Drag in. Done.
One click to publish.
Albums. Organised. Synced everywhere.
Your Lightroom edits go straight into Apple Photos — no exported files cluttering your Mac, no dragging and dropping. Just click Publish.
One-time purchase. Mac only.
How it works
Drop the plugin into Lightroom's Plugin Manager. No terminal. No scripts. No dev tools.
Just like Flickr or SmugMug — choose your album settings and you're ready.
Your photos land in Apple Photos, organised into albums that match your collections.
Features
Exported photos go straight into Apple Photos — they never land on your desktop or clog up a folder. Zero clutter.
Photos land in Apple Photos and sync to your iPhone via iCloud. Post to Instagram, share to WhatsApp, AirDrop to clients — instantly.
Your Lightroom collections become Apple Photos albums — automatically. Organise once, see it everywhere.
No more export, find file, import, organise. Hit Publish and it's done. One click instead of ten.
Publish both stills and video files. If Lightroom can export it, this plugin can publish it.
No Xcode. No Homebrew. No command line. Drag the plugin into Lightroom and you're done.
Who it's for
You edit in Lightroom Classic. You live in the Apple ecosystem. But getting photos from one to the other means exporting to a folder, opening Photos, dragging files in, deleting the exports, and doing it all again next time.
LR to Photos kills that workflow dead. Wedding photographers sharing sneak peeks, hobbyists keeping their library in sync, anyone who wants their Lightroom edits on their phone without the faff — this is for you.
FAQ
No — Apple Photos is a macOS/iOS app, so the plugin is Mac only.
No. Drag the plugin into Lightroom's Plugin Manager and you're done.
Lightroom Classic — the desktop app with the catalog. Not the cloud-based Lightroom (Lr).
If you have iCloud Photos turned on, yes. Anything in Apple Photos on your Mac syncs to all your devices.
No. If you remove a photo from Lightroom, it stays safe in Apple Photos. We never delete your photos.
Yes. By default, the plugin creates an Apple Photos album for each Lightroom collection. You can also send everything to one album.
Get your Lightroom photos into Apple Photos in one click. One payment.
Get LR to Photos — £19