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I am a Real Estate photographer. I bought & used LightRoom 6 exclusively and successfully (I do not have Photoshop)..
My imac no longer was able to access LR-6 because of an update to my LR-6. So I had to get a subscription to LR a result, I have lost ALL my presets both purchased and created. I can not acress my watermarks, and can only create NEW watermarks in Photoshop (which I do not have). How can I go back and use my LR-6 stand alone. This subscription version is very limited without photochop ( again, I do not have and dont want to learn at this point). Any suggestions how I can go back to what I bought ?
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No one forces you to get a subscription. LR 6 still runs on most Mac operating systems. (Can't be installed on the newer operating systems, but it runs).
This subscription version is very limited without photochop
Don't know what you mean. Lightroom Classic subscription includes Photoshop. Maybe you bought the wrong subscription, you want the Photography Plan, not the Lightroom Plan.
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It's possible that you chose the wrong subscription plan that includes only Lightroom (the cloud version) and doesn't include Photoshop. From the description of your needs, you probably should have subscribed to the photography plan which includes Lightroom Classic, Lightroom and Photoshop. Lightroom Classic is the step up from Lightroom 6 and is probably the version that you would find most beneficial for what you plan to use it for. Lightroom is the cloud version, and is somewhat limited feature wise when compared to Lighhtroom Classic. In short, I think you chose the wrong plan.
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What Mac operating system are you running? IF you are able to run the installer that is on the disk it will only install Lightroom 6.0. There were 14 updates that were made available. But first, please verify what OS you are using.
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Lightroom 6 will NOT install on a Mac computer running the Big Sur operating system. Although Lightroom 6 is a 64-bit application, the installer is 32-bit and Big Sur will not run the installer. There is no alternative to installing Lightroom 6. You can't have Lightroom 6 on that computer using that operating system because Lightroom 6 is too old & too out of date. You are going to have to choose some other alternative, whether that be Adobe or some other vendor.
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What Mac-os would you recommend ?
The latest macOS on which you can install and run Lightroom 6 is Mojave. As the others have pointed out, Lightroom 6 will not install on Catalina or Big Sur.
There are plenty of articles online showing you how to downgrade to Mojave. Did you make a Time Machine backup before you upgraded to Big Sur?
As you have discovered, once you upgrade your operating system or buy a new Mac running Big Sur then you will no longer have Lightroom 6. You will need an Adobe Cloud plan to keep using Lightroom.
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I had he same problem.I did not want a subscription. When I upgraded, to my dismay, my computer would no longer read my external disc on which I kept all my photos. As I had backed up my computer the tech team took me back to Mojave . My external disc then showed me the photos through LR6. The only problem is that I can never upgrade my computer and will eventually have to buy a new one and keep the old one just for my photos.
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@WillsFineArtImages wrote:
If I run a different operating system on my Mac, can I re-install my LR-6 ? What Mac-os would you recommend ?
Thanks, Will
Just boot into an older (pre Catalina) OS then you can install LR6 (as stated, it is a 32-bit installer). Then boot into the newer OS and run LR6. There is NO support and there could be bugs but it will run. I'm running LR 5 under Big Sur. Not that I use it for anything but testing, it runs, none the less with some limitations (Maps is DOA).
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I think that is exactly what I will do... i will probably run into issues with my serial number already being used 2 years ago...
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Since I'm a Windows user, I will refrain from making a recommendation other than you would really do well to subscribe to the Adobe photography plan and install Lightroom Classic, let it upgrade your existing catalog and go to work. It is a much more advanced Lightroom than Lightroom 6, and I think you would be quite happy with it. If you want to stay with Lightroom 6 then keep watching. I'm sure someone will be able to recommend which operating system you will have to go back to in order to install it.
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Ok, my bad, read reply's twice, answer once, you no longer have the subscription. Ok, but to understand, while at Adobe.com, what does purchase history state for the plan you had?
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I can not acress my watermarks, and can only create NEW watermarks in Photoshop
How did you create the old watermarks?
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In LightRoom 6.
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I have another suggestion:
Instead of installing the old Mojave system on your mac, why not get an external drive. Install Mojave on that drive, make it a boot drive, and then install the disk etc. for LR 6 onto that boot drive.
You can then do your Lightroom work when booted into the external drive, and also use the newer operating system when you need it for everything else, by simply rebooting into the main drive.
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Exactly; boot off an external drive to install the old software and then reboot to the newer OS on the other.
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I replied above and went back to Mojave as had all my photos on an external disc read through LR6. I wish I knew how to work the system you are describing but am far too old to comprehend it or to figure it out.
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And yes - the subscription you would want is called the Photographer's or Photography bundle, which includes Lightroom and Photoshop and more!!!
And unless you erased your main drive at some point, you probably have the presets you purchased and your watermarks in a folder somewhere on that drive.