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Lightroom Classic 13.0 on Mac Os Big Sur

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October 12, 2023
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I can´t update to Lightroom Classic 13.0 because is not compatible with MacOS Big sur, and my Macbook can't run MacOs Monterey.

What's the point to pay a suscription if I can't use the software included in it?

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Keith Reeder

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Your problems are your problems - they aren't Adobe's fault.

Conrad_C

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Unfortunately, support is a rolling target that can’t be stopped, so it has to be part of the budget to keep hardware up to date with the latest software.

The fact is, both Adobe and Apple provide update support for only the last three versions of macOS, which are currently macOS 14, 13, and 12. They both started this policy a few years ago. So, every year at about this time, they add the new one and drop the oldest one. macOS 11 fell off when macOS 14 was released. Once a Mac gets to the point where it can only run the oldest of the three currently supported versions of macOS, the clock is ticking: In one year it will lose support. For example, if macOS 11 was the last macOS that a Mac could run last fall, then it was already known that in 1 year that Mac would no longer be supported because this year, both Apple and Adobe would ratchet their supported versions up to macOS 14, 13, and 12. Next fall we can reliably guess they will be macOS 15, 14, and 13.

When a Mac reaches that last year of support, the two choices are to not upgrade, so you can continue to operate current versions indefinitely; or work a new Mac into the budget for purchase within 12 to 24 months, or whenever you’ll start to require the latest software. If you must use the latest versions, the practical service life of a Mac is about 7 to 8 years from its original release date (not the date you bought it).

Based on this well-established pattern, I already know that my older Mac (2018) is only one or two away from Apple no longer providing macOS updates for it. If I hadn’t already bought a newer Mac, now would be the time to budget for one.

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FREDERIC32918537tiv5

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Hello,

It is not new that some operating systems are no more supported and at a given point, it is client choice to continue to use it and then to not take profit of new Lightroom releases BUT

- when it was perpetual License, you stopped to pay for new relaese and that's it

- now with subscription, you are obliged to pay to continue to use your current version of Lightroom as if you stop to pay, Development module is desactivated as indicated in the Adobe support pages. So you continue to pay yearly for NOTHING.

Of course there is also Photoshop in the subsrciption but the same will occur soon, no reason and tahen at the end if you want to continue to develop your photos with Lightroom, you have to pay for NO SERVICE, each year you have to pay for the cost of a perpetual License but you have nothing in return.

There is nothing strange in these commercial practices ? At least, either modules should not be deactivated if subscription price is not change or subscription price should be decreased.

In addition is there somebody how to contact directly ADOBE to mention them this subject beacause I do not find any link or phone number anymore ? May be I missed it,

Thans in advance for yur advives and help,

Regards

Keith Reeder

Participating Frequently

"- now with subscription, you are obliged to pay to continue to use your current version of Lightroom"

What's your point? You've just described the very definition of subscription services - completely irrelevant to the OP's complaint.

John Waller

Community Expert

What's the point to pay a suscription if I can't use the software included in it?

Strictly apeaking, you can still use the software in your plan which is compatible with your operating system. Just not the very latest version.

Unfortunately, this will keep happening every year with subscription software, particularly for Macs. Every year, a new major update of Adobe software drops support for the oldest operating system supported in the previous version.

It so happens that this year Big Sur support was dropped. This has been foreseeable for a long time so it's good practice to do some preparation to plan around that inevitability.

The link posted by @Bob Somrak may give you some short term relief.

Long term it sounds like a Mac upgrade is due. What are the exact specs of your Mac in About My Mac?

alexskunz

Inspiring

Big Sur is v11 and it's Apple who has stopped supporting it with the release of v14 (Sonoma). No more updates, so it's an inherently insecure system. As painful as it may seem, it's only logical that Adobe drops supporting it if Apple doesn't support it anymore either.

However... my now 5 year old MacBook Pro is at the end of the line with Ventura (v13) — so whatever machine is stuck on Big Sur has to be even older. If it is a very potent Mac Pro that's a pity of course, but everything else can't exactly be a joy to use with Lightroom Classic anymore?

Bob Somrak

Legend

You could try this and update to Monterey if your Mac is supported. It worked for a friend of mine althought he is not using Lightroom.

https://osxdaily.com/2021/11/30/installing-macos-monterey-on-unsupported-macs/

M4 Pro Mac Mini. 48GB

GoldingD

Legend

What's the point to pay a suscription if I can't use the software included in it?

The decision as to continue or not with Adobe is up to you. You can still use LrC v12.5, but as noticed, you will not be able to upgrade past that point, and such will not have new capability available.

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