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nauticalmac
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March 23, 2020
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Transfer DNG files taken in LR mobile to LR Classic Desktop (Mac)

  • March 23, 2020
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I seem to be in a minority of users that just want to use LR mobile (iPhone Xs) to take pictures in RAW (DNG) so I can post process on my Mac with LR Classic (along with pictures from other cameras). All the info I see seems to require me to Sync the opposite way, from my Desktop to my phone which I do not want to do. Please help!

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Correct answer Charlie.D

It sounds like in LR app Settings > Import > Auto Add from Camera Roll is toggled on.  Any photos added to your camera roll *since* this setting got enabled would be imported automatically.  To get all your iOS camera roll photos imported and synced, you need to manually import the older photos that were not added.  

 

When manually importing photos that you see in your camera roll/iOS Photos app to Lightroom, tap the "..." button in the LR import screen to see additional options (example: I do this to be sure to include videos, which you may not want).  More help for this: https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-cc/using/import-mobile-ios.html

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Charlie.DCommunity Manager
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March 23, 2020

Hello

Please see the info on these pages:

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/how-to/sync-photos-lightroom-mobile.html

https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/help/lightroom-mobile-desktop-features.html

 

Hope this helps a bit!

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nauticalmacAuthor
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March 23, 2020

It does. Thanks for your help.

I turned on synching and 78 photos transferred to LRClassic, even though I had only taken 1 photo with the app. The other photos were visible in the LR mobile app but were from previous activity involving apple's camera app. and Air Drop transfers.  They were visible in the LRmobile app also, but were not the 1,060 photos I have accessible to my Photos app. Can you explain why the LR mobile app is able to access photos that were not generated from it's camera and not synched via Lightroom to my phone?

  

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Charlie.DCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
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March 23, 2020

It sounds like in LR app Settings > Import > Auto Add from Camera Roll is toggled on.  Any photos added to your camera roll *since* this setting got enabled would be imported automatically.  To get all your iOS camera roll photos imported and synced, you need to manually import the older photos that were not added.  

 

When manually importing photos that you see in your camera roll/iOS Photos app to Lightroom, tap the "..." button in the LR import screen to see additional options (example: I do this to be sure to include videos, which you may not want).  More help for this: https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-cc/using/import-mobile-ios.html

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