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Rhiael
Rhiael
Inspiring
March 19, 2018
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Lightroom and pCloud

  • March 19, 2018
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Just wondering if anyone else is using pCloud and their new plugin for Lightroom? I just signed up with them, and it seems Lightroom recognizes the drive, allowing me to import photos from my camera to pdrive (virtual drive) and allowing me to edit them in Lightroom and export to pdrive as well. The problem I'm having is at the point of adding the newly created folder that I exported the edits to. My only options in the import dialogue are copy, but not add.

Has anyone found a workaround for this?

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Correct answer Rhiael

pCloud adds a drive to your pc, so in a sense it is connected. Lightroom recognizes it and I can import and export to it through Lightroom, but if I create a folder in in through lightroom, it doesn't let me add the new folder.

Most likely, Windows has indicated to LR that the drive is removable, like a USB flash drive. LR doesn't allow catalogued folders to reside on removable drives.

You can verify whether Windows thinks the pCloud device is removable by looking in the Disk Management application.  A removable device is indicated as:


Yes, it appears Lightroom thinks it's a removable drive. Hoping that at some point, Lightroom will allow catalogued folders on these drives. It's very frustrating. This would be such a perfect solution for photographers looking to free up room on computers.

When pCloud announced their Lightroom plugin, I assumed it would allow their program to work with LR. Seems all it does is allow imported photos to be uploaded directly to pCloud. However, if I can't then see those files in LR, I won't be able to work with them.

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BrightM
BrightM
Participant
October 20, 2022

Is this problem solved yet?

Is there any opportunity to add pictures on the pCloud drive? I even cannot move the picture from the drive to another location via Lightroom. So I have to copy the files to another location and move them back to pCloud after the copy is made.

Isn't there any workaround?

The marked "solution" is a good explanation of the problem but its not a solution

W
wdburgdorf
Known Participant
December 18, 2023

Another year later ... I pCloud properly working with LR yet?

Currently I use OneDrive, which is working fine. But I'd like to switch to another cloud with more space and lower price, away from M$.

dj_paige
dj_paige
Legend
March 19, 2018
My only options in the import dialogue are copy, but not add.

I'm going to guess that this is because for Lightroom to work with a photo, it cannot be stored "in the cloud", it must be stored on a connected disk or network disk. This is normal behavior for Lightroom.

Rhiael
RhiaelAuthor
Inspiring
March 19, 2018

pCloud adds a drive to your pc, so in a sense it is connected. Lightroom recognizes it and I can import and export to it through Lightroom, but if I create a folder in in through lightroom, it doesn't let me add the new folder.

johnrellis
johnrellis
Legend
March 19, 2018

pCloud adds a drive to your pc, so in a sense it is connected. Lightroom recognizes it and I can import and export to it through Lightroom, but if I create a folder in in through lightroom, it doesn't let me add the new folder.

Most likely, Windows has indicated to LR that the drive is removable, like a USB flash drive. LR doesn't allow catalogued folders to reside on removable drives.

You can verify whether Windows thinks the pCloud device is removable by looking in the Disk Management application.  A removable device is indicated as:

Mohit Goyal
Community Manager
Mohit GoyalCommunity Manager
Community Manager
March 19, 2018

Could you please share the screenshot of the Lightroom import window?

Regards,

Mohit

Rhiael
RhiaelAuthor
Inspiring
March 19, 2018

Hi Mohit. Thanks for getting back to me. Here is the screenshot.

I realized the destination wasn't quite the same in the first screenshot, so changed the export settings a bit. I notice new folders had been created. Was this done by Lightroom or pCloud?

Mohit Goyal
Community Manager
Mohit GoyalCommunity Manager
Community Manager
March 19, 2018

Hi Raven,

After setting up the pcloud drive with Lightroom, when you import newly shot images into Lightroom are you selecting the correct source(pcloud) for adding the images?

Regards,

Mohit

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