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December 4, 2023

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

  • 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. 

Our Helpx document should be updated shortly.
 https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/help/lightroom-classic-and-macos-sonoma.html 


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      jleephotography
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      December 12, 2023

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

       

        Conrad_C
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        Conrad_CCommunity Expert
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        December 12, 2023

        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.

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          Jao vdLCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          December 13, 2023
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          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

          By @JohanElzenga

           

          Yes, I think you are correct and that my original understanding was incomplete.

           

          And it is very important for everyone to understand that basically all of Lightroom Classic works in macOS 14.2 because the problem is really only with direct import from devices, which as you said can be worked around so then that works, leaving tethered shooting as the one thing that really won’t work until the problem is fixed.

           

          Good to hear from flowrideraz that it appears to be fixed in beta 1 of 14.3!


          There are some devices and cameras that only show up as a device such as iPhones and those won't work this way either because of that reason. I started seeing lots of people suddenly unable to import from their iPhone online when the mac os update came out. Solution there is just to go through the Lightroom mobile app and sync through the cloud or to use te image capture thing. For card readers, CF express, XQD etc, those are much faster through the file system route than through the device route so nothing lost there. That said I have not updated my Mac yet so haven't tested this all myself.

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          Jao vdLCommunity Expert
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          December 12, 2023

          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
          December 11, 2023

          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
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            December 17, 2023

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

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            IDnow Product
            Participant
            December 4, 2023

            LRC mit preferences : show import dialog...  AN

             

            findet keinen iPhone.

             

            in Image Capture funktioniert es, erkennt mein iPhone.

             

            Wie kann ich importieren?

              JohanElzenga
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              JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
              Community Expert
              December 4, 2023

              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
                December 17, 2023

                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)

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