coolhanduke Loc: Redondo Beach, CA

If you use a Mac and Adobe Bridge, don't upgrade to Catalina OS. There is a bug and you can not access files on auxiliary drives.

I contacted Mac and they told me to contact Adobe. I got on Chat with Adobe and they said there are other bugs that will be fixed in a new release but no date on that.

I tried to uninstall Bridge and re-install it but same issue.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

Do you ever wonder who should initiate dialog with who before an upgrade? How come Apple doesn't know what mainstream software works or not? Why doesn't Adobe get some advanced copies of the OS to see if everything works?

rjaywallace Loc: Wisconsin

This was just posted.

https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-615701-1.html

JD750 Loc: SoCal

Catalina has been available to developers for well over a year. Adobe is a developer.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

Apple only represents about 12.7% market share for desktop and laptop computers in the US. And considerably less if you count the rest of the world. There may be a slightly higher percentage of Apple computers in use since that company places a strong marketing emphasis on machine longevity and durability so users tend to hold onto their computers a little longer, but I suspect it doesn't really change things much. The market share numbers just might place it lower on the list of priorities at Adobe.

https://www.macrumors.com/2018/07/12/mac-shipments-up-in-q2-2018/

jerseymike

Given the scope of Apple and its influence It is the 600 pound Gorilla. The total number of photographers that-use a Mac is pretty-small in comparison to "those other people"
If Adobe wants to service its customers who use Mac's then Adobe must be in tune to what Apple is doing. Not visa versa. Do any of the other editing companies have the same problem?

mikegreenwald Loc: Illinois

One Apple website I've seen points out that Catalina is a 64 bit operating system, and not compatible with several programs designed for 32 bit systems. The site went on to name Adobe Lightroom and several others as "not compatible".

Gampa

Amen to bugs with Catalina. See attached for an affiliated issue I ran into.
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-615074-1.html

amadjuster Loc: Amarillo, TX

I have latest Catalina Beta (haven't received notice to download the final release) but no problems with any 64 programs. PSCC, LR Classic, and Br work just fine. So does On1 Raw 2020. My photo files are on a G Drive and no problem accessing them.

Gampa

Agreed and thanks. I downloaded Lightroom CC on Mac OS Catalina, and that does work well.

Dngallagher Loc: Wilmington De.

FWIW - Fired up Bridge on my Catalina iMac - accessed my images on my external drive as usual, edited in Camera Raw then in Photoshop, back into Bridge no hiccups, no hassles. I run a late 2015 5k iMac and usually upgrade the OS early on.

I have a feeling that the issue is Adobe needs to get more people into the upgrade game - they have had more then enough to to get the available beta's of Catalina and get their stuff converted to 64 bit 100%. No excuse for them to be playing catch up in this day and age, and advising people not to upgrade is not going to sit well with users.

I recall when Windows went 64 bit we had many hassles getting software to operate correctly, and ended up electing to remain on 32 bit Windows for quite awhile prior to me retiring.

CaptainBobBrown

I've been running Catalina released version and ON1's Photo RAW 2020 for several days and haven't run into any real problems. It's a little different from LR but has many more capabilities than LR and includes catalogues, automated switching from LR to Photo RAW and in general seems to work as well or better than LR and is all 64 bit. You get a perpetual license for about what Adobe would like to collect every year in subscription fee.

The 32 bit problem with Lightroom, etc. have been known and warned about for months. It is the developer's responsibility to keep up with the OS, not the other way around. Apple actually warned over a year ago at developers' conferences that it was moving to all 64 bit and even the approximate release date of Catalina. That Adobe has chosen not to update non-subscription versions of it's products to 64 bit was a deliberate choice it took to get users to switch to it's subscription based charging scheme.

By the way, Adobe could have upgraded all their old 32 bit modules to 64 bit long before Catalina came out so don't be deceived by those who argue that they couldn't be ready for Catalina by it's release date (except for possible changes by Apple to its development tools not available before Catalina beta release One).

Ob1 Loc: Utah

If you haven’t found any problems then try to automate something. You will find a problem.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

Apple 1, Adobe 0

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

Apple 2, Adobe 0