Lightroom Classic and Apple Photos guides

Set up LR to Photos, compare the options, and get your edited photos onto your Mac and iPhone.

Does Lightroom Classic sync with iCloud Photos?

Not directly. Apple Photos is the bridge between your Lightroom exports and iCloud Photos.

Two practical routes: a manual export for occasional use, or a published collection for a repeatable workflow.

Install the plugin, connect Apple Photos and publish your first collection.

Use Apple Photos and iCloud Photos, or Adobe’s cloud, depending on where you want to browse and share.

Compare manual export, folder automation and LR to Photos for getting Lightroom Classic edits into Apple Photos.