Is there a way to avoid uploading the RAW in a RAW+Jpeg pair?

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Is there a way to avoid uploading the RAW in a RAW+Jpeg pair?

Hello everyone

I love the way Photos (and formerly Aperture) handles RAW+Jpeg files. I think it's unique and currently no other software does it in the same way.

For those who don't know how it works: it shows the RAW+Jpeg pair a single file, defaulting to Jpeg for viewing. This workflow works perfectly for me, as the Jpegs from my camera (a Fujifilm) are great, and when I need to edit them, I switch to RAW to get the full editing potential.

The problem is that the RAW files are pretty big, and I don't really need them to be synced. They're also backupped by Time Machine, so I don't want them on my iCloud. They'll soon fill up my account and I'll end up paying more than I want.

So what I'm searching is an easy way to avoid uplading the RAW to iCloud photo Library. I think it could be a nice toggle switch in the new Photos App.

Have a good day

Posted on Sep 20, 2016 1:34 AM

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léonie

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Sep 20, 2016 3:07 AM in response to Luca Molteni

It would definitely be nice, but there is no way to sync only selected items from your Photos Library to iCloud, unless you move them to a different Photos Library.

A brute force method to keep selected photos only local would be to import them as referenced, since referenced images cannot upload to iCloud, but that would not work for RAW&JPEG pairs, since you want to keep them paired. And referenced images are not as well supported in Photos as in Aperture, so I would avoid them (Disadvantages of a Referenced Library in Photos).

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Luca Molteni Author

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Sep 20, 2016 3:08 AM in response to léonie

Thanks léonie for the reply.

Another workaround I was thinking is to import only the Jpeg in Photos, importing the RAW somewhere on my hard drive, and when I need editing, import only that particular RAW and edit it.

This also solves my issue (only a portion of RAWs gets uploaded) but it's far less elegant than the original solution.

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léonie

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Sep 20, 2016 3:34 AM in response to Luca Molteni

It would depend on how frequently you need to work with the RAW files. The JPEGs from my camera are usually so good that I do not need the RAW files, only, if the lighting conditions have been very pooor, high contrast and noisy dark areas. Then I need the original RAW files. I do not import them to my Photos Library, but keep them separate until I need them.

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LarryHN

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Sep 20, 2016 6:36 AM in response to Luca Molteni

Currently that is not possible - suggest to APple as you are not the first to ask - http://www.apple.com/feedback/

My personal view is that if you want RAW then shoot RAW - if you want JPEG then shoot JPEG - shooting both to me is a waste of time and storage and complicates work flows and I see no (or at best a very tiny) advantage to shooting both and then worrying about getting rid of one

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