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joejukes
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October 3, 2023
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Waiting for settings

  • October 3, 2023
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This issue is driving me insane.

 

Syncing a collection from classic for editing on my iPad on the go, and I just cannot solve this ridiculous issue. It's been intermittently on and off for at least the past couple of years.


The official workaround is to move a slider a bit, but I can't move a slider without first resetting the photo, then I can do a dance of undo redo and eventually (no one knows how though) the photo is back in the original state it should have been in when I opened it. But how can I or anyone be expected to do that with each photo? 

Essentially it's unusable which makes the whole escapade pointless.

 

What is the solution? Why can't it be resolved with an update?

 

Here is hoping there is a magical solution waiting to present itself, even though many many internet searches suggest not.

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    Charlie.D
    Inspiring
    October 4, 2023

    If you sign into your account at https://lightroom.adobe.com/  do you see images / errors there like iPad shows?  Does the error indicate which app is pending upload of edits?  A screenshot might help.

    Have you tried posting for help with this in the forum for Lr Classic?  That is: https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic/ct-p/ct-lightroom-classic 

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    joejukesAuthor
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    October 5, 2023

    Hello, thanks for responding.

     

    Yes, it's the same on iPad, iPhone, web and LR (not Classic) on my Mac.

     

     

    I cannot post a screenshot now, as the intermittent error has fixed itself since posting this. However it says something along the lines of  'settings are waiting to be synced, you can reset the settings to edit the photos straight away', but the edits NEVER sync, and all of the devices that I have say that the syncing is up to date.

     

    It's fixable via certain tricks which I gleaned from the forums. I havent posted there because there are more than several posts which say the same thing (dating back a few years now).

     

    It's very clearly a bug.

     

    EDIT: here is the error, attached a screen shot from my ipad. 

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    Charlie.D
    Inspiring
    October 5, 2023

    My current understanding is that the underlying issue has been fixed, but assets from the affected period may need to be touched (edited slightly) as you mentioned.  I'm not sure this describe the more transient experience you describe, which sounds more like incomplete syncing which should be the only reason for this error for new imports/edits going forward.

     

    My recommendation: if you can identify a range of photos that seem affected.  Then, try adding a keyword, see if a simple metadata change is enough to make the error go away. 

     

    If not, then perhaps apply a small edit as a batch edit across the set of photos, effectively nudging a setting slightly.  And then apply a 2nd edit that moves the same setting back.  Of course this risks overwriting existing edits, so I would only use an edit setting that you normally don't touch. For me, that might be Vignette or Grain.  If you prefer not to attempt this, I understand.

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