- Lightroom Version Number
- Lightroom Mobile
- Operating System
- iOS
My system is fully mobile and I don't have internet at home- I do have cellular on both my iPad and iPhone that does work at home. (But we don't have home internet. . . . when we want to watch something on TV, we just hotspot from our phones.) I have my entire catalog from my classic days etc in LR- currently over 47,000 photos. (The photos before I went fully mobile I do have a back-up of on hard drive and cloud.)
I've been happy this way until recently and right now I'm trying to figure out how to alleviate a few issues.
1) In terms of Apple Photos- it's a bit clunky- I end up with way too many pictures there and then have to double weed out- in LR and Photos . Plus I might delete a photo in Apply Photos and then not have a back-up of the one in LR.
2) With Adobe getting rid of a lot of Creative Cloud syncing of other files, I'm worried about what happens if they stop this cloud storage as well.
3) There's been this growth of photos that I've taken and then mostly cull/delete- the reason for the second process below.
What do you do to back-up your files without a computer? Suggestions? I wish there was a service that would allow me to sync my LR creative cloud photos to some other sync service (likely a one way sync)- maybe Dropbox via the internet. I definitely want something that uses two companies- aka not just Apple. What might I do to be less dependent on LR/Adobe for storage? After typing up my processes below, I'm thinking something like the second one might work where I then sync my Apple Cloud Files to Dropbox (or another service) via MultCloud- One way- But I can also do that with my Apple Photos to Dropbox. I would definitely prefer something automatic.
I am a big believer in having at least two independent copies- even if not fully synced with edits. (Yup, it would be pain if I had to re-edit but at least I'd still have the pictures.)
Since going mobile, my process has been:
Use my Phone- Since it's always with me.
More Recently, also use my iPad
I've been shooting a lot more and often just practice shots that I don't necessarily want in my phone's camera roll. So, I've altered that some and use use my iPad since I typically edit on it and have it with me when I want to do something with these pics (NOTE: One thing I also like about this is that it gives me a record of things like pull backs and outtakes if I ever wanted to share them- such as in teaching.):
I've been happy this way until recently and right now I'm trying to figure out how to alleviate a few issues.
1) In terms of Apple Photos- it's a bit clunky- I end up with way too many pictures there and then have to double weed out- in LR and Photos . Plus I might delete a photo in Apply Photos and then not have a back-up of the one in LR.
2) With Adobe getting rid of a lot of Creative Cloud syncing of other files, I'm worried about what happens if they stop this cloud storage as well.
3) There's been this growth of photos that I've taken and then mostly cull/delete- the reason for the second process below.
What do you do to back-up your files without a computer? Suggestions? I wish there was a service that would allow me to sync my LR creative cloud photos to some other sync service (likely a one way sync)- maybe Dropbox via the internet. I definitely want something that uses two companies- aka not just Apple. What might I do to be less dependent on LR/Adobe for storage? After typing up my processes below, I'm thinking something like the second one might work where I then sync my Apple Cloud Files to Dropbox (or another service) via MultCloud- One way- But I can also do that with my Apple Photos to Dropbox. I would definitely prefer something automatic.
I am a big believer in having at least two independent copies- even if not fully synced with edits. (Yup, it would be pain if I had to re-edit but at least I'd still have the pictures.)
Since going mobile, my process has been:
Use my Phone- Since it's always with me.
- Take Pictures with camera
- Import from camera card through phone to Apple Photos
- Import from Apple Photos on Phone to LR automatically (So of course, the pics I take with my phone also go to LR)
- (this of course all syncs to my iPad)
More Recently, also use my iPad
I've been shooting a lot more and often just practice shots that I don't necessarily want in my phone's camera roll. So, I've altered that some and use use my iPad since I typically edit on it and have it with me when I want to do something with these pics (NOTE: One thing I also like about this is that it gives me a record of things like pull backs and outtakes if I ever wanted to share them- such as in teaching.):
- Take Pictures with camera
- Import from camera card to a folder in Icloud on my iPad
- Import manually from Icloud to LR on my iPad