Update Lightroom 6 to 6.14 in 2021

Question

Hello there,

I have already searched the forums, problem is simple. I need my old Lightroom 6 to work due to some specific plugins and my resistance to the cloud model which I don't need and don't want to pay.

On my Mac Pro 5.1 I have Adobe Lightroom 6.14 running fine.

Now specifically for my needs I bought an old but gold Macbook Pro 2010 to run Lightroom 6. Install was easy as I kept the installer because it was already complicated the last time I tried. Now that only installed version 6.0 and the last time I did it, the update to 6.14 ran through Lightroom itself. No such luck this time.

In the forums I only find expired links and the hint to chat with support to get a download link. Support says: no luck, thanks for your money some years ago but we don't have any download links and also the activation server is down.

Is there anything I could do? Next idea would be to transfer the Lightroom folder from my Mac Pro to my Macbook Pro over the existing installation which could work but would probably still give me activation problems.

I love this dearly.

Rob_Cullen · Accepted Answer

Lr6 could be installed as Standalone or Creative Cloud subscription.

CC 2015.14 indicates it has installed as Creative Cloud activated.

This link may help explain how to change that-

How to convert a Lightroom CC trial to Lightroom 6

There is also a high chance you will be advised that you cannot activate Lr6.14 if it has been installed more than twice. This will require you to contact Adobe Support by a chat and ask for a Reset of Activations.

Kwashiorkor · Answer

Alright, I am a step further. As hinted to above I transferred the application file from my Mac Pro to my Macbook Pro et voilà: I now have Lightroom CC 2015.14 for a strange reason I do not understand, instead of Lightroom 6.14.

It is working, I could also transfer all my presets and plugins to be used here. Which is nice.

Not so nice is the inability of Lightroom to activate. It will prompt me to activate it every startup and when I put in my details, it goes on to the next window and tells me to create an internet connection to register the serial number. My Macbook Pro is of course connected to the internet. This I can skip for now and work with the software but for how long? Is there a solution?

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