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October 9, 2019
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Lightroom 6 and macOS Catalina. please, recompile in 64bit

  • October 9, 2019
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Hi, I use Lightroom for years, and I updated, and paied, my version 5 to 6 just one year ago. Now it not working with Catalina because it still compiled as 32bit app.

I am sure that Adobe will simple compile the app in 64bit. i can't lose my money and time I spent to archive, catalog and update my photos.

 

thanks in advance

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    Conrad_C
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    Conrad_CCommunity Expert
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    October 9, 2019

    The best way to get Lightroom 6 going again will be to downgrade back to the version of macOS where Lightroom was working great for you.

     

    I don’t say that lightly, and in fact, I speak from personal experience. I'd like to upgrade to Catalina because, among other things, I'd really like to use the new Sidecar feature with my iPad. But I looked at everything on my Mac that must work. I don't see that the driver software for my printer is ready for Catalina. I have to check if the software for my color calibrator will work. I have the music application Ableton Live 9, only one version back from the current one, but 9 will not work in Catalina, and the upgrade to 10 is not cheap. (Many music gear companies are telling users that their software is not ready for Catalina and their users should not upgrade.)

     

    With all that in mind, I decided I must not upgrade to Catalina at this time. This is not unusual. For both software compatibility and to wait out the inevitable macOS bugs in the first release, I usually wait several months for everything to come together and get fixed before I move to the latest macOS. As a result of this decision, everything I need still works.

     

    It's the same with every macOS upgrade. If I find out that there is just one thing that I need that will not work, I do not do the upgrade. You need Lightroom 6 to work, therefore, it would be best if your Mac was running the version of macOS it was before.

     

    Another alternative for you would be to keep another system around just to run Lightroom 6 on, like a separate internal volume or an external drive. (I've had to do this sometimes.) Install the older macOS on that for the older software, have your main macOS for Catalina and everything else, reboot into either as needed. I know this is not ideal, but the fact is: Adobe has zero plans to update any part of Lightroom 6. So other ways to make it work have to be found.

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      robertof81169921Author
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      October 10, 2019

      "Adobe has zero plans to update any part of Lightroom 6. So other ways to make it work have to be found."

      Sure. But the key point is that, in 2014, Adobe has build a product upgrading on technology of that time (64bit) only the main app (Lightroom 6), leaving the other small secondary programs (installer, various check...) on an obsolete technology (32bit).
      Today, my problems arise by these secondary apps already obsolete at that time, for this reason I consider wrong the behavior of Adobe.

      Conrad_C
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      Conrad_CCommunity Expert
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      October 10, 2019

      I understand your point, it sounds like you would rather have Adobe make changes instead of staying on a compatible version of macOS. This is more of a user forum, but you can talk more directly to Adobe at the official Lightroom Feedback site. Here is a topic where others have discussed and voted on upgrading the 32-bit components, and talked directly with Adobe employees:

      Photoshop/Lightroom: Adobe Application Manager is 32 bit, deprecated on Macintosh. Need 64 bit version.

        Conrad_C
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        Conrad_CCommunity Expert
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        October 9, 2019

        You may have paid for Lightroom 6 a year ago, but it was originally released 5 years ago. The application itself is already 64-bit, and has been since version 2 in 2008. The problem with Lightroom 6 in Catalina is the installer program. You are correct that Adobe would redo that as 64-bit, but it was done by replacing the old installer with the Adobe Creative Cloud desktop application, which now handles installation and licensing.

         

        So while those problems have been solved, it was done with the Creative Cloud version of Lightroom (versions 7 and 8), not 5-year-old Lightroom 6.

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        robertof81169921Author
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        October 9, 2019
        sorry, but 5 or 50 years ago it doesn't matter, the only thing that worths is when Adobe allowed me to purchase a license, not 5 years ago. You are right, the app is already a 64bit program, in fact it required a Mac Intel with 64bit support, and only the Installer and a handfull of AMM programs are (strangely, from my point of view) 32bit. Few lines of code useful only to move the main app to the right folder, check the license and the updates... Don't compile this handful of lines means force the user to buy a Plan.
        JP Hess
        JP Hess
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        October 9, 2019
        The only problem is, Lightroom 6, and everything associated with that version, is obsolete, unsupported, out of production, and not part of any concern of Adobe anymore. Adobe has moved on and so must you. The installer isn't going to be updated, nothing is going to be done to anything associated with Lightroom 6 anymore than anything would be done with Lightroom 5, or Lightroom 1, or Photoshop 4.
        TheDigitalDog
        TheDigitalDog
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        October 9, 2019

        Not going to happen; upgrade your Adobe software or DON'T upgrade your OS; you choice. LR 6 isn't a supported version, nor is LR5, LR3, Photoshop CS; you get the idea? 

        Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"
        DdeGannes
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        DdeGannesCommunity Expert
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        October 9, 2019

        Have a look at a screen capture from a recent Adobe Official post. Link https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/macos-catalina-compatibility.html

         

         

        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.
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          robertof81169921Author
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          October 9, 2019

          Thanks for the answer.

          This means that i lost my money and my work, and that I cannot have any confidence in Adobe because it does not guarantee in any way my investment (of money and time). open-source communities are more responsible

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          Lumigraphics
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          October 9, 2019
          Total nonsense. Stay on Mojave.
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