Best way to get images out of Lightroom app for non subscribers.

[reidthaler]

Lightroom Version Number

Classic, mobile

Operating System

1. Windows 10

I teach smartphone photography and recommend the Lightroom app to my students. Most of these don’t have an interest in either the photography program subscription service, nor the premium features available through the Lightroom app.


I’m looking for recommendations as to how to get their images safely off the phone and backed up, preferably without another cost involved. Currently, I recommend people sign up for a Google account, download the Google Drive, on their phone, then export their images from Lightroom. Then, I recommend people download Google backup and Sync on their computers where the images will be imported automatically.


Open to other suggestions, thoughts and ideas.

 

[Jim Wilde]

For iOS devices, regular full backup to either iCloud or iTunes (assuming a desktop compter is available) would be a good idea.

 

[reidthaler]

iCloud only offer 2 GB of storage so doesn't seem viable.

If iTunes, does the camera roll show up there? Can I download to the hard drive?

 

[reidthaler]

I just thought I'd revive this thread

 

[Replytoken]

How about Dropbox or Box? I just moved some videos off of my phone through Dropbox and it was painless. They appeared on my desktop computer almost instantly. They still have a referral program so each student can refer another and get additional storage for free. And if you do decide to use Dropbox, here is a referral code - Ken has invited you to join Dropbox! . I do not know if it benefits both parties, but it does give the referring party, me in this case, a small bump in storage.

Good luck,

--Ken

P.S. If the link does not allow you to open a free 2GB account, then skip it and use this link instead Dropbox Basic (Free account) .

 

[reidthaler]

I don't know why someone would want to get a dropbox account with 2 GB for free when you can get a free Google account with 15 GB. For the cost of paying for Dropbox, one could get the Creative Cloud which would more than address the issues I raised, and offer more than an overpriced dropbox.

 

[Replytoken]

I don't know why someone would want to get a dropbox account with 2 GB for free when you can get a free Google account with 15 GB. For the cost of paying for Dropbox, one could get the Creative Cloud which would more than address the issues I raised, and offer more than an overpriced dropbox.

I would agree that the paid Dropbox offering is not a good deal, but the free Dropbox account is quite handy. I have several Google accounts as well but do not use their Drive service. If you need that amount of online storage, then it is a good option. But since you now have a solution, I am not clear why you revived this thread?

--Ken

 

[reidthaler]

Because I wanted to see if somebody came up with a better solution than I had

 

[Replytoken]

I am not aware of anybody offering more free storage than Google, but I would be interested to know if somebody is.

Good luck,

--Ken

 

[reidthaler]

https://www.goodcloudstorage.net/cloud-research/free-cloud-storage/

Free Cloud Storage – Full Lists​

No.	Providers	Free Storage
1	pCloud	10GB
2	Google Drive	15GB
3	Dropbox	2GB
4	Amazon Cloud Drive	5GB
5	OneDrive Basic	5GB
6	IDrive	5GB
7	Sync	5GB
8	iCloud	5GB
9	Box	10GB
10	Mega	50GB 15GB free storage is the actual permanent storage that the user will be enjoying as a free user, while the additional 35GB will expire after one month of signup.
11	Jumpshare	2GB
12	Yandex Disk	10GB
13	MediaFire	10GB
14	Alibaba OSS	5GB
15	HiDrive	5GB
16	Syncplicity	10GB
17	Degoo	100GB
18	Zoho	5GB
19	MyDrive	100MB
20	Bitrix24	5GB
21	FlipDrive	10GB
22	LetsUpload	100GB
23	Trainbit	20GB
24	Flickr	1000 Pic
25	Blomp	20GB
26	Icedrive	10GB
27	Jottacloud	5GB
28	JioCloud	2GB
29	Koofr	2GB
30	The Good Cloud	2GB
31	Getspace	50GB

 

[Replytoken]

https://www.goodcloudstorage.net/cloud-research/free-cloud-storage/

Free Cloud Storage – Full Lists​

No.	Providers	Free Storage
1	pCloud	10GB
2	Google Drive	15GB
3	Dropbox	2GB
4	Amazon Cloud Drive	5GB
5	OneDrive Basic	5GB
6	IDrive	5GB
7	Sync	5GB
8	iCloud	5GB
9	Box	10GB
10	Mega	50GB 15GB free storage is the actual permanent storage that the user will be enjoying as a free user, while the additional 35GB will expire after one month of signup.
11	Jumpshare	2GB
12	Yandex Disk	10GB
13	MediaFire	10GB
14	Alibaba OSS	5GB
15	HiDrive	5GB
16	Syncplicity	10GB
17	Degoo	100GB
18	Zoho	5GB
19	MyDrive	100MB
20	Bitrix24	5GB
21	FlipDrive	10GB
22	LetsUpload	100GB
23	Trainbit	20GB
24	Flickr	1000 Pic
25	Blomp	20GB
26	Icedrive	10GB
27	Jottacloud	5GB
28	JioCloud	2GB
29	Koofr	2GB
30	The Good Cloud	2GB
31	Getspace	50GB

Thanks for the list. I am not sure how comfortable I would be with a provider I had never heard of (e.g. Degoo or Blomp), but it looks like there are lots of choices.

--Ken