- Joined
- Oct 23, 2022
- Messages
- 6
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
- Lightroom Experience
- Intermediate
- Lightroom Version
- Classic
- Lightroom Version
- lightroom classic 11.5
- Operating System
- macOS 12 Monterey
- iOS
I'm having an awful time importing iPhone photos into Lightroom Classic (mac mini M1 Monterey 12.5 OS )
1- LR classic could not SEE photos on iPhone 8plus.... so I got a new iPhone 13Pro, and now LR classic SEES the photos when I plug iPhone into Mac (good)
BUT photos are OPTIMIZED on iPhone (its too full, no room for Full Res on iPhone, ) its too late to use Lightroom on iPhone to help, as there's no storage space.
2- on my Mac Mini in Apple Photos I checked off "download originals to this Mac"...
so NOW, which way shall I import to Lightroom? (thousands of photos)
Favorite choice:
It would be easy to import from iPhone BUT the photos are Optimized...
will LR pull in Full Res photos from iPhone during import? or not? ( I suppose I could do a test photo and see, but someone somewhere should have the answer?)
If not, then do I have to :
A) download originals to a folder in Mac from icloud (time consuming) then import them into Lightroom like normal
or
B) 'migrate' the Apple Photos library to Lightroom (but I believe I have to do this with lightroom CLOUD-based app? and can't migrate with LR CLASSIC? is this true?
would log into lightroom cloud based first and do it? then sync with LR classic? is there a way?
I also heard that it changes the file naming of the photos ? or the dates ? not sure?
in the end I want all iPhone photos downloaded into proper dated files like any other normal import. Prefer to do it from the phone.... unless i cant because of the 'optimized' issue....
thanks for any help!
I cannot use lightroom camera, or the LR ios App (no room on iPhone to transfer them into that) ... maybe in the future, but right now, I have to get these photos imported to Lightroom classic.... then I can get them off my iPhone and do it properly in the future.
1- LR classic could not SEE photos on iPhone 8plus.... so I got a new iPhone 13Pro, and now LR classic SEES the photos when I plug iPhone into Mac (good)
BUT photos are OPTIMIZED on iPhone (its too full, no room for Full Res on iPhone, ) its too late to use Lightroom on iPhone to help, as there's no storage space.
2- on my Mac Mini in Apple Photos I checked off "download originals to this Mac"...
so NOW, which way shall I import to Lightroom? (thousands of photos)
Favorite choice:
It would be easy to import from iPhone BUT the photos are Optimized...
will LR pull in Full Res photos from iPhone during import? or not? ( I suppose I could do a test photo and see, but someone somewhere should have the answer?)
If not, then do I have to :
A) download originals to a folder in Mac from icloud (time consuming) then import them into Lightroom like normal
or
B) 'migrate' the Apple Photos library to Lightroom (but I believe I have to do this with lightroom CLOUD-based app? and can't migrate with LR CLASSIC? is this true?
would log into lightroom cloud based first and do it? then sync with LR classic? is there a way?
I also heard that it changes the file naming of the photos ? or the dates ? not sure?
in the end I want all iPhone photos downloaded into proper dated files like any other normal import. Prefer to do it from the phone.... unless i cant because of the 'optimized' issue....
thanks for any help!
I cannot use lightroom camera, or the LR ios App (no room on iPhone to transfer them into that) ... maybe in the future, but right now, I have to get these photos imported to Lightroom classic.... then I can get them off my iPhone and do it properly in the future.