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Lightroom 4 Help [Problems running LR4 on macOS High Sierra]

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December 12, 2017
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Hello!

I currently use Lightroom 4 on my macbook pro. I purchased the actual program and put it on my macbook pro. I did check and I do have the most up to date Lightroom 4.

I had to the recent software on my macbook pro - macOS High Sierra 10.13.2. Every since then, it seems that whenever I open Lightroom 4 and it closes out/crashes. So I am not sure if that has something to do with it?

I can look at my current photos and export them no problem but when I try and import new photos it closes out. I've received a couple error message.

One error message I cannot remember the other is

"Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 quit unexpectedly" and then I can either ignore, report, reopen.

Could someone please help as this is part of my lively hood and I need to get my images to my clients.

Thanks!

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Konrad Piotr Lewandowski

Participating Frequently

All right. I upgraded to LR 6. And crash issue appears also. Not every time but it is there. I have just updated to 6.14 and we will see. Launched it just a moment ago and it opened without problem. We will see if it stopped for good.

JP Hess

Inspiring

A lot of users resolve crashing issues by going to the Lightroom preferences preferences, performance tab, and deselecting the graphics processor option. If it doesn't make a difference you can always select that option again

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Konrad Piotr Lewandowski

Participating Frequently

Thank you, I note it down and in case I still keep on having this issue I will do that.

I was restarting LR6 and computer as whole to test. So far it is OK.

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Konrad Piotr Lewandowski

Participating Frequently

Thank you all for your help.

I need to choose now.

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Konrad Piotr Lewandowski

Participating Frequently

I have exactly same problem. When I try to launch LR4 it shows message "An error occurred when attempting to change modules." And when It starts correctly but I connect my camera to USB it crashes instantly.

I use software on MacBook Pro and camera Canon EOS 5D mark II.

Does anyone know what is the issue? Is it a problem with Mac OS High Sierra?

Just Shoot Me

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https://forums.adobe.com/people/konrad+piotr+lewandowski wrote
Does anyone know what is the issue? Is it a problem with Mac OS High Sierra?

Yes.

New OS, Old program. In the Apple Mac world those 2 things never go together well.

Not even for software written by Apple for Mac computers.

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Konrad Piotr Lewandowski

Participating Frequently

Thank you for this input.

So whether I want or not I am forced to upgrade to any new version. The thing is I do not want Creative Cloud, I do not work online and do not upload into virtual cloud. I know I am old-fashioned. And when I browse Adobe web it all the time reroutes me to Lightroom CC.

Is there anything new which works and does not force me to be in the cloud?

ManiacJoe

Inspiring

LR 4 is three major versions old. It is not surprising that it does not work correctly on High Sierra.

I am a Windows guy, so we will need to wait for one of the Mac guys to drop in.

AxelMatt

Community Expert

I'm also a Windows user, but I found several informations about the compatibility between Lightroom and macOS High Sierra.

Take a look here:

https://www.lightroomqueen.com/lightroom-macos-high-sierra-compatibility/

https://blog.conradchavez.com/2017/09/25/macos-10-13-high-sierra-will-adobe-software-work/

Axel

My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 25H2 -- LR-Classic 15 - Photoshop 27 - Nik Collection 8 - PureRAW 5 - Topaz Photo

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