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November 17, 2024
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How to download Lightroom Classic 12.5.1?

  • November 17, 2024
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Help me. You need to download lightrum version 12.5.1, but it was removed from previous versions. This is the most successful version for my PC. It works perfectly and does not crash, unlike versions 13 and above that were left. Where can I find a way to download Lightroom 12.5.1 and older versions?

 

[Moved from ‘Bugs’ to ‘Discussions’ by moderator. This is obviously not a bug report but a question.]

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Participating Frequently
December 1, 2024

I tried to talk to 2 adobe agents but they only gave the link for 12.0 but i need the 12.5.1 or 12.5.2 too. Did you get a working link por any of this versions?

 

dj_paige
Legend
December 1, 2024

Typically Adobe has the last release of any version of software available for download. Are you sure it is 12.0? How do you know it is not 12.5.2?

Participating Frequently
December 1, 2024

Because i installed, the link already says 12.0 and after installing i saw that it really was v12.0

 

Conrad_C
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 17, 2024

The reason you have to contact Adobe and ask them for it is because Adobe has a public policy of not providing versions that old in the Creative Cloud installer. A few years ago, Adobe announced that the Creative Cloud installer would provide only the last two major versions. See the Adobe article: Creative Cloud Support Policy. So it is their standard procedure to remove anything older.

 

The current version of Lightroom Classic is 14, so according to their policy, versions 14 and 13 are available for installation. When version 14 was released, version 12 became the third oldest version and was removed, per their policy.

 

I’m not saying I agree with this policy, I’m only saying that for future planning, we all have to keep that in mind: Every year, as the newest major version is released, the third oldest major version will be dropped from the installer. If Lightroom Classic 15 is released next year, then we already know version 13 will be removed from the installer at that time.

 

So if you want to keep an older version than the last two, you must never uninstall it.

And if you don’t want to uninstall it, then:

  • If the Creative Cloud app installer has Auto-Update enabled, make sure that “Remove Old Versions” is disabled. 
  • If the Creative Cloud app installer has Auto-Update disabled, then if you choose to install a newer version, then watch for the “Remove Old Versions” option to come up during the manual installation and make sure it is not enabled. 
Participant
November 18, 2024

Yes, the developers do not provide the old version. Maybe one of the users still has it?

dj_paige
Legend
November 18, 2024
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Yes, the developers do not provide the old version. Maybe one of the users still has it?


By @dsfvea_8806

 

 

According to reports from other users here in the forum, if you ask Adobe they will provide the download link.

DdeGannes
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 17, 2024

Open Adobe Creative Cloud app and start a chat with Adobe staff and request a installation link.

Regards, Denis: iMac 27” mid-2015, macOS 11.7.10 Big Sur; 2TB SSD, 24 GB Ram, GPU 2 GB; LrC 12.5,; Lr 6.5, PS 24.7,; ACR 15.5,; (also Laptop Win 11, ver 24H2, LrC 15.0.1, PS 27.0; ) Camera Oly OM-D E-M1.
Participant
November 17, 2024

I asked where to find and how to install the old version 12.5.1. I'm not interested in syncing. I updated to version 14 and realized that it works terribly for me, and there is no way to go back to 12.5.1. That's what I'm asking.

DdeGannes
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 17, 2024

One thing you need to consider in your decision to reinstall LrC 12.5.1, is you need LrR 13.3 or later to be able to Sync your images with Adobe Creative Cloud applications i.e. Lightroom Desktop, and Lr Mobile.

 

Regards, Denis: iMac 27” mid-2015, macOS 11.7.10 Big Sur; 2TB SSD, 24 GB Ram, GPU 2 GB; LrC 12.5,; Lr 6.5, PS 24.7,; ACR 15.5,; (also Laptop Win 11, ver 24H2, LrC 15.0.1, PS 27.0; ) Camera Oly OM-D E-M1.