Using Lightroom CC and Lightroom Classic CC

[Michael Boreham]

Can I playback what I think this means in practice for me, to check my understanding?

I have an iMac which has Classic and LRCC, and an MBP which has LRCC, two iPhones and one iPad which all have Lightroom Mobile.

I am very new to LRCC and in the process of migrating my 70k/600GB photos from Classic to LRCC one year/subject at a time (to preserve my structure) . I believe I will be able to do everything I need to do in LRCC on both computers.

So in theory I could just delete Classic from the iMac, put the Classic catalog and masters in a drawer (or erase the drive) and live in LRCC. I think this is what you imply Adobe would suggest?

Alternatively I could maintain Classic as a live up-to date but in-the-background backup. With sync turned on, new photos added to LRCC will appear in Classic and I can move them into the folder structure and it stays current. Maybe a bit wasteful of time and storage, but it feels better than abandoning Classic completely. For one thing the Classic masters structure is my structure but the LRCC originals structure is date based and cuts across my structure.

Thanks!

[MelissaLA88]

I agree with 99jon. If you are happy with LRCC and are certain that it will meet all your needs, then go for it. Personally, I don't want to pay for additional storage (I'm a photographer and 20GB is full very quickly!), so my go to is still Lightroom Classic.

That being said, I still find especially the mobile version of Lightroom quite useful when I only have my phone and/or iPad with me.