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November 24, 2019
Question

Lighroom 6.14 and Catalina--a Suggestion and Plea

  • November 24, 2019
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There must be many very frustrated photographers like me who lament Apple’s move to Catalina and the consequent banishing of all 32 bit apps. 

The irony for me is that my most prized application, Lightroom 6.14, is already a 64 bit app.  However, because Lr 6.14 is apparently inseparably connected with a 32 bit installer and uninstaller, it cannot be used in OS 10.15 without dire consequences. 

 

If Vue Scan can reverse engineer its 32 bit software to a new 64 bit version, enabling me to use my Minolta slide scanner with future Mac OSs, I wonder why Adobe cannot do the same thing for Lr 6.14 users like me (and probably many others) who do not want to commit to a subscription, with the wholly unacceptable consequence of losing the develop module if I later decide to drop the monthly payments of an upgrade.  

 

I would be willing to pay a reasonable fee to Adobe if that is what it would take to “upgrade” Lr 6.14 to make it compatible with Catalina and other future Mac operating systems.

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Just Shoot Me
Legend
November 25, 2019

Actually Adobe does offer an updated version for a Fee. It is LR Classic 9 for $9.99 a month and you get the newest version of Photoshop, Bridge and ACR for free.

John Waller
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 24, 2019

>> I would be willing to pay a reasonable fee to Adobe if that is what it would take to “upgrade” Lr 6.14 to make it compatible with Catalina and other future Mac operating systems.

 

I suspect you're well aware that that won't happen. Adobe stopped all work on Lightroom 6 in Dec 2017.

 

Your only options are:

  1. to stay with LR 6.14 and Mojave
  2. Catalina and subscribe to Lightroom Classic
  3. Or dual boot Mojave (for LR6) and Catalina (for everything else)
Participant
November 25, 2019

I am disappointed but not surprized by Adobe's reply.  Adobe in the past few years has acted like any monopoly-- the public be damned.  I have beeen a custopmer of Adobe using both PS and LR since PS 2--loyal customers--forget them too.  I have been testing ON1 and Luminar3 and have found, for photograph editing, they are nearly as good as LR 6 and PS 6.   When Catalina comes on and I have to use it, It's good bye, Adobe

Just Shoot Me
Legend
November 25, 2019

When Catalina comes on? It has been out for over a month.