I don't want to sign in to lightroom classic

[MiralysXX]

As I work with an educational version I do not have cloud storage space - and even if I had that, I wouldn't be interested in putting my pictures into the cloud. Each time I open lightroom, or when my internet connection fails, I get a warning that I won't be able to sync unless I sign in. Which I know. Which doesn't concern me at all. It's annoying. Is there a way to tell lightroom that I do not want to sign in - ever? I can't seem to find that check box and googling wasn't helpfull either.

Thanks,

Helena

[john beardsworth]

Create a new catalogue, sign in, set it to sync, then close it and never open it again. From now on LR Sync will see you are using a catalogue that isn't the one you synced, and so it shouldn't display the message.

I don't know the educational version, but my understanding is that there is no cloud space but you can sync from your catalogue as normal, meaning you can easily get pictures onto your phone to show people or to do little tweaks on the move. Once you have this, it becomes very convenient. The lack of cloud space means you can't sync originals, but when you sync from Classic it only uploads "smart previews" which don't count against the cloud space allocation.

[Ian Lyons]

John,

I believe there is 20GB of cloud storage with Student and Teachers version Creative Cloud pricing and membership plans | Adobe Creative Cloud

There's a dedicated tab for Student and Teachers at above link.

[MiralysXX]

Thanks for your tipp; it sounds as if it could work. However, not only do I have an educational version, but my whole laptop belongs to the university (my employer). The lightroom version I have is part of an image which is used on computer pools for students as well (which is the reason why I don't have cloud storage space). Long story short, it was purchased and installed with an adobe ID that is handled by our tech support, meaning I can't sign in, as I don't have the password ... any other ideas? If not I'll have to drop by tech support I suppose.

[Ian Lyons]

I suspect you'll need to speak to the university tech support

[john beardsworth]

Tell them to create that synced catalogue that I described in my first post. But signing in also validates the licence to run LR, so in 30 days you would need to do so again.

Thanks Ian too.