Lightroom Mobile Extremely Slow in Rendering Phase for Export or Share

Report · Jan 28, 2024

[Lightroom Mobile, most recent version. Iphone 13 Mini, iOS 17.3]

Any attempt to Export or Share (such as Airdrop) any amount of photos results in Rendering phase taking FOREVER compared to the previous version of Lightroom Mobile. The process bogs down within the first few images and then each image takes 2-5 seconds EACH to "render." It says quite literally "This may take a while." My workflow has ground to a halt. This is my second time asking about this. I'm not sure how to report this to Adobe?

I take my pictures using Lightroom Mobile camera, and export with no editing, right out of the app, typically just Airdropping to an iMac. Or I used to until a few days ago.

Previous version, I could Export 50-100 images in 30 seconds or so. This current problem is absolutely unacceptable. I am PAYING FOR THIS. I have deleted and resinstalled the app, powered phone on and off, all of that. Caches are clear (this happens immediately on trying to Export the first 10 pics I take with a freshly installed Lightroom Mobile.)

Please help me before I have to go and buy another camera app.

Report · Jan 28, 2024

[Lightroom Mobile, most recent version. Iphone 13 Mini, iOS 17.3]

Any attempt to Export or Share (such as Airdrop) any amount of photos results in Rendering phase taking FOREVER compared to the previous version of Lightroom Mobile. The process bogs down within the first few images and then each image takes 2-5 seconds EACH to "render." It says quite literally "This may take a while." My workflow has ground to a halt. This is my second time asking about this. I'm not sure how to report this to Adobe?

I take my pictures using Lightroom Mobile camera, and export with no editing, right out of the app, typically just Airdropping to an iMac. Or I used to until a few days ago.

Previous version, I could Export 50-100 images in 30 seconds or so. This current problem is absolutely unacceptable. I am PAYING FOR THIS. I have deleted and resinstalled the app, powered phone on and off, all of that. Caches are clear (this happens immediately on trying to Export the first 10 pics I take with a freshly installed Lightroom Mobile.)

Please help me before I have to go and buy another camera app.

By @Justin23043931d23j

Report · Jan 28, 2024

I have found a pathetic and sorry workaround in that by "Saving to device" I can save all the images to my camera roll, then bulk airdrop them out from there to my desktop.

These photos "Render" as quickly as they used to do when selecting "Share" or "Export" so that's something I guess.

Two problems with this. First problem is that they end up in my destination folder in reverse order from going straight from Lightroom. (Why is this? Maybe theres' a setting I can click?)

Second problem is - it's an extra step and therefore extra time, though it does shave time off twiddling my thumbs in hell's waiting room, waiting for the pictures in Lightroom to "Render"

Bottom line is that there's a freakin BUG and nobody seems to care.

Report · Jan 09, 2025

FYI, don't know for certain about iOS, but on android, the "Save copy to device" option is locked to only ever export JPGs at 90% quality rather than 100%, regardless of whatever settings are set in other export/share settings.

Report · Oct 07, 2024

Man, you have it easy, just for me to export 1 image it takes so long my phone goes on idle before it saves... Samsung a03s

Report · Oct 21, 2024

Mine keeps doing this and it is SO frustrating. It takes hours for 100 photos and then it will fail last second. It is unpredictable if it will work. I work in tight timeframes and this is just making my life so difficult trying to get things finished in an appropriate amount of time. It needs to be fixed.

Report · Oct 25, 2024

This happened to me on my iPad pro as well. A week ago I was still able to export photos to my extrenal hard drive in normal speed, but now it's extremely slow that I can only save the photos to my camera roll.

Report · Aug 01, 2025

It's simple adobe in reality sucks.... I hate to say that but they have gotten caught up in a cunsumer mentality, and totally forgot about the creators... in fact they don't care for independent creators... I which someone create a platform for creators that's built on our passion and not trying every which way to rob us like adobe and Sony... they all suck and I'm so fed up with them.. literally this past week for 6 days straight I've had this issue just purchased a new iPad Pro m4 13 inch to be efficient for an event I was hired to cover and I tell you that Lightroom has been nothing short of pathetic.... they literally cost me so many opportunities... I am now looking for a way to download all of my assets from adobe all together and end all of my subscriptions... I have been with adobe since cs5..... at least then all thing worked for the creators... now I absolutely hate it!!!!! :hundred_points: