kotography4u

Hi All - I bought the LR5 disk and installed it on an iMac several years ago and in 2017 upgraded to LR6 via a purchased upgrade download. I still have the LR5 disk and LR6 download upgrade serial numbers. My mid-2011 i7 27" iMac is starting to hiccup and buffer (spinning beach ball is frequent and long), and it spontaneously reboots on its own, so I figured the end is near and built an AMD Rizen 9 PC (running Win10 Pro 64 bit) to start over with Lightroom. Does anyone know how/where to locate a LR6 download that I can install on the new PC and use the earlier-purchased serial numbers with? Is this even possible or is it wishful thinking? Any thoughts, recommendations, or other tips to accomplish this or to circumvent having to buy a subscription would be much appreciated! Thanks in advance to anyone with helpful thoughts...

rwm283main Loc: Terryville, CT

Was the original LR5 disk specific for Mac or both PC and Mac?
If it can be used on a PC, installs on your new PC and was originally registered with Adobe you should be able to also download LR6 since it would also have been registered.
Good luck
Rich

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Try this download for a Windows10/11 and LR6.14 install. You need to right click the link, and 'save as' the file to your local disk. Then, execute the file from your harddrive when the download is successful.

Windows x64
http://prdl-download.adobe.com/Lightroom/60BA1251F1BC48B8B82B1B63AE8E620E/1552643270580/Lightroom_6_LS11.exe

kotography4u

I knew this would be a gold mine of information - thanks so much to you both! I'll report back about success or not. Thanks again!
Kevin

kotography4u

Paul - I'm writing to let you know that your assistance and suggestion were a bulls-eye - last night I got LR 6.14 installed and it's running, thanks to the download you pointed me to and instructions you gave. I don't know how in the world you knew about or found that URL, but it worked like a charm. Thanks again! [now to try to load and point to the catalog from the iMac onto the just-built PC]
Cheers!
Kevin

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

If you have trouble getting the Mac catalog to work on the PC, try this:

If you had your Mac create sidecar files, be sure to include them when you transfer data to your PC. If the catalog won't work, start a new catalog and import all the old photos. Having sidecar files will also load the old edits.

If you didn't create sidecar files, try to do them on the Mac if it's still sort of working.

When I got my Mac and transferred the data from my PC, I transferred the catalog from the PC to the Mac and it worked. Have not tried it the other way.

kotography4u

Thanks for the suggestions! I'll give it a try. You (I) have to look at this as a learning process in order to stay sane...

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

Just to be clear, I should have said "having sidecar files adjacent to (in the same folder as) the image files will also load the old edits."

kotography4u

Thanks for the clarification - I will give it a try!
Kevin