This plug-in allows you to export photos from Adobe Lightroom directly to the MobileMe Gallery.
There is an issue with Mac (x64), which appears to be an internal bug in Lightroom 3.0.
This issue prevents users from logging into their MobileMe accounts and causes an “Unexpected Server Response” error message.
The issue is specific only to Lightroom 3 under Mac OS running in 64 bit mode, so if your hardware is Mac Pro or MacBook Pro with Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Quad-Core Xeon, Dual-Core Intel Xeon, or Quad-Core Intel Xeon CPU, then most likely you are affected.
Unfortunately I have no way of knowing when Adobe would fix the bug, but I am hoping soon.
July 23, 2010 – Update
Further research shows that user authentication failures happen only after a reconnect to the MobileMe service. If you restart Lightroom and then try exporting pictures to MobileMe, everything seems to work fine. However, if you click Log Out or close the Export dialog, the Unexpected Server Response message will pop up on the next login attempt. This can be used as a temporary workaround for Mac users until a fix for Lightroom 3.0 has been released.
Requirements
- Lightroom 2.4 – 2.7, 3.0 : Windows XP, Vista or 7
- Lightroom 2.4 – 2.7 : Mac OS X
- 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64)
Note: due to an internal issue in Lightroom, the plug-in does not support Lightroom 3.0 for Mac (x64).
Licensing and Registration
This plug-in is released as Shareware (no source code provided). You may use the unregistered (free) version at no charge, however some features (see below) are limited or disabled in the free version.
The registration fee is $15 (USD) per single user.
To register your copy visit the MobileMe Plug-in Registration Page
Free Version Restrictions
Some features are limited or disabled in the free version of the plug-in:
- The export capability is limited to 10 photos at a time.
- The MobileMe Gallery Options section is disabled. Therefore, the options that control the sort order of exported photos, as well as duplicate photo handling options are unavailable.
Support the Development
There are many ways you can support further development of this plug-in:
Your participation is always appreciated!
Version History
| 1.17
July 21, 2010
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Changes:
- Addressed intermittent instability issues.
- Now it is safe to access the MobileMe service in the web browser while using the plug-in.
- Fixed the issue with creating albums when the name contains XML special characters.
- Now debug logs can be submitted for troubleshooting directly from the Plug-in Info panel.
- Added support for AdobeRGB and ProPhotoRGB color spaces.
- Removed the upload file size limitation.
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| 1.16
June 18, 2010
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Changes:
- Fixed the issue with logging into online accounts caused by the recent change in the MobileMe service.
- JPEG quality level is now handled correctly.
- Fixed issues with server session becoming invalid if the users logs out of the MobileMe account in the web browser while using the Export dialog.
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| 1.15
June 1, 2010
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Changes:
- Fixed the issue with logging in when there are no albums in the account.
- Fixed the “Document is empty” error that sometimes appeared when users tried to upload photos.
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| 1.14
May 24, 2010
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Changes:
- Fixed the “The operation couldn’t be completed” error message.
- Implemented intelligent handling of upload related errors.
- On the “New Album” dialog, removed the “Synchronize With” option – it had no benefit for Lightroom users.
- Now if you attempt to export more than 500 photos at a time you will receive an error message about exceeding the album size limit (a new restriction recently imposed by Apple).
- Other minor fixes.
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| 1.13
May 11, 2010
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Changes:
- Fixed the issue with creating new albums when the album name contains special characters, such as &, > and <.
- Fixed the issue with the sort order of uploaded photos.
- Fixed the tab order in the Your Account box. Pressing the Tab key on the Login field now moves the cursor to the Password field.
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| 1.12
May 7, 2010
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Changes:
- Fixed the issue with uploading photos caused by a recent change in the MobileMe service.
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| 1.11
May 3, 2010
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Changes:
- Fixed the “Attempt to index field propertyTable” error message under Lightroom 3 Beta 2.
- Added the “File Settings” section to the Export dialog, so now you can reduce the quality level of rendered JPEGs if needed.
- Other minor fixes and improvements
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| 1.10
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This version was skipped. |
| 1.9
Mar 18, 2010
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Fixes:
- Fixed the issue with creating new albums when you do several consequent export operations and create more than one album.
