LR to Photos

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Your best photos
aren’t on your phone.

Publish your Lightroom Classic collections to Apple Photos.

Get LR to Photos · £40
Lightroom Classic with the Holiday snaps collection selected under LR to Photos in Publish Services
Apple Photos on a Mac showing the Holiday snaps album inside the Lightroom folder
The Holiday snaps album open in Photos on an iPhone

On iPhone with iCloud Photos enabled.

Editin Lightroom Classic, as you do now

Publisha collection and it becomes an album

Enjoyyour edits on your iPhone

Lightroom Classic collection alongside its matching 23-photo album in Apple Photos

All your personal Macs · Free 1.x updates · Email support

Set up your existing albums in bulk.
Version 1.3 also lets you turn existing Lightroom folders and collections into published collections. Preview the album structure, then click Publish to send the photos to Apple Photos. See how it works.

Already purchased? Get the included 1.3.1 import reliability update through “View content” in your Gumroad receipt or your Gumroad Library.

Will it work with my setup?

For Lightroom Classic on Mac. Tested on macOS Sequoia and Lightroom Classic 14. macOS Tahoe and Lightroom Classic 15 are expected to work. Contact us if you need help with your setup. To see photos on your iPhone, enable iCloud Photos on your Mac’s System Photo Library and iPhone using the same Apple Account.

What happens to my originals and later edits?

Your Lightroom originals stay where they are. Click Publish to send updated edits. The optional Out of date album collects previous copies for you to review. This is one-way publishing to Photos.

What if I need help?

Email us. If it won’t run on a supported setup, contact us within 14 days. We’ll help you fix it, or refund you if we can’t. Read the terms.