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nils-the-man
nils-the-man
Inspiring
October 3, 2019
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Lightroom 5.7.1 update Mac download link?

  • October 3, 2019
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Hi all,

I am trying to update a reinstall of Lightroom 5 on my Mac. Sadly, Lightroom's integrated update functionality is broken, and I cannot seem to find a download link on Adobe's site. The legacy downloads page at https://helpx.adobe.com/download-install/kb/creative-cloud-previous-version-apps-download.html only goes to to LR6, no mention of LR5.

The deep link at http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/lightroom/mac/5.x/Lightroom_5_LS11_mac_5_7_1.dmg is dead.

Adobe chat support actually told me to come here and ask...

Can anyone provide a download link to Mac version 5.7.1?

Thanks!

      Correct answer nils-the-man

      To sum things up: I ended up finding what I was looking for at archive.org:

      https://web.archive.org/web/20150316160118/http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/lightroom/mac/5.x/Lightroom_5_LS11_mac_5_7_1.dmg

      Adobe support never managed to help me out.

      6 replies

      JP Hess
      JP Hess
      Inspiring
      July 31, 2020

      Try the links Provided in this discussion:

      https://community.adobe.com/t5/lightroom-classic/lightroom-4-4-download-page-or-url/m-p/10776478?page=1#M166919

      nils-the-man
      nils-the-manAuthorCorrect answer
      Inspiring
      October 18, 2019

      To sum things up: I ended up finding what I was looking for at archive.org:

      https://web.archive.org/web/20150316160118/http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/lightroom/mac/5.x/Lightroom_5_LS11_mac_5_7_1.dmg

      Adobe support never managed to help me out.

        B
        bhargavak
        Participant
        July 31, 2020

        This link no longer works

        nils-the-man
        nils-the-manAuthor
        Inspiring
        July 31, 2020

        archive.org has three snapshots of this download link, all of which start downloading and then fail after a short while after various amounts of (mega)bytes. I guess this is a temporary problem on their side and recommend you try again after a while.

         

        Edit: The links are working again.

          GoldingD
          GoldingD
          Legend
          October 4, 2019

          Call Adobe again. Something is missing in this

           

          And do you have your original CdRom?

          nils-the-man
          nils-the-manAuthor
          Inspiring
          October 4, 2019

          I do have my original CD. Haven't had a CD drive though for years.

           

          In the end, I'll be facing the same problem. I could buy an external CD drive and install LR5 from disk. But there is no way to update to the latest bugfix release, as all the links are dead.

          GoldingD
          GoldingD
          Legend
          October 4, 2019

          Point is, the serial number is on that CD or on the cover, or in a bit of paper in the case.. When you launch LR it may ask for that number. When you register your copy, you use thatneumber (if Adobe still accepts v5 registration). Some have pointed out that pre v6, registration was noot mandatory.

           

          nils-the-man
          nils-the-manAuthor
          Inspiring
          October 4, 2019

          As it turns out, the "experts" at Adobe gave me a version of LR5 that only runs once and then complains that I am not a CC member. There is no way to enter a serial number.

           

          Thanks Adobe support, I guess I'll start yet another chat session. Maybe this time someone can actually help me out.

          GoldingD
          GoldingD
          Legend
          October 4, 2019

          I assume you have a serial number from your old copy? Go into Adobe.com and register that.

           

          Oh, and as you had LR 5 previously installed, look for a file ending in .lrreg that will be a text file with the serial number in it.

           

          nils-the-man
          nils-the-manAuthor
          Inspiring
          October 4, 2019
          I had thought of that. Sadly, registration of my serial fails on the web site as well as in the application with the unhelpful error message "an error occurred"..
          nils-the-man
          nils-the-manAuthor
          Inspiring
          October 4, 2019

          I succeeded on the third try. A nice guy finally created a temporary download link for me. After installation, LR5 complained about a missing Adobe Application Manager, and the nice guy pointed me to yet another download. After that, LR5 was up and running without complaining.

           

          I am wondering: Was Adobe Application Manager always part of the software, or was that retrofitted after the final release?

          GoldingD
          GoldingD
          Legend
          October 3, 2019

          Adobe removed all links to perpetual copy's of Lightroom, with the exception of v6.14.

           

          Two ways to get old downloads now days

           

          1. Bring up Adobe.com, sign in (if not already) click on "manage your account" (over on the left under the welcom back), click on "view download my apps". Select the correct app.

           

          Mind you, this only works if you registered the product.

           

          2, Alternate, contact Adobe to get a temporary download link from them. You might have to call twice as some of the call center reps have bad info

           

           

            nils-the-man
            nils-the-manAuthor
            Inspiring
            October 3, 2019
            Thanks, Dave! Since I never bothered registering the software, I'll keep bugging Adobe for a url. 🙂
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