Can Creative Cloud subscription used on cross-platform ?

[mjoshi123]

I primarily use iMac for all my main editing. If I buy Creative Cloud Photography plan is it possible to use it on my Windows Laptop on the go ? Seriously considering going that route to get some work done on the go, mainly looking for culling images in LR before submitting it to iMac. So if I get CC subscription and install LR on Laptop. And whatever work I do on Laptop will it reflect on iMac when I open LR on iMac ?

 

[kastorff]

Yes. You have two installs per app per account. Doesn't matter which platform.

 

[Phil A.]

Yes to first question (Creative Cloud is cross platform with 2 licenses and you can use 1 license on windows and one on OS X): That's how I use it (one on a windows PC and one on a Mac)

However, you can only sync a single library to LR mobile and I haven't found a way of syncing libraries between my Mac and PC. The only way I can think it may work (but I haven't tried it) would be to use something like Dropbox to store the library and let it sync between the machines.

If there's a better / easier / supported way then I'd be delighted to hear it

 

[kastorff]

Yes to first question (Creative Cloud is cross platform with 2 licenses and you can use 1 license on windows and one on OS X): That's how I use it (one on a windows PC and one on a Mac)

However, you can only sync a single library to LR mobile and I haven't found a way of syncing libraries between my Mac and PC. The only way I can think it may work (but I haven't tried it) would be to use something like Dropbox to store the library and let it sync between the machines.

If there's a better / easier / supported way then I'd be delighted to hear it

Good point. I just keep the "master" on one machine and use the LR mobile sync to share stuff.

 

[Designer Dale]

Yes to first question (Creative Cloud is cross platform with 2 licenses and you can use 1 license on windows and one on OS X): That's how I use it (one on a windows PC and one on a Mac)

However, you can only sync a single library to LR mobile and I haven't found a way of syncing libraries between my Mac and PC. The only way I can think it may work (but I haven't tried it) would be to use something like Dropbox to store the library and let it sync between the machines.

If there's a better / easier / supported way then I'd be delighted to hear it

So much for that idea... I'm using a Win7 laptop until I can replace my Mac. The PC has no real photo editing software and I was going to add a CC subscription with the dual install option to get back into photography, then transfer or sync the library to the new Mac for future work. I have CS6 and Aperture3 on the backup of my defunct MacBook Pro. The C2D 17 inch version from '08.

Dale

 

[mjoshi123]

Thank you all for your input. Much appreciated.

 

[Robotti]

After you are done with the photos on the Windows laptop, you can export them as a catalog and then import this catalog into the main catalog on the Mac. Then just locate the photos and you should be good to go on the iMac.

 

[mjoshi123]

After you are done with the photos on the Windows laptop, you can export them as a catalog and then import this catalog into the main catalog on the Mac. Then just locate the photos and you should be good to go on the iMac.

Well I work in little different fashion. Each project is its own catalog and files specific to that projects resides within same folder. So I was hoping in the sense that the folder I create on Laptop and all the changes I made to that folder, automatically gets into cloud and then on imac I can just get that folder from cloud and continue working in seamless fashion.

 

[dwig]

... So if I get CC subscription and install LR on Laptop. And whatever work I do on Laptop will it reflect on iMac when I open LR on iMac ?

The two installations don't sync, but...

I don't use Lr on my portable device (8" Win tablet), I do on occasion when traveling and then only with new images. I simply import them on the tablet and work on them as desired. When I get home, I transfer them, edits and all, to my main machine by:
- on the tablet:

• select all
• "File>Export as catalog" with all options checked
• transfer the exported folder to the main machine

- on the main machine

• open my main catalog
• select "File>Import from another catalog" and navigate to the transferred folder

The only issue I've had is when a Mac catalog is exported and imported into a Windows catalog with file or folder names starting with a space. The leading space(s) are kosher on a Mac and the files move to Windows fine, but Lr/Win can't deal with them. There may be other issues with file/foldername that contain characters not supported on both OSs.