You might not need to upgrade Intel versions of applications right away if your current software versions actually run on macOS 13 Ventura. If you’re upgrading from an Intel Mac to a Apple Silicon Mac, there are a few more things to think about. If you decide to upgrade to Ventura, expect to run the most recent versions of software including Adobe Creative Cloud applications. If you have applications you must use, but you have older versions that aren’t compatible with macOS 13 and you choose not to upgrade them to current versions, you should delay upgrading to Ventura. But if you’re upgrading from macOS 10.14 Mojave or earlier, Apple changed macOS in ways that may prevent older applications from running in macOS 13 Ventura. The good news: If you’re upgrading from macOS 11 Big Sur or later, the differences between that and macOS 13 Ventura are relatively minor. I’ll update this article as new information comes out. We don’t usually know everything right away that information emerges over time as Apple, Adobe, and other software developers test with the final public release and produce updates with fixes. If you decide to run it, you do so on your own risk! I assume no liability for the accuracy, correctness, completeness, or usefulness of any information provided by this repository nor for any sort of damages using these scripts may cause.With the release of macOS 13 Ventura, you’re probably wondering if your Adobe software will work in this major upgrade to macOS.

Important: Replace in lightroom6.txt and before executing the rsync commandsĪll you need to do is executing the following in the Terminal.app.Download the lightroom6.txt file from this repository to your machine with Lightroom 6 installed.Installed & activated Lightroom 6 on MacOS before Catalina.It seems Rosetta 2 loses the activation after restarting the program.

The app freezes from time to time on exit (no need to worry).

The import and playback of videos is no longer possible.

Although upgrading to macOS Catalina with an older version already installed on your computer may allow the app to function in some capacity, you will not be able to reinstall or activate the app after the macOS upgrade.

Therefore, they cannot be installed and activated after upgrading to macOS Catalina. Older versions use 32-bit licensing components and installers. Why?Īdobe will not update its installers, so we will not be able to install Adobe Lightroom 6 on newer 64-bit-only MacOS versions. Instructions for backing up and restoring the Adobe Lightroom6 program on MacOS Catalina, Big Sur & Monterey on Intel and Apple M1 machines without using the 32-bit installer.

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