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IsaiahB
IsaiahB
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October 1, 2024
Question

Lightroom won't let me edit from SD card, will only let me import them

  • October 1, 2024
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Lightroom is seeing and reading my SD card. However I'm not able to edit the photo at all from the card. I can only choose to import them some where else. I know for sure I was able to edit photos directly from the SD card in the past; I'm not sure what I'm missing.

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neow21621330
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November 4, 2024

I have the same issue, on one of my Mac I can edit from the SD card, on my other devices it doesn't work

Rob_Cullen
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Rob_CullenCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 2, 2024

That is generally to be expected. Lightroom (Mobile) works with images you have imported to the Lightroom (Cloud) catalog, however-

On a PC you can choose the "Local" mode to edit photos locally stored- It works for USB sticks but I haven't tested with an SD card.  It would make good sense to copy them onto a local internal drive and not use the SD card.

 

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.1.1, Photoshop 27.3.1, ACR 18.1.1, Lightroom 9.0, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.2 .
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