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I synced a catalogue from my PC to Lightroom Web with a view to working on the images with an iPad during a recent trip. I then used Lightroom Mobile on my iPad to access the synced catalogue before I travelled to make sure I could access the images. I thought this would download the images to the iPad so that I could work on them without internet access. When I was away, I tried to work on the images but found all the sliders were greyed out. Clicking on the Cloud icon, gave the message "Thumbnail - not editable".

My question is, how do I get the images or smart previews on to the iPad so that I can edit them without an internet connection and have them sync back to the synced collection on the PC whenever I have internet access? I am clearly struggling with this technology!

Many thanks.
 
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I synced a catalogue from my PC to Lightroom Web with a view to working on the images with an iPad during a recent trip. I then used Lightroom Mobile on my iPad to access the synced catalogue before I travelled to make sure I could access the images. I thought this would download the images to the iPad so that I could work on them without internet access. When I was away, I tried to work on the images but found all the sliders were greyed out. Clicking on the Cloud icon, gave the message "Thumbnail - not editable".

My question is, how do I get the images or smart previews on to the iPad so that I can edit them without an internet connection and have them sync back to the synced collection on the PC whenever I have internet access? I am clearly struggling with this technology!
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You can download the smart previews to the iPad by clicking on the dots behind the album name. That makes the images editable without an internet connection.
 
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