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parkhaven
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July 6, 2022
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DOWNLOAD LIGHTROOM FROM MY MAC COMPUTER

  • July 6, 2022
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I Have lightroom on my Mac and need to urgently transfer this to my HP laptop.  My Mac is about to die and so I urgently require help to transfer my adobe file to my new laptop.

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Cherylynne

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    July 6, 2022

    If you bought it outright for the Mac you probably have no right to run it on Windows. You probably need to re-buy all your software. However, Lightroom 6 is no longer available for purchase. You would need to start a subscription.

    John Waller
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    John WallerCommunity Expert
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    July 8, 2022

    Good point. Unlike the Creative Suite, this was thankfully not an issue with Lightroom.

     

    Lightroom v1 to v6 perpetual version licenses were multi-platform so you can use the same serial number on Mac and Windows. Just need the appropriate installer for the operating system.

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    parkhavenAuthor
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    July 9, 2022
    Hi
    Yes I've now got Lightroom 6 on my new laptop.
    However, I'm not able to transfer the files from Mac to HP. The
    instructions are not clear enough for me to understand.

    Your help would be appreciated

    Regards
    Cherylynne
    AxelMatt
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    AxelMattCommunity Expert
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    July 6, 2022

    In addition to the post of @John T Smith take a look here:

    https://www.lightroomqueen.com/how-move-lightroom-to-new-computer/

     

    My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 25H2 -- LR-Classic 15 - Photoshop 27 - Nik Collection 8 - PureRAW 5 - Topaz Photo
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    parkhavenAuthor
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    July 8, 2022
    Hi
    Thanks for this but I am having trouble in what to do. I've got LR 6 on my
    HP laptop. Now I'm trying to follow the instructions from the link you sent
    but I'm stumped as it is not clear what I have to do. I dont know if all
    of the essentials are backed up—the catalogs, photos, preferences, presets,
    profiles, defaults, plug-ins and any other related files.

    When I get out of my LR6 on my mac it automatically asked to back up. Which
    I have just done again. and I have this file "6Adobe
    Lightroom.app.lrcat.zip"

    So I don't know if this is all I need, does this file include the following


    1. The Catalog
    <>
    2. The Previews
    <>
    3. The Catalog Backups
    <>
    4. The Photos
    <>
    5. Your Presets & Templates
    <>
    6. Settings shared with Camera Raw
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    7. Plug-ins you’ve installed
    <>
    8. Your Lightroom Serial Number
    <>
    9. Your Preferences
    <>

    Cheers
    John T Smith
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    John T SmithCommunity Expert
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    July 6, 2022

    You do not transfer programs, you do a new install

    When you have a subscription
    -sign in to your account with your ID and password
    -Cloud Manager to install all programs https://www.adobe.com/ie/creativecloud/desktop-app.html
    -https://community.adobe.com/t5/get-started/how-to-activate-your-adobe-software/td-p/9636861?page=1

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    parkhavenAuthor
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    July 6, 2022
    Hi
    So to confirm what I need to do. I go to this link and install Lightroom 6
    as I bought this outright onto my HP laptop. How do I then get the photos
    I have created in my lightroom 6 that is on my Mac?
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