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What we have checked, and what we could not

We are building a Mac app for real-estate photographers, so we end up reading a lot of vendor documentation. Where we could verify something against a primary source, these pages say so and link it. Where we could not, they say that too — which turns out to be most of what is written about MLS photo sizes. Every page recommends a competitor where the competitor is the better answer.

• Can Lightroom batch-merge brackets?

  Batch HDR merge in Lightroom Classic: what works, what breaks

  Lightroom has a hidden headless-merge shortcut Adobe never put in a menu. Here is how to use it, and the four points where it stops being a batch operation on a real property shoot.

  6 min4 sources Checked against Adobe docs

• What size should MLS photos be?

  MLS photo size: what to check, and how to export it on a Mac

  There is no single MLS specification, and most pages that claim one cite nothing. How to find your own board's real numbers, plus export settings for Lightroom, Preview and sips.

  6 min1 source Most published specs unverifiable

• What runs without the cloud?

  Editing property photos without uploading them to anyone

  What genuinely runs on your own Mac, what still needs the cloud and why, and the GDPR question if you shoot occupied homes in the EU.

  6 min4 sources Vendor claims checked

• What replaced Aurora HDR?

  Aurora HDR is discontinued. Here is what to use instead on Mac.

  Skylum folded the Quantum HDR engine into a Luminar Neo extension. The standalone alternatives, compared by price, platform and what each one actually automates.

  5 min3 sources Prices checked at source