Import Migrate iCloud Photos to Lightroom Classic

[ggrismore]

Lightroom Version Number

14.0.1

Operating System

1. macOS 10.13 High Sierra
2. iOS
3. iPadOS

I have lots of photos taken on my iPad and iPhone that are synced to Apple's iCloud. I access them on my iMac through the Apple Photos app. I further have lots of photos (taken with DSLRs and scanned from film) in Lightroom Classic. I want to merge all the iCloud photos into the Lightroom Classic Library so that all can be managed, edited, archived, etc. in a single place on my iMac. I understand that it is possible to migrate the iCloud photos to Lightroom Classic on the iMac by downloading originals to the Mac. Since the migration operation is a one time function, it seems that it will get me an initial baseline combined Classic catalog.

After the initial migration, it seems that there will be capability to use Lightroom Classic with all the photos without resorting to iPhotos on the Mac. This should allow me to further use Lightroom Mobile/Cloud to serve as the home for Smart Preview access to whatever I want on the iPhone and iPad (using the syncing functions of Classic).

The issue is what happens with any photos I subsequently take on the iDevices with the native camera. Is there an automated way to "migrate" subsequent iCloud photos to Classic (sort of like a watched folder import).

 

[Jim Wilde]

The issue is what happens with any photos I subsequently take on the iDevices with the native camera. Is there an automated way to "migrate" subsequent iCloud photos to Classic (sort of like a watched folder import).

Yes. You can either use the camera function within Lightroom Mobile on all your iDevices (the photos would be automatically synced to your Adobe cloud account, and from there they would automatically download into your sync-enabled LrClassic catalog. If you prefer to use the native camera on the iDevice, there is a setting within Lightroom Mobile on each device which would automatically import all of those new captures from the native camera. They then follow the same syncing route from LrM to LrC via the Adobe cloud.

 

[clee01l]

If you install Lightroom (mobile) on the Apple device, you can auto import from the “camera roll” to Lightroom or use the camera directly to Lightroom by passing the Photos app. Lightroom sends its images directly to the Adobe Cloud which then synchronizes them to Lightroom Classic master catalog. This is the most efficient way to move images from the mobile device the master catalog file.


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[Paul McFarlane]

Just a small point, you aren't running LrC 14 on High Sierra, your macOS must be a later one.