Using LR Mobile to upload RAW to iPhone 13 mini

[birdnut65]

Lightroom Version

Lightroom Classic version: 12.2.1

Operating System

1. macOS 13 Ventura
2. iOS

I do not have LR Mobile on my phone as yet. I take very few photos with my phone, only snapshots to share with friends or family, so I use Apple Photos. But this fall I will do some extensive travel where I must pack VERY light, and I won't have my laptop which has LR Classic. I will use my Canon G11 to take RAW images and would like to use the phone as backup storage in case I lose/damage an SD card. I'm afraid that direct import into the phone will convert the RAW files to JPGs in Photos, so I want to know whether LR Mobile will allow me to store the photos on the phone in Files instead. I have been reading about the 20GB cloud limit, which would be a problem. Any suggestions about how to back up my RAW images?

 

[Johan Elzenga]

Raw photos should not be converted by Apple Photos either, but Lightroom mobile does indeed import them. They won’t end up in Files however, but in Lightroom.

 

[clee01l]

Any suggestions about how to back up my RAW images?

I travel with a 1TB iPadPro. I import my camera photos into Lightroom using a Card reader. These end up in the Lightroom Storage area of the iPadPro. These sync to my 1TB Adobe Cloud storage plan when I get a reasonably fast internet connection. I have also copied the camera card to the Files storage area go my iPadPro using the same card reader. As an alternate backup to the iPad/iPhone storage, I have a portable HDD/Battery backup that I can copy the files from the iPad/iPhone storage to the portable HDD/Battery backup. Additionally I have a 256GB camera card that holds lots of 48mp Nikon RAW files without needing to reformat the camera card. With the portable HDD/Battery backup and the iPadPro and the Camera card, I can have three copies of my travel images while I travel. If I am able to sync Lightroom to the Adobe Cloud while I travel, I have an additional copy in the Adobe Cloud AND sync'd to LrC running on my iMac back home.

 

[birdnut65]

Raw photos should not be converted by Apple Photos either, but Lightroom mobile does indeed import them. They won’t end up in Files however, but in Lightroom.

I travel with a 1TB iPadPro. I import my camera photos into Lightroom using a Card reader. These end up in the Lightroom Storage area of the iPadPro. These sync to my 1TB Adobe Cloud storage plan when I get a reasonably fast internet connection. I have also copied the camera card to the Files storage area go my iPadPro using the same card reader. As an alternate backup to the iPad/iPhone storage, I have a portable HDD/Battery backup that I can copy the files from the iPad/iPhone storage to the portable HDD/Battery backup. Additionally I have a 256GB camera card that holds lots of 48mp Nikon RAW files without needing to reformat the camera card. With the portable HDD/Battery backup and the iPadPro and the Camera card, I can have three copies of my travel images while I travel. If I am able to sync Lightroom to the Adobe Cloud while I travel, I have an additional copy in the Adobe Cloud AND sync'd to LrC running on my iMac back home.

That's good news about a LR storage area. I haven't yet bought a card reader for the phone but once I get it, I will do some testing to be sure. If I didn't need to keep my pack weight under 10 pounds, I would use my laptop and a portable HD too.
Thank you both.

 

[clee01l]

haven't yet bought a card reader for the phone but once I get it

Be sure to get one that supports both a Lightning and a USB-C connection. I would guess that the next iPhone will be USB-C like the newer iPads. The Lightning ports are pretty much obsolete everywhere and only are found in iPhones 14 and older.

 

[clee01l]

Be sure to get one that supports both a Lightning and a USB-C connection. I would guess that the next iPhone will be USB-C like the newer iPads. The Lightning ports are pretty much obsolete everywhere and only are found in iPhones 14 and older.

 

[birdnut65]

Good point. I do already have one with the USB-C connection for my MacBook Pro and iMac, so if the Lightning one turns out to be obsolete, I will still have that.

 

[clee01l]

Good point. I do already have one with the USB-C connection for my MacBook Pro and iMac, so if the Lightning one turns out to be obsolete, I will still have that.

Just buy a Lightning to USB-C adapter for the one you have


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