The Publish Services panel in the Library module allows you to export a collection of photos to your hard drive. Publishing to your hard drive folder is an expedient way to prepare photos for upload to a mobile phone or tablet device, such as an iPad.
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Specify additional export options. For information on Export Location, File Naming, File Settings, Image Sizing, and other export options, see Export files to disk or CD.
Photos that you want to export to your hard drive are managed in publish collections, also known as folders.
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To create a hard drive folder, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the hard drive connection in the Publish Services panel and choose one of the following:
Create Published Smart Folder
A folder of photos based on rules that you specify. See Work with smart collections.
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To edit, rename, or delete a folder, right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) it in the Publish Services panel and choose Edit Collection, Rename, or Delete.
To remove an unpublished photo from a regular hard drive folder, select it in the folder and press Delete.
To add or remove photos in a smart folder, change the rules of the smart folder.
To view the photos in a hard drive folder, select the folder in the Publish Services panel. The photos are organized in the following categories, or queues, in the image display area:
New Photos To Publish Photos that have not been exported.
Modified Photos To Republish Photos that were edited in the Library or Develop module after they were exported.
Published Photos Photos that have not been modified since they were exported.
Deleted Photos To Remove When you press Delete to remove one or more published photos from a folder, Lightroom Classic marks them as Deleted Photos To Remove. They are removed from the folder the next time you click Publish.