Help, what happened to Adobe LightRoom CC?!?!?
May 24, 2019 17:05:21 #
I have been using PS CC and Adobe CC for several years. I store all my images on a HD attached with Velcro to the top of my MacBook Pro and this has been working for years.
I got a notice today that I should update LightRoom (cloud based server). I thought that must be the same thing as LR CC so I installed it. My old LR CC vanished from my computer. What the heck happened!!
The new program wants to reload all my photos from my external HD. I stopped that.
I do have a "Time Machine" back up and could go back to 3:00 PM before this disaster happened, but that might take days over my house LAN. (I'm not sure and time machine never works like I expect it to work.)
Does anyone know what happened?
I got a notice today that I should update LightRoom (cloud based server). I thought that must be the same thing as LR CC so I installed it. My old LR CC vanished from my computer. What the heck happened!!
The new program wants to reload all my photos from my external HD. I stopped that.
I do have a "Time Machine" back up and could go back to 3:00 PM before this disaster happened, but that might take days over my house LAN. (I'm not sure and time machine never works like I expect it to work.)
Does anyone know what happened?
May 24, 2019 17:16:10 #
Open a chat session with Adobe Technical Support, they're best able to consult and assist on their software, including remoting into your equipment, if needed.
May 24, 2019 17:24:55 #
May 24, 2019 17:29:38 #
Davethehiker wrote:
I have been using PS CC and Adobe CC for several y... (show quote)
It sounds like you went from Lightroom Classic (what we used to call Lightroom, then Lightroom CC, now Lightroom Classic CC and is based on your drive) to Lightroom CC (what we used to call Lightroom Mobile and is Cloud based). Yes they changed/swapped the names to confuse us. Lightroom CC (new one) is for people who use lots of mobile devices and want to shuffle things between them.
May 24, 2019 17:31:22 #
IDguy
Loc: Idaho
Just went through all that. Adobe has done a terrible job describing their new “ecosystem”.
You want to download and use Lightroom Classic on your Mac. If you have been using the subscription program you should be able to use your existing catalog. If not the program will convert the catalog. There is no need to do anything with your image files.
If you want to have images on the Cloud you need to create Collections of those images, engage the Cloud (upper left of screen but possibly invisible till you hover), and check the Collections you want uploaded. It will synch (copy) your images to the Cloud. It does not affect your images on your hard drives.
Then you can use Lightroom CC on your Mac or another computer, or Lightroom Mobile, to edit and share your uploaded images. You don’t really need CC on your Mac.
You want to download and use Lightroom Classic on your Mac. If you have been using the subscription program you should be able to use your existing catalog. If not the program will convert the catalog. There is no need to do anything with your image files.
If you want to have images on the Cloud you need to create Collections of those images, engage the Cloud (upper left of screen but possibly invisible till you hover), and check the Collections you want uploaded. It will synch (copy) your images to the Cloud. It does not affect your images on your hard drives.
Then you can use Lightroom CC on your Mac or another computer, or Lightroom Mobile, to edit and share your uploaded images. You don’t really need CC on your Mac.
May 24, 2019 17:42:53 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Open a chat session with Adobe Technical Support, they're best able to consult and assist on their software, including remoting into your equipment, if needed.
Thank you but I hate doing that, it's so time consuming and nerve raking. My Internet access is very flaky and it's next to impossible when someone is trying to work my computer from a remote location.
I solved the problem myself. I entered Time Machine and went back in time to 3:30 pm today when everything was working. I entered the Applications folder where I found "Adobe Lightroom Classic CC." I then told Time Machine to restore that application to my Application folder. I then dragged it to my Launch Pad and it opened up and worked the way it should.
I think this was the first time Time Machine ever worked this well for me. Whew!!!! A disaster averted.
My LR Classic CC is now working the way I expect it to.
May 24, 2019 17:46:31 #
IDguy
Loc: Idaho
Davethehiker wrote:
Thank you but I hate doing that, it's so time cons... (show quote)
You’ll probably get dinged again for the update. Just be sure to go for Classic vs. CC. They are two different programs. Adobe confuses things by sometimes referring to Classic as Classic CC.
May 24, 2019 20:06:55 #
IDguy wrote:
You’ll probably get dinged again for the update. Just be sure to go for Classic vs. CC. They are two different programs. Adobe confuses things by sometimes referring to Classic as Classic CC.
It is confusing! I use "Adobe Lightroom Classic CC" and pay a monthly fee to keep it up to date. I do not store any images in the "Cloud." I store all my images on a big HD and backup up everything twice on two separate even bigger HDs.
BTW, I prefer to do most of my PP from RAW using DxO Optics Pro. I just use use LR to store and find my photos. I also use PS if I think it will help. Everything gets saved back into LR.
May 24, 2019 20:08:58 #
Regardless of your concern about your internet stability, you should be contacting Adobe with questions about your Adobe subscription. Beyond your images, you need to be backing up your LRCAT file(s), if not already.
May 24, 2019 23:23:48 #
Adobe recently changed the names again:
Lightroom CC is now Lightroom,
Lightroom Classic CC is now Lightroom Classic.
Lightroom CC is now Lightroom,
Lightroom Classic CC is now Lightroom Classic.
May 24, 2019 23:26:45 #
Davethehiker wrote:
Thank you but I hate doing that, it's so time cons... (show quote)
Glad to hear that you got it resolved!
And good job keeping backups.
May 25, 2019 07:10:07 #
robertjerl wrote:
...what we used to call Lightroom, then Lightroom CC, now Lightroom Classic CC...
That type of thing drives me crazy.
May 25, 2019 07:27:15 #
NCMtnMan
Loc: N. Fork New River, Ashe Co., NC
I wish they would just ca them Lightroom and Lightroom Cloud. No guessing which is which.
May 25, 2019 08:02:06 #
May 25, 2019 08:32:35 #
dpfoto
Loc: Cape Coral, FL
I have Lightroom CC, but seldom use it. I MUCH prefer my Lightroom 5.7.1, which I have on several computers. The only time I need LRCC is when I use a newer camera. Except for that, LR 5.7.1 does everything I need.
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