Lightroom 9.4 Installer?

I have a 2015 15" MacBook Pro and can run Lightroom just fine, and its a lot less powerful than your computer. So the hardware isn't the problem.

Adobe is aggressively cutting off access to older installers. We cannot legally distribute Adobe software and if someone DID offer, its probably a cracked or hacked copy that could contain malware. So if Adobe won't give you access to an older version and you don't have a copy of the installer, you are out of luck.

Lightroom should be able to run ok, BUT... I would start thinking about upgrading your Mac. I also have an M1 Mac mini and its considerably faster than the MBP. Apple will be announcing new computers, possibly upgrading their whole line to the latest M4 processors, in probably late October or November. Your iMac still has good resale value so you can sell it and buy a newer computer. I'd wait until the product refresh and then look at refurbs which are a great deal.

Hi, I've used Lightroom 9.4 for work for years and after upgrading the drive of my Mac (HDD to SSD, upgraded from Mojave to Ventura), I've had to reinstall all of my programs. I've tried the latest Lightroom, as well as Lightroom 10, and they've been incredibly slow and ruined my workflow. This is my livelihood and I'm desperate for any version of Lightroom 9. I've contacted customer care and they suggested that I ask here. Please help me figure out what to do.

By @laurent60700078

As to help from members. About your LrC performance issues. Can you reply back with the following:

1. Your System Information as LrC reports it. Click on Help, then System Information. Copy that information and post in your reply. Typically the info after the plug-in info is of not much use, so you might want to not include that. Or if you do, then attach that info as to prevent your reply from being so very very long (think scrollspace and likelihood a member will stop reading and move on)

2. While the System Info will include the library path, include info on the volume your catalog is on, looking for % free space.

3. While the system info sort of includes info on Camera RAW CACHE, it is a bit muddled, So how large do you let the camera RAW CACHE to get?

4.  Screen captures and/or video captures that help describe the issue.

4. A description of how LrC is failing, what is slow, what are you doing that may trigger the performance drop.

5. A item by item list of what you have attempted to fix the problem

6. Any crash reports you get (best as an attachment, they get awfully long)

If you want v9.4 then call Adobe back and request a link.

They sent you to this community site to offload your issue onto the grace of fellow customers. Perhaps in a hope that members can help you get your LrC to work. Not to ask for v9.4 as they now we are not Adobe, etc.

As you probably have found out, using the Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop App, will not provide you with a copy LrC, that far back from the current version.