obviously of course if I do end up spending more time on an image while away then I can always just sync it to the cloud once home temporarily, to then sync it back down to my main catalog on the iMac.

This is exactly what I’m after & dosnt use cloud or syncing etc. Then once home I just delete them from the iPad, as I will then be importing the images along with all the others into Lr Classic on my iMac to complete my full post processing workflow & proper noise reduction/sharpening via Topaz De Noise Then I can at least see how a particular image turned out which I may be interested in. Apply a quick simple preset (which I’ve saved in the Lr app on the internal storage), which just to give the image some basic sharpening & exposure, clarity etc. view the images off the card via the LR app & then if there are any I want to have a further look at (because they will be RAW files so quite dull), I just save it to the iPads internal storage, via Lr app make sure syncing/cloud is turned OFF on the app However since writing this original post, I have managed to get it to work how I wanted it too, basically all I do is:

& C) Cloud is limited to 20gb free & although £10 for the programs is very reasonable, I find and extra £10 for 1tb quite expensive.

B) I don’t want the iPad to be part of my workflow it’s purely to be able to view specific images I may want to see how they turned out whilst away, as I will be doing all my proper processing on my iMac once home. Click to expand.Well my reason for not using the cloud, was A) to how more control.

Using lightroom on ipad