New iMac and LR6

RobMac

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My new iMac arrived today, one of the latest models. It really is SUPERB compared to my ten-year-old iMac. I was worried that I couldn't use LR6 as it doesn't work with Monterey, but they have installed Big Sur, which does allow LR6 to operate.

The question now is, shall I stick with Big Sur forever, or install Monterey and search for something else, as I refuse to pay for the subscription service? Any advice?

Edit: I originally wrote Catalina instead of Monterey.
 
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OK, this is WEIRD. When I first started on the new iMac, I opened up LR6, and it worked. I was able to make the usual changes to exposure, etc, and save it. So I was amazed that LR6 was actually working with Big Sur. But after an hour I tried opening it again - and it wouldn't open! Sigh! Deep sigh!
 
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OK, this is WEIRD. When I first started on the new iMac, I opened up LR6, and it worked. I was able to make the usual changes to exposure, etc, and save it. So I was amazed that LR6 was actually working with Big Sur. But after an hour I tried opening it again - and it wouldn't open! Sigh! Deep sigh!
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Yes I’ve heard others say that

not sure why - probably Adobe contacted automatically over internet and affected

maybe worth trying wiping computer completely and reinstalling and not connecting to internet after getting it working

might have to transfer some of your old preferences
 
No, it’s not that. LR6 is not meant to work with Catalina, Big Sur or Monterey. The weird thing is that I managed to do anything at all with LR6. Oh well, the search is on for a replacement.
 
RobMac said:
No, it’s not that. LR6 is not meant to work with Catalina, Big Sur or Monterey. The weird thing is that I managed to do anything at all with LR6. Oh well, the search is on for a replacement.
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I decided just out of curiosity to take out one year prescription just to see if there was any improvement with the upgrades since 6 and how it worked with the new imac

not impressed. Won’t renew. Lightroom subscription doesn’t seem in any way an improvement. For what I do (emphasis one that) the new tools and tweaks give me nothing but added gimmicks and a changing of a perfectly good program also it taxed the imac ( fans going hard)

the YouTube reviews said it was faster but not my subjective experience in the slightest
 
That’s what I suspected. I don’t need much: exposure, shadows, blacks, whites, clarity, and soft proofing for print. Looking at the alternatives, Exposure X6 and Affinity do not have soft proofing, so I must look elsewhere.
 
Good, I was wrong! That’s excellent, Bill. I’ll give it a whirl, and the price great too. Many thanks.
 
Actually, macOS has its own soft proofing tool - ColorSync Utility, which you will find under Applications/Utilities. Just choose the image file in Finder an Open with…

What's more, it won't cost you anything
 
I will just find where the basics that I need are, and ignore the rest. I'm quite good at ignoring technology...
 
Remember, with Leica Monochrom files there is no point in trying to adjust the colour sliders, as you might well do when converting a colour file to b&w, as there is no colour information at all in the dng file. You have to love what the monochrom gives you, or there is no point in buying it. Thankfully I love what it does, so just need to do minimal adjustments to exposure and shadows, and that's about it. I have Nik Output Sharpener for when I'm printing, and have found soft proofing useful in saving me expensive ink when the first print doesn't look like what I see on screen. And that's pretty much all I do for the vast majority of my images.

I haven't had time to play with Affinity (free trial version) or Color Sync yet, but will do so now...
 
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