Mobile Downloads.lrdata file keeps filling up my hd

[jonob50062202]

I have "store a copy of all originals" in CC and "specify location for Lightroom CC ecosystem's images" in Classic CC both unchecked.

To be clear; these are not 'mobile' images being downloaded; they are files I'm trying to upload and archive through Classic CC. It's up to a gb now. I've trashed it. it keeps rebuilding and re populating itself. I don't want to download these files that I'm uploading.

This happens when I have both Classic CC and CC open. This really is a mess.

Also, it's trying to upload the Mobile Downloads.lrdata file but it has given an error message "File is too large" In other words, the software is trying to upload the files it downloaded that I'm already uploading. Confused?

Can anyone help? This is way too complicated.

[Akash Sharma]

Hi Jonob50062202,

Sorry about the delay in our response and the problems you're facing with the sync data filling up your disk space.

Could you please take a look at this detailed article https://www.lightroomqueen.com/community/threads/disk-usage-for-sync-with-lightroom-cc.33417/​ and let us know if that helps?

Thanks,

Akash

[JohanElzenga]

The ‘mobile downloads.lrdata’ file is the destination for images that are in the cloud, but not yet in Lightroom Classic for some reason. This includes photos you took in Lightroom Mobile, but also images you added to the cloud in any other way. You say you add images to the cloud to archive them. That raises the question how you are doing this. Syncing images from Lightroom Classic will not archive them; Lightroom Classic only syncs smart previews. So how do you archive these images?

[jonob50062202]

I was under the impression, owing to the opaque information available, that uploading via classic was a possibility, I know now it's previews only. I fixed my problem by uploading via cc and then deleting the files as they were downloaded, having just been uploaded. A ridiculous workflow, but there it is. I have the files backed up elsewhere.

[JohanElzenga]

jonob50062202  wrote

I was under the impression, owing to the opaque information available, that uploading via classic was a possibility, I know now it's previews only. I fixed my problem by uploading via cc and then deleting the files as they were downloaded, having just been uploaded. A ridiculous workflow, but there it is. I have the files backed up elsewhere.

There is a better workflow. First sync the images from Lightroom Classic. Ignore the fact that they will only be smart previews. After they are synced, start Lightroom CC and import the images. Lightroom CC is clever enough to understand that these are the same images as the smart previews in the cloud, so it will replace the smart previews with the originals. Lightroom Classic will then not download them again.

[jonob50062202]

This is what I did. The files are still downloaded, as they are uploaded.

[JohanElzenga]

jonob50062202  wrote

The files are still downloaded, as they are uploaded.

Could you please explain what that means? Are you saying that Lightroom Classic now has duplicates (the original and a downloaded copy)?

[jonob50062202]

Lightroom CC downloads the files I am uploading to it. It's my original question/complaint.

[JohanElzenga]

jonob50062202  wrote

Lightroom CC downloads the files I am uploading to it. It's my original question/complaint.

I'm sorry, but I don't understand what you are saying here.

[jonob50062202]

Okay, got it.