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No, this has nothing to do with syncing in Lightroom. It concerns something completely different, namely the Dropbox-like folder called 'Creative Cloud Files' that is in your Mac's home folder. Items placed in that folder would sync to the cloud and to the same folder on another computer in your subscription, but this stops soon.
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Files synced via Lightroom are not affected.
The letter you received refers to Creative Cloud Synced Files - not Lightroom Synced Files - they are two different things.
To see these files you can look at your "Creative Cloud Files" folder on your local drive or go to: https://assets.adobe.com/files
For more information:
https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/eol-creative-cloud-synced-files.html
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So I can sync photos from LRC on my computer and see them in LRC on my ipad?
By @default6caxb7t7p96x
Like I said, this discontinuation has nothing to do with Lightroom sync.
I am recieving dozens of requests for clarification as there is no mention of Lightreoom on this notice page: https://helpx.adobe.com/au/creative-cloud/kb/eol-creative-cloud-synced-files.html
By @markgaler
Actually, the page at that link does currently say:
Adobe continues to offer and support cloud storage and syncing across Creative Cloud with Cloud Documents, Creative Cloud Libraries, Lightroom Cloud storage, and Frame.io cloud storage. None of these cloud storage solutions are impacted by this change.
I have posted how confusing this has been, including earlier in this same thread. Adobe may have gotten the message about the public confusion being created, because their more recent communications have been edited to position synced Creative Cloud Files in context with the other Adobe cloud services. I received another email reminder from Adobe a few days ago about this discontinuation, and it too was better and more specific about distinguishing this from the other Adobe cloud services such as Lightroom cloud photos, using similar updated wording.
It is possible that (these are my words, not Adobe) they might have decided to get out of synced files because everybody else was already doing it, and some were doing it better*. That is part of the answer: If possible, use another service that does the same thing, and most people already have one or often two of the following accounts. These include:
Google Drive (not Google Photos, that’s different)
Apple iCloud Drive (not iCloud Photos, that’s different)
Microsoft OneDrive
Dropbox
Do the same thing you would have done in Creative Cloud Files: Export to the local synced contents folder of those similar services, and pick up the files on another workstation signed into the same service. I think all of those services offer link sharing, so that you can let other people use a synced file or folder.
This works fine for workstations where you are usually also signed in into accounts other than Creative Cloud. But, of course, this works less well for those who sign in with Creative Cloud for short periods on other workstations, because now they have to remember to also sign into a second service (e.g., their Google account), and enable that service’s file syncing. But, that’s the situation now.
*The reason I say “some do it better” is that some of those comparable services offered options like keeping only placeholders locally, while keeping originals in the cloud, to save local storage space.
Am I able to some how use the Creative Cloud Desktop "Files" folder as the new place to export?
By @whiten44
Not like before, because although the folder won’t be deleted and you can do whatever you want with its locally available contents, the discontinuation of the service means Adobe will no longer sync files in that folder.
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