If you are not ready to have all of your photos stored in the cloud, this is not for you. The first consideration is that every photo must be stored in the cloud when using this Lightroom ecosystem. While that does solve the problem of access from multiple devices in a seamless and powerful way, it does have some caveats that may keep some people from choosing this option. In a nutshell, you can migrate your Lightroom Classic catalog to the Lightroom cloud, which will proceed to upload your entire photo library to Adobe cloud storage, which is what enables you to be able to access the full resolution photos from any device using Lightroom cloud apps (apps are available for Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, and ChromeOS). I know it won’t work for everyone, but when it comes to being able to access the same source files and edits from any computer/device that is exactly what it was designed to do. The Lightroom Cloudįirst, we have to seriously consider the Lightroom cloud ecosystem of apps as an alternative to Lightroom Classic.

Feel free to post your experiences or questions in the comments as I’m sure we can all continue to learn from each other. This (very) long article is just a round up of my thoughts on the possibilities (be sure to read the closing thoughts at the end). So, what are the options? Well, there are a few, and they all have pros and cons to consider. There are many possible scenarios, but they all boil down to the same issue of making Lightroom Classic work in a way it was not designed to be used. Or maybe you just got a brand-new laptop, but still want to be able to use your old one too. You may have a powerful desktop workstation as your primary photo station and also use a laptop when traveling. This is not surprising considering how many of us do often switch between computers (and mobile devices) in the course of our workflows. Usually the question is some form of, “Since it is not possible to open a Lightroom Classic catalog over a network connection, how can I use Lightroom Classic to access the same catalog and photos on multiple computers?”

This article originally appeared in Issue 62 of Lightroom Magazine, but since it is one of the most frequent questions I have gotten over the last few years I wanted to share it here too.

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