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July 5, 2025
Question

Attempting Tethered Capture Triggers Spinning Beachball

  • July 5, 2025
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I'm getting back to some photography after a few years break. I had used Lightroom Classic in the past but am having trouble currently. When I select File / Tethered Capture, modify my settings, and then hit "OK", the application just goes to an endless spinning beachball. The application is non-responsive and I have to Force Quit.

 

I've done some surface digging and I do have "Use Graphics Processor" turned off. Beyond that, things started to get over my head! I really appreciate any and all help (even if that means a recommendation to use another software for tethered shooting)!

 

My setup:

Canon 5D

Mac Pro (Late 2013)

2.7 GHz 12-Core Intel Xeon E5

AMD FirePro D700

Sequoia 15.5

* About a year ago, a tech savvy friend helped me get this older computer set up with OpenCore so that I could get my OS up past Monterey. It's been working great but maybe there is an issue here.

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Participant
July 5, 2025

Not sure if this helps but, if I power my camera off, the beachball will stop and the application unfreezes.

Sameer K
Community Manager
Community Manager
July 11, 2025

Hey, @CantinaDanny. Welcome to the Lightroom Community. It'll be tricky to figure this out. 

You can make sure that Lightroom Classic has all the required permissions on the macOS: https://adobe.ly/465AodN;

 

The way your device is set up is unique and unpredictable. You'll have to follow the content here as a standard troubleshooting path: https://adobe.ly/4lHt8JA;

 

I hope this helps. Thanks! 
Sameer K

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