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| 1.8
Mar 14, 2010
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Version 1.7 has been skipped due to an internal bug.
Improvements:
- Implemented the options for handling duplicate photo uploads. Now you can choose from the following methods: create duplicates (default), skip duplicates (don’t re-upload), or replace already uploaded photos.
- Added the option to override the default MobileMe Gallery sorting. By default, MobileMe puts most recent photo at the beginning of the album. The new option allows you to order uploaded photos the same way they are ordered in the filmstrip. Also, when you add more photos to an album, they appear at the end of the album.
For details see the version 1.7 release announcement.
NOTE: This new functionality is available only to registered users.
Fixes:
- Fixed the occasional error “Unable to establish connection with the remote server.”
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| 1.6
Mar 8, 2010
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Fixes:
- Fixed the issue with uploading photos.
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| 1.5
Mar 5, 2010
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Fixes:
- Fixed the error message that appears when using “Check for Updates”.
Improvements:
- Added the option to preview the selected album in the web browser.
For an overview of the recently added options see the version 1.5 release announcement. |
| 1.4
Mar 4, 2010
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Fixes:
- “Check for Updates” now finds updates correctly.
Improvements:
- Implemented the option for automatic checking for a newer version of the plug-in (you can access the option from the Plug-in Manager)
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| 1.3
Mar 4, 2010
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Fixes:
- Fixed the issue with photos being sent to the wrong album when you upload to one of existing albums after uploading to a new album.
- The “You are not connected to the server” message no longer appears when the connection is actually established.
- “Export with Previous” behaved unpredictably in some situations.
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| 1.2
Mar 3, 2010
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Improvements:
Now you can specify various options when creating new albums – these are the same options that you can set using the My Gallery web site:
- Allow downloading of photos, movies or entire album
- Allow uploading of photos or movies via web browser
- Allow adding of photos via email or iPhone
- Show photo titles
- Show email address for uploading photos
- Hide album on my Gallery page
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| 1.1
Feb 28, 2010
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Fixes:
- Fixed the issue with user authentication when the default language is other than English.
- Fixed the issue with JPEG quality level of exported photos. Now the photos are exported at 100% quality.
Improvements:
- Added Output Sharpening and Metadata sections, so now you can embed watermarks and control output sharpening.
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| 1.0
Feb 24, 2010
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This is the initial release of the plug-in.
Features:
- User authentication
- Album filtering by date range
- Album sorting by name or date
- Album thumbnails
- Creating new albums
- Opening of the uploaded album in the web browser
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February 26th, 2010 on 4:47 am
Hi,
Congrats ! Excellent plug-in ! I thought I would never find something like this.
I’ve tested to upload some pictures. Is there a size limitation ? I need the original images to be downloaded, without any compression.
Thank you !
February 26th, 2010 on 10:11 am
To upload photos at their original size simply uncheck the Resize to Fit box. However, you still need to specify Resolution – leave it at 96 pixels per inch.
I believe MobileMe has a limit of 6 MB per photo. Currently, the plug-in doesn’t automatically check if a file exceeds the limit, but I will include this in the next update.
February 26th, 2010 on 12:14 pm
Thanks for your answer ! The Resize to Fit box was unchecked. The dimensions of the photo in pixels remain the same, but the file size is much lower. Is the file compressed by your plug-in or by MobileMe ? When I upload a picture from the MobileMe App in my browser, the file isn’t compressed. Where does this difference com from ?
February 26th, 2010 on 12:27 pm
The plug-in doesn’t compress images. If you chose specific dimensions then Lightroom would resize your photos while rendering JPEGs from your originals. If the Resize to Fit is unchecked then rendered JPEGs would remain at their original pixel dimensions. How can you tell if there is a difference in file size between a photo uploaded through the plug-in and the same photo uploaded through the MobleMe App? Could you provide specific details?
PS: You might want to reply to alloyphoto@alloyphoto.com so we don’t clutter comments with our dialogue. I’ll post a summary when we find what’s causing the difference.
