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January 7, 2025
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Run Lightroom on iPad in Offline mode

  • January 7, 2025
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Hello,

 

I do have an Adobe photography plan and am using LR Classic (desktop) on a PC.

I have a few travels planned (in countries with Internet is not something readilby available (where I will have no network/Internet connectivity). With LR Classic (desktop) it would work but I would like to only leave with a tablet (ideally iPad PRO or not) and not a laptop.

So this is a dual question:

Can I run a version of LR that doesn't require Internet access on an iPad/PRO? Either Classic (desktop) or LR CC if it can work with local storage only and does not require Internet access.

Thank you very much!

Correct answer JohanElzenga
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What about the ability to run in offline mode with the mobile versions? Can I import my photos on an iPad and work on them without Internet connection at all? If not it's a showstopper for me seen the places I will travel to.


By @David De Backer

 

Yes, Lightroom mobile works fine without internet, as long as your enable the option to store images locally. Alternatively, you can simply disable syncing for the entire trip.

 

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dj_paige
Legend
January 7, 2025

Lightroom Classic requires either Windows or Mac OS operating systems.

 

However, there are mobile versions of Lightroom (not Lightroom Classic) that will run on your iPad. These don't have all of the features of LrC, but the mobile versions allow you to do a lot of editing.

Participant
January 7, 2025

What about the ability to run in offline mode with the mobile versions? Can I import my photos on an iPad and work on them without Internet connection at all? If not it's a showstopper for me seen the places I will travel to.

 

thanks!

dj_paige
Legend
January 8, 2025

Please ask in the proper forum. You want to ask in the Lightroom (Ecosystem) forum

 

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