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Stefan_E12
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June 18, 2023
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Memory Usage iPadOS

  • June 18, 2023
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I'm confused and would appreciate help on the following:

  • my Lightroom CC directory on Windows is 100GByte. Cloud usage is some 89.3GB
  • I synch this to my 512GByte iPad Pro 12.9 with iPad OS 16.5 and configure to download full copies. I also switch all albums to store locally.
  • Consequently, LR reports under App Settings /  Local Storage for Locally stored copies 101.7GB.
  • Additionally, Cache files make up for 7.2GByte and Free is reported as 415.7GByte - so the total overshoots the available storage on the iPad by 12GByte - before accounting for other stuff on the iPad.
  • in iPad Settings / General / iPad storage I find 96.3 GB of 512 GB used, which would explain the 415.7GB. But Lightroom is reported to consume 36.74GB only.

This obviously leads to the question where are my locally stored copies - there is an un-explained difference between 101.7GB reported used by LR and 36.7GB reported used by iPad OS.

I haven't found obvious missing pictures or blurry smart previews. So ... what's going on?

 

Help appreciated!

Stefan

 

PS: I also sync to the phone, but only few albums are stored locally; storage reporting makes more sense there and appears consistent between LR and iOS.

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Charlie.D
Inspiring
June 21, 2023

Hello @Stefan_E12 

If iOS settings is reporting that the LR mobile app is using only 36.74 GB of the 101.7 GB the app itself expects to use, I wonder if perhaps the app has not finished downloading all the original images you expect to see.  Downloading can take a while -- if you plug your device into power while the LR app is open, then the app can keep the device awake to complete long running tasks like the download for Store Locally.

 

Also, please confirm in app Settings > Cloud storage & sync, that you have "Only download smart previews" disabled.  Your second bullet details imply this, but I just want to confirm.

 

One thing you could do to verify the number of originals in stored in the Lightroom app cache: use iTunes/Finder file sharing to access the photos inside the app cache.  This help page shows how: https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/recover-lightroom-mobile-photos-itunes-file-sharing.html 

...The help page is a little dates, as newer Mac OSes have removed the iTunes app, and moved the same functionality into the Mac Finder app.  Still, if you are able to access the app cache, copy the Originals folder to your computer, and see if all the expected files are present.

 

I hope something here helps!

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Stefan_E12Author
Participant
June 21, 2023

Hi Charlie,

thx. for your hints. I obviously waited long enough for the sync to complete. And I disabled "smart previews only". I'm working on Windows and have never succeeded to install iTunes there 😞

... so it remains a mystery.

Stefan

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Charlie.D
Inspiring
June 21, 2023

If there storage used still shows lower than expected in iPad Settings / General / iPad storage, and you remain curious, I imagine iTunes for Windows will allow you to access the app cache. 

 

There are also 3rd party apps available that also allow access to the app cache.  However, I cannot officially endorse any partucular app.  Web search will help you there.

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