March 1st, 2010 on 11:39 am
Fixed in version 1.1 – Now JPEGs are exported at 100% quality.
February 26th, 2010 on 9:23 am
This is just what I was looking for! It works great!
One question? Do you have plans to include the options of allowing downloads in the mobileme gallery (either single image or whole gallery)?
February 26th, 2010 on 10:19 am
Dave, please clarify what you mean. Once photos are exported and uploaded to the MobileMe Gallery they are in Apple’s hands – you can only access them through the gallery interface, and I don’t believe there’s an option to download. On the other hand, why would you want to download – you still have your originals in Lightroom.
February 26th, 2010 on 12:20 pm
When you create an album from iPhoto, Aperture or the MobileMe App in your browser, you can specify if the visitor of your gallery can download the photos or the entire album. You can also choose if your album is visible on the gallery home page or even protect an album with a password.
I think that David means it would be very cool to have this options in your plug-in and indeed it would be
February 26th, 2010 on 12:36 pm
Ah, thanks for pointing that out! I’ll definitely add the option.
February 27th, 2010 on 1:30 pm
To enable the download function of your photos once on the mobile me gallery, until the update is available on this plugin, just go into your Me account > Photos and adjust settings. You can add the download function in there.
Thanks for the great plug-in. Looking forward to the updates you’ve mentioned.
February 28th, 2010 on 4:49 am
Hi Vlad,
seems to be a great plugin … if I finally get it running
The problem is the following: I installed the plugin corectly, which isn’t the licensed one yet (as I would asume) but when tempting to log into to my mobile.me account I receive the foolowing eror:
Error code: 0
Unable to establish connection with the remote server.
What’s the problem, or better: how can I solve the obvious problem?
Thanks for your help.
Greetings from Germany
Johannes
February 28th, 2010 on 9:44 am
Please generate and e-mail me the debug log as explained in the “Support” section of the plug-in home page: http://alloyphoto.com/plugins/mobileme-gallery-lightroom-plugin/.
March 1st, 2010 on 11:38 am
Fixed in version 1.1
March 12th, 2010 on 9:29 am
Thanks for adding the download options for new galleries. Now I don’t have to open iphoto at all. Perfect!
Keep up the good work!
March 19th, 2010 on 5:21 am
Hi Vlad,
Thanks for your work ! The plugin gets better every week !
But I have one more feature request. Is it possible do add an option to choose the profile. Now the plugin exports by default in sRGB, in some cases I would prefer Adobe RGB.
Cheers
Julien
March 19th, 2010 on 7:52 am
Thanks for your kind words!
I’ll add the option to choose the profile in the next update.
April 14th, 2010 on 3:08 pm
Hi Vald,
Thanks for this plug. It has solved my Aperture/Lightroom dilemma once and for all! (Only reason I used Aperture was to manage uploading to mobile me).
April 22nd, 2010 on 10:11 am
Vlad,
do you know if this will work when they release version 3 of lightroom, or will I need to re-buy this plugin?
thanks,
James
April 22nd, 2010 on 10:57 pm
For the last month or so I have been working on the new version to integrate the plug-in with the new Publish Services API, which will be introduced in LR3, and my plug-in will support it. You will need to install an update, however you won’t need to re-purchase.
April 25th, 2010 on 6:15 pm
Great plug-in thanks so much.
May 10th, 2010 on 10:44 am
I have a mac and recently purchased the plugin. What are the steps to get the 1.12 update to work?
May 10th, 2010 on 11:00 am
If you had an older version installed, just replace the files in the installation folder with the new ones.
Please e-mail me directly (alloyphoto@alloyphoto.com) if you need additional support or troubleshooting.
May 24th, 2010 on 1:12 pm
Love the plug-in, no need for Aperture anymore. One question/comment though. My photo’s appear in reversed order online. Is there something I’m doing wrong?
May 24th, 2010 on 2:02 pm
Thanks for liking my plug-in!
Here is what you do to impose the “correct” sort order:
In the Export dialog, scroll down to the MobileMe Gallery Options section and select the Sort photos in the order they are exported (override MobileMe sorting).
