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G.Nygaard
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February 7, 2020
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MAC OS Catalina thinks Lightroom 3 is a virus

  • February 7, 2020
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I get the following message when I try to start Lightroom 3 on my MAC with Catalina installed. 

What should I do?

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Peter5EEB
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October 18, 2020

    Ilán
    Ilán
    Participant
    November 16, 2021

    I still believe that Adobe Lightroom 3.6 is a great tool for processing RAWs and this version has nothing to envy to the current versions, those of us who really know about photography don't need the new unnecessary gadgets. The problem we face here is because as we are OWNERS! (because we have bought it, right?) from previous versions we cannot upgrade because now they want to force us to rent the license and pay an absurd sum of money monthly or annually.

     

    So if I downloaded this App directly from the Adobe server and I have a license that cost 299USD in 2011, how can it be a MALWARE? Adobe is simply ignoring our rights as customers and it is not honest at all.

     

    What we users want is to buy our license and update it when it is really worth it and not to force us to rent it!

    So go on tell Catalina to "Override Malware Protecction" just for our Adobe Lightroom ancient version! 🙎

    Theresa J
    Community Expert
    Theresa JCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 9, 2020

    I think your only option is to upgrade to Lightroom Classic, or roll back your OS. 

    JohanElzenga
    Community Expert
    JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 7, 2020

    Looks like this may be a very ancient version of what is now called Adobe Lightroom Classic (and which is version 9). I doubt that Lightroom 3 will run on Catalina.

     

    There is also a new application simply called 'Adobe Lightroom', and this happens to be at version 3.1 right now, but because that application is simply called 'Adobe Lightroom' on your computer, I'm not sure which app it is that is giving you this error message. 

     

    So which Lightroom is this? The very old Lightroom (Classic) 3? Or the new Lightroom? If it is the new Lightroom then you should uninstall and reinstall it.

    -- Johan W. Elzenga
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    G.NygaardAuthor
    Participant
    February 8, 2020

    This is the old Lightroom 3. 

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    Peter5EEB
    Participant
    October 18, 2020

    I had the same issue. Here is the fix:

    go to Applications folder, right-click on Adobe Lightroom 3, chose "Get Info".

    Check the "Override Malware Protection" option. It will probably ask for your admin account+password.

    Run Lightroom.

     

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