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Lightroom 6 - Phase 1

Avatar Rick Churchill
Have just loaded Lightroom 6 from my DVD onto the new hard disc partition/volume which also contains another copy of MacOS Mojave in preparation for allowing the present partition to be upgraded to Catalina. I had to log into the Adobe site and even though I had been assured by an AUGWessex member I was pleasantly surprised that Adobe allowed me to run two copies. (Or is it the original plus one copy).

Adobe made me change my password for some reason so I hastily fired up another computer to receive the email from an older talk talk address which I had used when registered.

The next stage involves where I want the catalogue and picture files to reside but at least I feel safe from accidentally updating the original partition OS to Catalina.

Before I proceed I would like to update Lightroom to the latest possible version. Does any one know where the update to 6.14 is lodged on the Adobe site or has it been removed?

Re: Lightroom 6 - Phase 1

Avatar Roy Rainford
From the Adobe LR Journal: "there will be no additional updates after 6.14 for the perpetual, standalone version of Lightroom.

https://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/2017/12/6-14-now-available-last-perpetual-update-of-lightroom.html?red=a

Re: Lightroom 6 - Phase 1

Avatar Rick Churchill
Yes I realise that it is the final update but the DVD is 6.0 and I was rather hoping I could update it to 6.14. I believe someone said it is still available but I have been unable to find it.

Re: Lightroom 6 - Phase 1

Avatar Roy Rainford
I misunderstood your post Rick. If the answer doesn't appear on this forum then you might try: https://www.lightroomqueen.com/community/forums/lightroom-1-6-folder-based-perpetual-license.60/

Re: Lightroom 6 - Phase 1

Avatar Rick Churchill
This is the result of my research and experimentation.

I have not updated my MacBook Pro to Catalina yet but from I understand Lightroom 6 will run on Catalina. There are some compatibility issues which you can read on this website: https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/kb/macos-catalina-compatibility.html.

What cannot be done is for it to be de-installed (without the Creative Cleaner Tool) or re-installed If you have a partition with Mojave OS installed then Lightroom can be installed from disc (mine is version 6.0) or downloaded from the Adobe website (https://helpx.adobe.com/download-install/kb/creative-cloud-previous-version-apps-download.html).

Although the title of the page is “Download Legacy Versions of Creative Cloud Apps” in fact Lightroom 6 is shown (the only one not to have CC after its name), under 2015 apps. Selecting the Mac OS (64 bit) download gives you the last released version 6.14. You need to either have registered this version, if you purchased a download from Adobe, or have the serial number of the DVD. (If you download this version after installing from disc, like I did, then Lightroom will update to 6.14)

What is surprising is that you can have multiple copies of the programme on your computer (and possibly on more than one computer although I haven’t tried this).

So where does this leave us Lightroom 6 users? Well, Lightroom 6 seems to run on Catalina although I haven’t updated yet. (I’m waiting to ensure there are no other Catalina problems and also for a fix for other non-compatible software I use). To ensure you can re-install after a disc failure it looks like you need a Mojave OS and a dmg file, which Adobe seem happy to keep on their website at present.

Re: Lightroom 6 - Phase 1

Avatar Rick Churchill
I have upgraded to Catalina and have downloaded images from my camera, edited them in Lightroom 6.14 and exported them without any snags.
(All my other 32bit apps I have either discarded or updated).

I will keep the Mojave partition with its copy of Lightroom for the time being.
 
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