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I have used LR Classic for years now. But I am wanting to have one catalog/database of all my images that I can use on desktop iMac's in two different locations. To achive this I have been looking into changing my catalog location to the LR CC and then using Classic at each desktop, sync'd to the CC version.
I am looking at possiable problems and one that keeps coming up is Keywords. All info that I find says that they don't sync. BUT all info saying this is from 2018 at the latest. Has LR CC upgraded to the ability to sync keywords between both versions?
At the least is there a way to transfer your images from LR Classic to LR CC and have the keywords transfer and be useable on CC? I guess if this could happen then I could just continue moving forward doing all keywording only on CC.
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Hi Tony, Thanks for the reply.
I have not moved my images from Classic to the Cloud yet. I am wanting to know if 1) keywords import into CC on this move from Classic and 2) has Adobe fixed the keyword problem at all. allowing them to sync after the move?
I don't have an iPad or any problem at the moment, I have 2 desktop iMac's in different physical locations that I want to "share" one catalog of images so I can work on images on either computer and have any changes made be saved in one place. I am looking for solutions to how to achieve this sonario.
If anyone has any suggestions on how to do this another way, I'd love to hear it.
Thanks
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"I have not moved my images from Classic to the Cloud yet. I am wanting to know if 1) keywords import into CC on this move from Classic and 2) has Adobe fixed the keyword problem at all. allowing them to sync after the move?"
In Cloudy LR, when you "migrate" a Classic catalogue, the keywords are brought in. If you had any hierarchy in your keyword list, that will not come into Cloudy LR.
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The answer to 2) No and they likely never will
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If you can use a Cloud-based solution that can work.
Make certain one Catalog is closed before the other is opened though . . .
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Adding to other's comments
The keywords will sync between Lightroom Classic (desktop-based) and Lightroom (cloud-based).
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"Adding to other's comments
The keywords will sync between Lightroom Classic (desktop-based) and Lightroom (cloud-based)."
No, they will not.
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One major flaw with your proposed workflow is that the cloud library can only sync to a single Classic catalog, so you would only be able to use classic on one of your desktop iMacs and you would have to use the cloud version of Lightroom (i.e. Lightroom Desktop in Adobe's extremely confusing naming scheme) on the other ones. As you probably know the capabilities of Lightroom Desktop are very limited (no printing, no export services, no books, no virtual copies, etc.) with respect to Lightroom Classic. Also you need to realize that another problem is that Classic will only sync smart previews to the cloud, so you would have to use Lightroom desktop to import all images as otherwise your full raw files won't end up in the cloud and on the other machines. Also, if you have more than two machines this setup doesn't work because you would need to log in and out of creative cloud to switch between more than two (the license only works on two desktop machines at a time). You can have an unlimited number of iOS and android devices with the mobile OS Lightroom on it though. That said, it is possible that Lightroom Desktop has the features you need and than it is a good solution. It can be maddening if you rely on some of the features in Classic but then perhaps a hybrid solution with one machine running Classic and the others and mobile devices running Lightroom Cloudy might work. That is how I work with Lightroom Cloudy as an addition to Classic on my main machine.
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Jao, has hit on the core issue, Lightroom Classic can only sync one Catalog with your Cloud Storage. The best alternative is Lightroom Classic on one computer and Lightroom (cloud-based), on the other Computer.
I am not saying it's impossible but the storage and syncing challenges will be far greater than any benefits.
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