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Esteban Bedoya
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October 25, 2022
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Photos edited on iPad are not syncing to Lightroom Classic on Windows desktop

  • October 25, 2022
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It's happening a lot. I download all my photos in to lightroom classic and sync it lightroom. I work and Edit the photos in my ipad, but they don't sync on my desktop. And all photos that I edited in my ipad go back to how the desktop (lightroom classic) has them. I am wasting my time editing in lightroom. Why this is happening 

    Correct answer Theresa J

    I've seen this a handful of times too. I think the key is to make sure the edits sync to the cloud before opening Lightroom Classic. Make sure your iPad remains connected to WiFi. I also leave the Lightroom app open until syncing is complete.

    You can confirm the edits have made it to the cloud by viewing Lightroom online at lightroom.adobe.com.

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    sadman2001
    Participant
    March 16, 2025

    This has been happening with me for many years. It's driving me insane. I spend hours carefully developing my photos on iPad, and EVERY SINGLE TIME I open Lightroom Classic on my Mac I have to check photo by photo because there are ALWAYS some photos that don't sync, and what's worse, it erases all the edits I've done in my iPad. I can't believe Adobe hasn't found a fix for this! I much rather have the basics of the application working well than getting new AI features that nobody is asking for. Sorry but this is extremely frustrating. None of the workarounds (and I've tried many) seem to prevent this problem from happening.

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      BFDW
      Participant
      April 3, 2025

      I am doing all my edits on the iPad and pulling those from my phone and desktop, having the issue that only certain images sync. And I lose all edits on the ones that don't when going back to the app. 

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      Esteban BedoyaAuthor
      Participant
      April 4, 2025
      I used to have the same issue, the only way I fixed it was deleting all the
      errors and I created a new catalog. So now, I create catalogs every year.
      It has been working fine since.
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      Stonkus
      Participant
      June 4, 2023

      Any updates? I have the same issues, and support doesn't help, only back and forth with the messages.

        Theresa J
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        Theresa JCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
        Community Expert
        November 8, 2022

        I've seen this a handful of times too. I think the key is to make sure the edits sync to the cloud before opening Lightroom Classic. Make sure your iPad remains connected to WiFi. I also leave the Lightroom app open until syncing is complete.

        You can confirm the edits have made it to the cloud by viewing Lightroom online at lightroom.adobe.com.

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          Josee21960415oqw3
          Participant
          November 6, 2022

          Do we have a follow up about this situation? It's happening to me as well. 

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          Esteban BedoyaAuthor
          Participant
          November 6, 2022

          Nobody said anything, yety. What I am doing is working in one project at the time.  I was jumping from project to project and that is what it was happening. I think!  When I work in obne project at the time, it works fine.

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          sebastianl4pk3
          Participant
          November 1, 2022

          Seit den neusten Updates habe ich Probleme in meinem Workflow:

          Bisher:
          Importieren mit LR Classic am Mac - Bearbeiten am iPad - Exportieren aus LR Classic am Mac


          Versionen:
          LR auf iPad V 8.0.0 7FE042/60

          LR Classic 12.0 Build 202210031128


          Folgende Probleme tauchen nun auf:

          - Nach Bearbeitung und Cloud-Sync am iPad übernimmt der Mac die Bearbeitungen der iPad nicht, sondern überschreibt sie mit der vorherigen Version. Die Beaebeitungen gehen verloren.

          - Einige Stempel vom iPad müssen extra vorm Export am Mac "aktualisiert" werden.

          - Neue Objekt-Masken vom Mac kommen nicht auf dem iPad an.


          Gerade der erste Fehler ist extrem ärgerlich, weil er mir schon mehrfach viel Arbeit zerstört hat.

          Zudem noch ein Hinweis:
          Das neue User Interface der Reparatur-Funktion ist für die Nutzung am iPad leider nervig. Nach jeder Nutzung des Reparatur-Stempels mit "Fertig" bestätigen zu müssen statt mit dem nächsten Strich die nächste Stelle zu machen verdoppelt die Anzahl der notwendigen Clicks und ist halt ungewohnt. Warum? Und ich weiß auch nicht, wie von Reparatur- zu Reparaturstrich Einstellungen wie die Weiche Kante oder die Deckkraft beibehalten werden können.

          Was kann ich zu den Sync Fehlern tun?

          Gruß

          Sebastian

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          Charlie.D
          Inspiring
          October 26, 2022

          Hello @Esteban Bedoya 

          Are you running the recently updated versions of each app, version 12.0 for Lr Classic, and version 8.0 for LR iPad?  If not, does an update help?

           

          Do your iPad edits show if you sign into https://lightroom.adobe.com and view your account in our LR web app?

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          Esteban BedoyaAuthor
          Participant
          October 27, 2022

          Yes, I'm running the latest. The problem is not always. Some times. I download all photos in Lrc and sync them with Lr. I start working on my ipad. The the edits doesn't sync with my desktop and everything I have done in my ipad goes back to the original way I left them on my desktop 

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