May 25th, 2010 on 3:57 am
That did the trick, many thanks
June 1st, 2010 on 12:38 am
I cannot upload to my MobileMe account. I get and error 631 attempt to index field ‘guild’ (a nil value)
I am using v1.9, and I have checked: the entire folder for the lrdevplugin is in the Adobe/lightroom/modules folder..
June 1st, 2010 on 9:38 am
Randy,
Version 1.9 is outdated. You should download and install the latest version.
June 24th, 2010 on 12:43 pm
Does MobileMe Export 1.16 link to Lightroom 3 “Publish Services”
June 29th, 2010 on 10:51 am
Version 1.16 does not support Publish Services. I am waiting for Adobe to resolve the issue with Lightroom 3.0 for Mac. Once this has been squared away I am going to release a new version of the plug-in (1.17?) with added support for Publish Services and a couple of new exciting features.
July 1st, 2010 on 12:53 am
Thanks for the reply. I’ll look forward to the new version!
June 29th, 2010 on 11:18 am
Thanks for the really great plugin. Works exactly as expected and will save me a bunch of time and hassle from having to deal with iPhoto. Nice job.
July 2nd, 2010 on 5:45 am
Hi, thanks for that great plug-in. will there be a feature to password protect a album?
thanks
July 2nd, 2010 on 6:05 am
Unfortunately, the MobileMe interface doesn’t provide this capability. If Apple eventually implements it, then I will add the feature to my plug-in as well.
July 8th, 2010 on 10:08 am
Will you upgrade the plug-in for a Lightroom 3 compatibility?
July 8th, 2010 on 7:12 pm
The plug-in is already compatible with Lightroom 3, as outlined in the System Requirements section above. Yes, it doesn’t work yet in Lightroom 3 for Mac for most users, but this will remain so until Adobe fixes the bug causing authorization failures in LR 3.0 for Mac (again, explained above).
What exactly did you have in mind?
July 16th, 2010 on 3:33 pm
I have a new Mac Mini (2010) running OS X 10.6.4 and Lightroom 3 trial (64-bit) and the plug-in to MobileMe is working fine. I will purchase if this is correct. Why do you say it won’t work in this environment, or what am I missing?
There are some options on the export I can’t choose, like Gallery Options to sort photos, but other than that it’s working.
Thanks!
FYI MobileMe supports password protected albums published from iPhoto or Aperture.
July 16th, 2010 on 3:42 pm
Bob,
What I have seen happening in the past, the plug-in would work once or twice with no issue, then it starts giving the “Unexpected server response” error. Overall, this bug causes a very intermittent behavior.
I would suggest trying to log in and upload pictures a few times more before you make your purchasing decision. Otherwise, I would recommend simply waiting for the next Lightroom update – supposedly, the bug will be fixed there.
PS: iPhoto and Aperture use a different method of uploading photos, this is probably why the MobileMe web interface doesn’t have this feature, and so doesn’t my plug-in.
July 16th, 2010 on 3:53 pm
I kept getting the message that I couldn’t upload more than 10 photos, so I purchased for $15. Not a big deal. I occasionally see the Unexpected server response error, but try to login again and it seems to work and I can upload.
Thanks for continued development on this and I hope Adobe fixes whatever they need to fix for us.
Your plugin might be just what I need to choose and buy Lightroom over buggy Aperture 3. I’m evaluating both and so far Lightroom in a couple hours has impressed me with it’s stability much more than Ap3.
July 23rd, 2010 on 1:28 pm
Any news on the Publishing mode?
I assume it will be quite useless in unregistered mode, but hopefully we get to try it atleast (10 pictures max published…).
With working publishing I will be registering.
July 24th, 2010 on 5:40 pm
Patrik, I am planning to add support for the Publish feature when Adobe fixes the issue with LR3 for Mac OS.
July 29th, 2010 on 8:01 pm
I cannot login using your application.
I was able to do this before but not now.
OS10.6.4
Firefox 3.6.8
Downloaded latest version of your app
July 29th, 2010 on 8:08 pm
Please submit a debug log as explained in the Support and Troubleshooting section. You’ll find a link in the Related Links section on the plugin’s home page.