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lukey42459667
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August 23, 2023
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Mobile Downloads.lrdata is too big

  • August 23, 2023
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Hi I have used LR Classic for years, and about 2 years ago started using CC for when I am on a shoot on the road. Hve never bothered to understand how to get it all back into Classic, seemed all fine till today.

 

Yesterday I created a new classic catalog for a client, and shared the images with client via the collaborative share thing. To make that work I had to turn on sync in Classic. All seemed fine until this morning, where my laptop HD is full and the cultprit is "Mobile Downloads.lrdata" at about 150GB.

 

I read a post from 2018 saying you could move this from classic if you found a 'imported photos' folder, but when I found that folder its full of random old images not from the catalog I made yesterday.

 

I don't want to just delete that or move it because now I am totally confused about where my files are and why I have this huge mobile downloads file.

 

Thank you in advance for bringing me clarity

I have just for the first time used the 

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JohanElzenga
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JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
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August 23, 2023

MobileDownloads.lrdata is where Lightroom Classic stores the incoming cloud images, usually images shot with an iPhone with Lightroom mobile on it, or images you imported in Lightroom mobile or Lightroom desktop. It shows in the folder panel as a device (like a separate hard drive), named after the mobile device. You can move images out of it into a normal folder by using drag & drop, just like moving any other image in Lightroom Classic. In Preferences - Lightroom Sync you can change this to a normal folder on any drive you like.

 

-- Johan W. Elzenga
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Rob JB
Participating Frequently
October 21, 2023

I just found your response, it is was quite helpful. I moved the folder from my C: drive to my external F:drive and it gave me back nearly 30Gb on the C: drive. Here's my question - how can I make future images I take with my phone go to the newly relocated file? I just did a test, and the new images created a new folder on my C: drive. I know I can periodically move them to the F: drive, but that would be a nuisance.

 

Thanks for any guidance you can provider.

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Rob JB
Participating Frequently
October 21, 2023

As explained in this thread, you don't have to use 'Mobile Downloads.lrdata'. In the Lightroom Classic preferences - Lightroom Sync, you can specify the location for downloaded images. It can be any folder on any drive you want.

 


Thanks Johan, you've been a big help.

Rob

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