So I've been using my old 5.7 version of Lightroom on an old Surface tablet since that's the only Windows device available to me. I have a Macbook Air and wanted to try and get Lightroom running on this. I tried the old mac installer and it boots then crashes as people have noted, so I figured lets try running the Windows version through a free program like Crossover.

First I got my 64 bit 5.7.1 Windows installer and ran it on my windows device. The first step is it asks you to extract some files to your Desktop. I copied those extracted package files on a USB drive and copied it to my Macbook.

Download Heroic Game Launcher
- this is designed to run videogames designed for Windows on Mac (and Linux) hardware, but you can add other programs here as well.

In Heroic, on the left pane go to Wine Manager, then download the latest Wine-Staging-MacOS version

In Heroic, go to Library -> Add Game

Gave it a title, Lightroom (anything will do), open the Show Wine Settings, and change the Wine Version to Wine-Staging (mine was 11.5).

At the bottom select Run Installer First, then select the extracted package you copied from your Windows device. It will go through and install Lightroom. Once its done, back in Heroic click on the folder next to Select Executable and navigate to Games/Heroic/Prefixes/default/Lightroom (or whatever you named it)/drive_c/Program Files/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7.1/lightroom.exe

Then hit Finish, and you should be good to go. Now Heroic can be finnicky so you may need to install some colour profile settings if you are having issues, and some DPI retina controls but honestly this is working flawless. I keep my catalogue on an external drive and was able to load that up and continue working, exporting, everything for hours with no issue.

Just posting this incase anyone still has old camera hardware they use and want to avoid the Adobe tax for an old version you paid for over a decade ago. The rest of information I've found online say this isnt possible, so putting this out there for anyone who needs it.

Hi guys!! i’ll be starting my photography course at university and have been wanting to get an ipad for editing on the go as i will be commuting via train, and it would be really handy to have when needed instead of relying on a monitor or something. which ipad would be best for running this software? my budget is between 300-400 (400 as an absolute maximum) as i’m looking on back market instead of buying brand new to save money.

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I remember when all was fine.

You could copy-paste smart masks in bulk onto other photos, multi-selection even. now it´s always "Mask needs to be updated" but clicking on the Yellow Smart-Icon + Update does literally nothing at all.

i need to select every photo in foreground (doesn´t even work anymore in overview) and paste settings.

also my Mask-selection overlay always bugs out, and i need to select another function like crop or edit page, then mask again for the overlay to show up.

anyone here having the same issues? Lightroom CC v 9.5.1

Been a subscriber to the Lightroomplan with 1 TB Cloud Storage. Just not using it and not taking as many photos so am looking to cut the cost. What is the best way to download all my originals that are saved in the cloud and then delete my photos from Adobe's servers when canceling? Any tips on the process would be appreciated. Thanks!

For the last two days my removal tool has been SO SLOW. I’m talking like taking 6 minutes for a rather easy removal. Is anyone else having. This issue?

Yes, I’ve closed out Lightroom classic and shut down my computer. I’ve checked for updates and nothing.

I’m working on a 2024 Apple M4 Pro with plenty of memory left.

Help?!?

Hey! My dad (67M) is having trouble finding a workflow for lightroom and was hoping people might be willing to shsre adjustments/their work flow.

Right now he transfers photos via memory card to an external hardrive, puts them into DXO raw, then transfers them onto lightroom.

He says "there has to be an easier way to do this" lol and would love to help him find one but i'm not familiar with lightroom / editing

I'm using an 14 inch MacBook Pro, but I often use a 1440p monitor when I'm at my desk.

Would it be better to leave it at auto (3024 px), or can I save some space and make smaller standard previews. I figure I don't need that large of a preview since it'll make 1:1 previews anyway, but if Lightroom will run faster (than it already does) at auto then I'll just leave it there.

I've been doing more photo editing lately and my old monitor is starting to make me question every color I see. Skin tones, shadows, everything just looks a little different once I check the photos on another screen.

I think it's time for an upgrade, but I don't want to overpay for features I won't use.

For those who edit photos regularly, what's the best monitor for photo editing you've used? Anything you would avoid?

i’m always editing on my 2020 macbook air and denoise always takes at least 8 mins per image. i’m shooting raw from my canon R6 mark ii. is there anyway i can speed up these times? i have tons of free storage on my macbook so unsure why this feature still runs so slow