How to convert collections to folders?

And there is no other option? I thought that when I take photos on the go, I will import them into the Album in LR Web in iPad, edit them, synchronize them in LR Classic, and then move them from the Collections in Lightroom Classic to the normal folders on the computer...

By @Mystical_inspiration1549

When you take photos on the go and add them to the mobile or web version of Lightroom, the originals are stored in Lightroom Photos in the cloud, and then when you connect a Lightroom Classic catalog to that, Lightroom Classic downloads the originals to the local folder location that is set up in Lightroom Sync settings, (A) in the picture below. The exact folder they end up with depends on which folder organization setting is set up in those settings (B). If you want to control which folders the synced images end up in, this is the way.

Because they are already in folders according to the settings above, there is no further conversion of folders. However, an Album in cloud Lightroom equals a Collection in Lightroom Classic, so if those photos were also part of an Album in cloud Lightroom, you will already find that replicated as a Collection in Lightroom Classic.

Here is the big problem with the concept of “I want to convert collections to folders.” They are technically not the same thing! A folder is a specific location in a specific file system. But a collection is just a list of references, like a music playlist; it does not include actual files but only a list of files. One advantage of this is one image can be a member of multiple collections, and a collection can contain images from multiple folders. Those features cannot be reconciled with folders, because a file system folder cannot contains files from other folders, and one image can exist in only one folder. (You can sort of but not completely get around that using shortcuts/aliases.)

If your goal is to preserve any organization you had in web/mobile Lightroom, use Albums in web/mobile Lightroom to organize them, and then in Lightroom Classic, work with the Collections converted from those Albums.

If your goal is to organize synced images downloaded to a Lightroom Classic catalog, change the sync location in the settings above, or use the Folders panel manually drag them from their download folders to the folders you want.