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DOWNLOAD LIGHTROOM FROM MY MAC COMPUTER

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July 6, 2022
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I Have lightroom on my Mac and need to urgently transfer this to my HP laptop. My Mac is about to die and so I urgently require help to transfer my adobe file to my new laptop.

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Cherylynne

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If you bought it outright for the Mac you probably have no right to run it on Windows. You probably need to re-buy all your software. However, Lightroom 6 is no longer available for purchase. You would need to start a subscription.

John Waller

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Good point. Unlike the Creative Suite, this was thankfully not an issue with Lightroom.

Lightroom v1 to v6 perpetual version licenses were multi-platform so you can use the same serial number on Mac and Windows. Just need the appropriate installer for the operating system.

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parkhavenAuthor

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The instructions given by the Lightroom Queen are very precise and detailed.

What specifically are you having trouble with?

Hi

It says to check that I need to make sure that all of the essentials are backed up—the catalogs, photos, preferences, presets, profiles, defaults, plug-ins and any other related files. How do I know if they are all backed up. When I get out of my LR6 on my Mac it asks to back up so does that back up all those files mentioned?

Im not finding Lightroom Queen as precise or detailed as you say. I believe you have to have a bit of knowledge and I don't have a lot.

So I'd appreciate your help please

AxelMatt

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In addition to the post of @John T Smith take a look here:

https://www.lightroomqueen.com/how-move-lightroom-to-new-computer/

My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 25H2 -- LR-Classic 15 - Photoshop 27 - Nik Collection 8 - PureRAW 6 - Topaz Photo AI

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parkhavenAuthor

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Hi
Thanks for this but I am having trouble in what to do. I've got LR 6 on my
HP laptop. Now I'm trying to follow the instructions from the link you sent
but I'm stumped as it is not clear what I have to do. I dont know if all
of the essentials are backed up—the catalogs, photos, preferences, presets,
profiles, defaults, plug-ins and any other related files.

When I get out of my LR6 on my mac it automatically asked to back up. Which
I have just done again. and I have this file "6Adobe
Lightroom.app.lrcat.zip"

So I don't know if this is all I need, does this file include the following

1. The Catalog
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2. The Previews
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3. The Catalog Backups
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4. The Photos
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5. Your Presets & Templates
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6. Settings shared with Camera Raw
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7. Plug-ins you’ve installed
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8. Your Lightroom Serial Number
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9. Your Preferences
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Cheers

John T Smith

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You do not transfer programs, you do a new install

When you have a subscription
-sign in to your account with your ID and password
-Cloud Manager to install all programs https://www.adobe.com/ie/creativecloud/desktop-app.html
-https://community.adobe.com/t5/get-started/how-to-activate-your-adobe-software/td-p/9636861?page=1

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parkhavenAuthor

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Hi
So to confirm what I need to do. I go to this link and install Lightroom 6
as I bought this outright onto my HP laptop. How do I then get the photos
I have created in my lightroom 6 that is on my Mac?

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