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jjc97158674
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September 21, 2022
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two questions regarding syncing presets between machines and catalog migration

  • September 21, 2022
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First, I have presets on my iphone that i wasnt to sync to my new macbook, but i see they are not loading. i am assuming i will have to copy them from another hard drive and transfer them.. if that is the case i am very disappointed in where the technology is (hence their stock price doesn't surprise me). 

 

Second, when i attempted to take my external SSD and 'migrate' my other catalog, i received an error stating that this was an external source and couldn't migrate. wtf lol. Adobe software is not user friendly, or intuitive. I regret now trying out the cloud based software, I may look at competitors soon if things do not begin to click.. 

 

Bonus - WHY is there no calibration panel in the cloud software?... This is so unprofessional.

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Sameer K
Community Manager
Sameer KCommunity Manager
Community Manager
September 21, 2022

Hi there & welcome to the Lightroom community. I'd love to clarify this for you. 

 

First - Lightroom surfaces can sync presets from desktop to mobile & the other way around. Lightroom does not sync presets to Lightroom Classic. You can log on to Lightroom Web (https://lightroom.adobe.com) with your Adobe ID (Email) & confirm if the presets are available on the cloud. If they are, they should be available on the desktop as well. Let me know if they aren't synced to Lightroom Desktop.

 

Second - You can change the location where the originals are stored for Lightroom Desktop. However, the library must exist at the default location Pictures in macOS & Appdata/Local on Windows. Check the response shared here by our community expert: https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-ecosystem-cloud-based-discussions/how-to-change-local-storage-drive/td-p/10269013

 

Bonus - Currently, the Lightroom desktop does not have a calibration panel. Please upvote this existing idea/feature request: https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-ecosystem-cloud-based-ideas/p-add-camera-calibration-panel/idi-p/10633278

 

 

Let me know if this helps. Thanks!

jjc97158674
jjc97158674Author
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September 22, 2022

Thanks Sameer, i need some assistance on point 2. I have Lr classic catalog on windows, and i want to migrate that to Lightroom (cloud) on my mac via an external hard drive. These threads pasted are hard to follow and not 1 to 1. Can we set up a call to go over this? I appreciate it!

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