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anthonyd25690940
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March 15, 2017
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Can I install Lightroom 5 on Mac? It was previously installed on Windows.

  • March 15, 2017
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I purchased Lightroom 5 in 2014, I now want to transfer it to a iMac from a pc, can I use the same product code?

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    Correct answer Just Shoot Me

    Hi

    Thanks again, yes I do still have the windows PC.

    Could you please tell me again how I could find it on my old PC?

    Thank you.


    Where to find preference files for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5

    As stated in my post #3

    Serial number

    C:\ProgramData\Adobe\Lightroom\Lightroom 5.0 Registration.lrreg

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    Just Shoot Me
    Just Shoot Me
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    March 15, 2017

    Yes. LR is one, if not the only, Perpetual licensed Adobe applications that can be installed on either a Mac or Win PC using the same license key, serial number.

    You will need to either download the Mac version or it might actually be on the DVD.

    Look here to download LR 5. Get the 5.7.1 update.

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    anthonyd25690940Author
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    March 16, 2017

    Hi

    Thank you for the reply, when I bought LR5 it came with a serial card which I have used, however it states the licence has expired in Feb 2017?

    Any help would be much appreciated.

    Regards,

    Anthony Dale.

    Just Shoot Me
    Just Shoot Me
    Legend
    March 16, 2017

    Where does it state the license has expired? To my knowledge the Serial Number for LR 5, bought as a Perpetual License version, never expires. I have LR 5 as a perpetual license and nowhere in any documentation that I have or can find for LR 5 states the serial number expires.

    Maybe you are talking about a Redemption Code? Which if you are and you have already used that you should have been given a REAL SERIAL NUMBER to use during the install. If that is the case you did not keep a record of that Real Serial Number then you might be SOL. Even if it hadn't expired once you use a redemption code you can't use it a second time.

    A LR serial number starts with 1160 has 24 characters and all those characters are numbers, no letters. If you still have it installed on your PC you can get the serial number from a file on the hard drive. Look at this page for instructions on where to find it.

    Where to find preference files for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5

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