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Inspiring
March 17, 2017
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P: MacBook Touch Bar support

  • March 17, 2017
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When/will Adobe going to update Lightroom 6 to take advantage of the MacBook pro touch bar?  It has been a few months since Photoshop was updated...

59 replies

johnrellis
Legend
June 26, 2022

Of the four current Macbook models at Apple.com, one has the touch bar (Macbook Pro 13") and three don't (Macbook Air, Macbook Pro 14" and 16", introduced last fall).


Several pundits speculate why the Macbook Pro 13" (introduced two weeks ago) has the Touch Bar, but they agree that it's not likely the Touch Bar will be available in future models:

https://techcrunch.com/2022/06/06/the-touch-bar-lives-on-the-m2-macbook-pro/

https://www.pcmag.com/news/wait-theres-still-a-touch-bar-on-the-new-macbook-pro

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbes-personal-shopper/2022/06/22/macbook-pro-13-inch-2022-m2-review/?sh=606fe1e23768 

 

 

Antoine HLMN
Known Participant
June 25, 2022

MacBooks and MacBook Pros with touchbar were released in spring 2022, not sure you can say it's discontinued nor obsolete... c'mon Adobe !

johnrellis
Legend
April 20, 2022

"this does not mean all the macs with this feature become obsolete all at once."

 

Agreed. But the absence of the touch bar in new laptops reduces the incentive for Adobe to add support for it to LR.

Antoine HLMN
Known Participant
April 20, 2022

Not on the 13" MacBook Pro M1. And this does not mean all the macs with this feature become obsolete all at once.

They have removed the usb-a connector, it doesn't mean all devices using a usb-a connector become "obsolete".

johnrellis
Legend
April 20, 2022
Antoine HLMN
Known Participant
April 19, 2022

Up! Photoshop has touch bar support, now it's time for Lightroom!

Artemis70
Participating Frequently
August 19, 2021

*Martin Hajek Thank you very much. I love what you have created. I would have considered paying for the BTT tool, which would allow me to use your fantastic creation, if the Touch Bar was here to stay. As it is, I'm really sorry that Apple seems to be dropping the Touch Bar from the next MacBook Pro's. If the rumours turn out to be wrong, I will definitely start using your preset once I have my new MacBook Pro.

Antoine HLMN
Known Participant
August 14, 2021

*Martin Hajek Thanks Martin, it looks amazing and a great tool, but I'm not paying full price for Lightroom for buying another, second hand software.

I'm paying Adobe big money for LR as they promised continuous updates and bug fixes 🙂 They get free advice, feedback and bug reports, one could expect to see them being implemented. Soiler: don't get your hopes too high 😉 

Inspiring
August 14, 2021

There is a beautiful Touch Bar preset for Lightroom Classic available on Better Touch Tool website. Check this link: https://community.folivora.ai/t/the-missing-lightroom-classic-touch-bar-lightroom-lightbar/23710

Antoine HLMN
Known Participant
July 24, 2021

I vote for this too!

Too bad it's another great feature request that hasn't been addressed for 4 years...