The New Lightroom CC Desktop (V9) Batch Rename feature - Custom Templates Not Syncing

[dragondart]

Tested the new Batch Rename feature in Lightroom (V9). I created a custom template in Lightroom V9 Macbook but the template did not sync to my Lightroom Desktop (V9). Changes to filenames do sync but custom templates seem to be local to the app. Is this by design or a bug? Surely Custom Templates should be available to all devices supporting rename?

[dragondart]

Testing the new Batch Rename feature in LIghtroom Desktop (V9). Changes are syn'ed across to other Lightroom V9 clients. However they do not appear to sync to the Lightroom Sync'd images held in LRC (V15). Is this by design or a bug? If by design then its a bit of an issue (IMHO) as identiying files will become impossible. Seems to be another case of forcing people to simply use the cloud versions if you want ot sync.

[Aleke]

Hey @dragondart, thanks so much for reaching out!

I’ve tried testing this on my end but haven’t been able to reproduce the issue just yet. When you get a chance, could you share a screen recording of your workflow showing the full screen? Also, let me know what macOS version you’re using, that’ll help us dig a little deeper.

Appreciate it!

Alek

[Victoria Bampton LR Queen · Accepted solution]

That is by design... Lightroom Classic would need access to the original files in order to rename them, and they might be offline at the time they sync. 

If you sync with Classic, always do your renaming in Classic. Those renames will sync up to the cloud and back to Desktop.

[dragondart]

Thanks @Victoria Bampton LR Queen. I did indeed find that name changes LRC to LR actually do work.  I understand the offline issue but its a bit frustrating as I'd love to move to LR cloud but using the sync capabilty to LRC to then be able to make a backup of the file inlcuding edits etc (yes there is an issue of keywords!). Yes I could do as you suggest but it means I'd have to use LRC as part of workflow which I'd like to move away from.

@Aleke thanks for reaching out so quickly but obviously this is as designed so no need to supply details of the workflow.

[Victoria Bampton LR Queen]

Templates not syncing is currently by design, but as a feature request, being able to sync them would be great.

[dragondart]

Thanks again @Victoria Bampton LR Queen