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colinm68
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Oct 18, 2025 8:39 AM UTC
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Standalone Lightroom Classic and mac mini M4

I have  recently bought a new Mac Min M4, and want to run the standalone copy of LR on it which I bought. Is there a way to do this? I'm not interested in subscription plans.

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dj_paige
dj_paige
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Oct 18, 2025 9:41 AM UTC

Adding, the current subscription version of Lightroom Classic does run on your M4 Mac. And you can use your existing catalog from the standalone version.

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    colinm68Author
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    Oct 19, 2025 6:04 AM UTC

    Thanks. I'm not using LR enough at the moment to justify a monthly subscription, so I'll look at alternatives which are no subscription based. Assuming there are some....

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    JohanElzenga
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    JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
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    Oct 18, 2025 8:40 AM UTC

    No. The installer for this ancient version is 32 bits, and 32 bits apps are no longer supported on modern Macs.

     

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    -- Johan W. Elzenga
      colinm68Author
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      Oct 19, 2025 6:02 AM UTC

      Thanks Johan. This makes sense.

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