Alert: If you updated to Sonoma 14.2 please install the 14.2.1 update

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December 4, 2023
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~~Adobe is recommending Lightroom Classic customers not update to Sonoma 14.2.~~
Sonoma 14.2.1 has been released and contains fixes that address the issues introduced in 14.2. Please update directly to 14.2.1 or if you are already on 14.2, please update to 14.2.1 as soon as your system allows.

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https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/help/lightroom-classic-and-macos-sonoma.html

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jleephotography

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What to do if you already upgraded? My LIghtroom workflow is completely off these past two weeks

Conrad_C

Community Expert

The main problem with 14.2 seems to be that the Import dialog box in Lightroom Classic cannot see cameras/cards you want to import (also affecting tethering, according to the Adobe article). There don’t seem to be any other new problems with Lightroom Classic in macOS 14.2 as far as Adobe has said.

So, if you have already upgraded to macOS 14.2, the answer is you are probably OK until you want to import some new photos directly from a camera or card using Lightroom Classic. And if you do, it looks like the workaround is to copy the photos to the Mac first, then import into Lightroom Classic. Because Lightroom Classic does not seem to have any problem importing photos that are already on Mac local storage in macOS 14.2. (I just did a little testing in 14.2 on my old non-production Mac.) I suppose the problem is harder to work around if you do tethered shooting with Lightroom Classic.

So if you have already upgraded to macOS 14.2, you probably do not need to go as far as trying to revert macOS to an earlier version, which is not always straightforward and can be time-consuming. Just continue on, as long as you’re willing to use the import workaround until whatever got broken gets fixed.

And, if you’ve been having problems with Lightroom Classic for a longer time than the one day macOS 14.2 has been out so far, your problems are related to something else and not macOS 14.2, so you’ll want to try to resolve those problems in a different thread.

JohanElzenga

Community Expert

The main problem with 14.2 seems to be that the Import dialog box in Lightroom Classic cannot see cameras/cards you want to import (also affecting tethering, according to the Adobe article).

By @Conrad_C

I don't think that is true. This is how I understand it: If you insert a memory card, then that card is shown twice in the Source panel of the Import dialog. Once at the top (the old fashioned way), and once at the bottom. Selecting the card at the bottom is default these days, because that involves a faster protocol. That protocol is affected by this bug, however. So if I understand it correctly, then you will still see the card in the Import dialog and you can still successfully import images from it by selecting the card at the top of the panel. That is the second workaround in Rikk's link and that is trivial to do. The only problem where there is no workaround is tethering.

@jleephotography @flowrideraz This is a new bug in Sonoma 14.2. It does not exist in 14.1. If it did exist in 14.1 already, then Adobe would not have issued a statement about not updating to 14.2, don't you think? Whatever your problem with 14.1 and Bridge was, it wasn't this bug (but there may be another bug).

UPDATE: Sorry, it's the other way around. The card shows in the File section, which has been the default for the last few years. Importing works fine, so there is no real issue at all. It just does not show in the Device section, and that also means that Lightroom will not show the import dialog automatically when you insert the card. You'll have to use the 'Import photos and videos' menu.

-- Johan W. Elzenga

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Jao vdL

Community Expert

Ah that explains some things we've seen on the forums and other places yesterday with people unable to import from phones and cameras.

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netnothing

Participating Frequently

After updating to macOS 14.2 (M1 Max Mac Studio), Lightroom Classic does not detect or see a connected iPhone.

The iPhone is seen by macOS. It appears in the Finder, and Apple Photos is able to import. Photoshop is also able to detect and use the conntected iPhone.

Lightroom Classic does not see the connected iPhone at all during an import.

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drahardja

Participating Frequently

I’m seeing this issue as well. LR Classic version 13.0.1 and macOS 14.2.

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IDnow Product

Participant

LRC mit preferences : show import dialog... AN

findet keinen iPhone.

in Image Capture funktioniert es, erkennt mein iPhone.

Wie kann ich importieren?

JohanElzenga

Community Expert

Apple changed the security requirements in MacOS Monterey and later. Go to MacOS 'System Settings - Security & Privacy' and add Lightroom Classic to "Full Disk Access" if it is not in there yet or not enabled. See Quick Tips: How to give Full Disk Access to Lightroom Classic on macOS

-- Johan W. Elzenga

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agnoeo

Participant

I have full disc access enabled for Lightroom but it still doesn't recognize my iPhone 15. It worked up until at least Dec, 8th.

MacOS 14.2 (23C64)

iOS 17.1.2

Lightroom 13.1

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