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Bman007
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September 9, 2021
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Running CC and Classic separately, so they don't even know each other

  • September 9, 2021
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I have Lightroom CC 4.4 (latest) installed. It's configured to not use the cloud, I just save on my computer. Because of the greatly different features, I want to installe Lightroom Classic as well. I don't want the two to interact in any way, and I don't want them to use the same photo libraries. 

 

Can I just install Classic and it will leave my current CC installation alone, including all the preferences, presets, and libraries?  

MacBook Pro 2019 Catalina. 

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Correct answer Rikk Flohr_Photography

As long as you do not enable syncing in Lightroom Classic, the two programs should coexist in walled gardens.

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Rikk Flohr_Photography
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Rikk Flohr_PhotographyCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
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September 10, 2021

As long as you do not enable syncing in Lightroom Classic, the two programs should coexist in walled gardens.

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    Bman007Author
    Inspiring
    September 15, 2021

    I didn't mark this as correct, but it somehow got that way which is fine if a moderator thinks it should be. The reason I didn't is, it has very little information of the kind a complete beginner needs. I would assume Syncing will enable itself by default on installation, so "as long as you don't enable syncing" didn't reassure me. I had no idea where to start to enable or disable syncing. Of course my assumption might be incorrect but it still left me uncertain.  

    Rob_Cullen
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    Rob_CullenCommunity Expert
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    September 15, 2021

    I will comment- Lightroom-Classic is not set to 'Sync' by default. You need to click on the 'Cloud' icon (top-right corner) to allow you to enable sync with the Cloud ecosystem. So, NO LrC sync, unless you turn it 'on'.

     

    But if you try to use BOTH Lightroom and Lightroom-Classic on the one machine you will run into difficulties. The major one being that Lr-Classic needs your image files locally, on a connected hard-drive.

    Lightroom expects your image files to be stored in the Cloud ecosystem.

    This following quote is from this link- COMPARE LR & LR-CLASSIC (Lr Queen)

    "Both the local file system and the cloud want to be in charge of your photos, which would result in lots of conflicts."

     

    Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.1.1, Photoshop 27.3.1, ACR 18.1.1, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.2 .
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