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Moving LR photos from iPhone to LR classic on a MacBook with no internet connection

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dave sproul

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Richmond VA
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Classic
Lightroom Version Number
Lightroom Classic Ventura 12.2.1
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  1. macOS 13 Ventura
  2. iOS
From sunny Tucson AZ USA, a 87 year old would like to know how to move photographs from LR mobile on an iPhone 8 plus (OS 16.4.1) to the to LR classic (12.2.1) on a MacBook Pro OS Ventura 13.3.1 with a external RAID-HD without using the internet.

Would prefer a direct cable solution and a Bluetooth solution. Please provide clear , concise steps or link(s) to same

Some times I am in locations for several days with no internet connection and I want to transfer the iPhone LR app photo’s in the evening to my computer for review processing.

I have cables to directly connect the iPhone and MacBook Pro.
 
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Just connect the phone to the computer and unlock it. Lightroom will see it like any other camera.
 
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Johan Elzenga said:
Just connect the phone to the computer and unlock it. Lightroom will see it like any other camera.
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Except it will only see photos in the camera roll, not those in LR mobile, so you'd have to export to the camera roll first.
 
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Right! I overlooked the fact that they were in Lightroom Mobile, not the camera roll. You can’t download from Lightroom mobile via a cable, so you do need to export first. The drawback is that I don’t think that Export ‘as original’ will include the edits in metadata, so if you want to transfer proprietary raw files then that will not work (unless you accept losing edits). Export as DNG should include edits if I’m not mistaken.
 
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Since you have a subscription to the Photography plan, you have 20GB of Adobe Cloud storage (where your Lightroom Mobile photos are stored.) It is not that difficult to manage an internet/Adobe Cloud transfer. Ultimately this is far easier than any of the other non internet methods proposed. If you are willing to learn, this 76 year old is willing to teach you.


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