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pkincy
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April 27, 2019
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Lightroom Classic 6.0 no longer works

  • April 27, 2019
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I have my serial number I have paid my money but there is no longer a download available.  Up to a couple of months ago there was available a LR 6 download.  I do have it saved on my computer, but no matter how many times I complete remove it and all its components and reinstall it, there is no joy.  It will open and i can find my library and import into it, but once I go to the develop module it freezes. 

Has Adobe quit supporting LR 6?  I know they want you to dribble money to them forever and use a cloud, but I only buy things, not rent them and never leave anything I own on a system I do not control like the cloud.

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pkincy  wrote

once I go to the develop module it freezes. 

This usually indicates a problem with the GPU, so try disabling it.

Open Lightroom, and before doing anything else, go to Edit > Preferences > Performance, and uncheck Use graphics processor.

If this fixes the issue, updating your graphics driver may make it possible to work with the GPU enabled.

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GoldingD
GoldingD
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April 28, 2019

1. Download Photoshop Lightroom , and it will download 6.14 as end result.

2. Adobe ended support for perpetual Lightroom couple of years ago. 6.14 us last stand alone copy and will not be updated, fixed, supported. and more and more of it is failing.

items outside of Adobe’s control move on ( map module for example) (and of course new cameras). Eventually as Operating Systems move on it will fail completely.

note, not Adobe employee, very few actual Adobe staff actually on this blog.

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pkincyAuthor
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April 28, 2019

Yes, it is LR 6.14 that is installed as a standalone.  And my Cameras are from 2017 as is LR 6.14.  Yet it simply refuses to work.  I suppose that is a new Get Rich Scheme.....Sell something and then make sure it is completely useless in 2 years and ask your customer base for an monthly fee or nothing will ever work again.  I think in many instances that attitude is considered criminal.  I suppose not in the corporate world however.

I do thank you for your reply.  What is a good alternative?  I do have an older version of Capture One.  Is its modern version a viable alternative to LR?  I don't mind the capital cost, I just refuse to rent something.  I presume that there is some other software company aggressively moving into the market that Adobe is leaving.

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Kanoelani31242090tm0c
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July 29, 2023

 

Same thing for me...my husband is an attorney and I plan to class action this!  Bully "forever" buyers into monthly/annual memberships. They told me it's a MAC issue when clearly their own page states it's a choice for them to no longer maintain the program. I look forward to finding more individuals who got screwed over.

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