I will occasionally also sync a folder with Lightroom CC and do edits on the iPad also. I am perfectly fine with it all since I do not do professional work and to have the whole catalog on my SSD that fits in any bag and pocket it is very handy.

Once everything is good to go I can click around and make edits just fine, I suppose technically there is a very slight lag (depending what kind of system you are coming from) only when sometimes changing photos in a massive library. The initial Import is the only time I personally see a noticeable lag and part of that is building the smart previews also. In comparison to my built PC where my catalog used to be I can tell a difference, but the PC had a built in pretty decent SD card reader along with a M.2 SSD. This is also with needing to use a hub to connect my SD card to as I haven't bothered copying the photos to the internal storage and then doing an import because typically when I have time to do imports/edits the little extra time doesn't bother me.īack on topic. I shoot with a Sony A7III so RAW files being around 40mb (I shoot uncompressed) and I do have a slight delay when importing. I actually have my whole Lightroom catalog on a 2tb Samsung T7 that I use a usb-c to usb-c cable (it may be thunderbolt I am at work so I am not sure off the top of my head) with my M1 MBP. Happy New Year.Ĭlick to expand.I know this post is a little older, but I just came across it. Thanks for helping me understand this process. Lastly, where is it best to put my LR catalog file? iCloud? I assume it needs to stay sync'd or else I'd loose edits (for instance if I work on my MBP offline and forget to sync when I'm back online before editing on my Mac Mini. Or do I need to host through Adobe for LR?

When I'm away from home: Can I make use of the 20GB Abode storage, or my 200GB (possibly upgraded to 2TB) iCloud storage to host files and photos I may be currently working on so that I can use LR on my MBP?īecause iCloud offers 2TB for $9.99 wouldn't that be better than using Adobe's LR + 1TB package? I could then have Adobe's LR+PS+20Gb plan (for $9.99) for the same cost as LR+1Tb. This has always been too intimidating for me. When I'm at home: Can I use file sharing on my M1 Mac Mini so my MBP can access the files? I've long wanted to setup a Mac Mini as a server(?) so I can assess files including movies, but despite having many hobbies, programming and computers are not one of them. But it would be nice to be able to use my MBP as well to edit photos. I have a M1 Mac Mini in my office where I have my external HDDs. I have many TBs of photos to manage so I believe LR Classic is the best for me. It's been a long time coming but I don't make a living with my photography so just sort of stopped taking photos. I've finally subscribed to LR after many years of not using my DSLRs and only taking iPhone pics.

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