favorites. From there you can select photos to import and add to a Lightroom folder. 

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      florient_zwein
      Participant
      Jan 2, 2025 11:42 AM UTC

      Thanks for the tips, really usefull ! It takes more time that before but really helping so far, hope they will fix this quickly cause it's a real pain in the ass. 

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      JetsetBen
      Participant
      Dec 30, 2024 4:04 AM UTC

      I have the same issue and hope Adobe will restore this functionality ASAP! I don't understand why the moderators moved this from bugs to discussions.  This IS a bug in my opinion. 

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        JohanElzenga
        Community Expert
        JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        Dec 30, 2024 9:39 AM UTC

        Bug reports are moved to Discussions until it is established that it is really a bug in Lightroom. It depends why this change happened. It could be a bug, but it could also be that Apple changed something in iOS that breaks it.

         

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        -- Johan W. Elzenga
        JetsetBen
        Participant
        Dec 30, 2024 9:16 PM UTC

        Thanks, Johan for explaining. I'm new to this forum. I would agree it's likely that an iOS update contributed to this issue. 

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