CHG_CANON wrote:
I assumed the OP is a subscriber as LR6 can't be installed onto new(er) Mac equipment now for 2+ years, probably longer. They would have hit this LR6 problem in the past, if it was lurking in their situation.
Probably a good assumption that he's a subscriber, but I've run into a number of folks here who haven't updated their systems in 7-10 years. A few of them get a real shock when they learn what is involved with a new setup:
"You mean I have to get a new computer to go to the latest OS?"
"Why can't it run 32-bit code written in the dark ages?"
"What, they changed processors, and architectures completely — and the transition actually went smoothly?"
"Memory is shared and swapped and it's not slow? How???"
"Subscription service??? WHAT the...??? Why???"
"So I need a new computer and the new OS won't run my other old software?"
"This thing doesn't have FireWire or USB-A or E-Sata or serial ports? What do I do?"
"Thunderbolt uses USB-C connectors but it isn't compatible with all USB-C cables? (Don't even get me started!)
"USB-C Power Delivery cables don't transmit data?" (As my wife discovered, rather awkwardly.)
"What's Rosetta 2, and how can it be so fast?"
For some folks, there is a lot of mystery surrounding the new Macs and how they work with various software.
I had a college friend ask me a lot of similar questions last summer. His 2012 15" MacBook Pro was getting long in the tooth. He got a new, fairly loaded 14" M1 MacBook Pro, but that led to new drives, a new printer, a 14-port hub and new cables, two new monitors, and a new inkjet photo printer. At least all his old drives can be connected to the hub with various cables and adapters. But he's about to update all of them and consolidate data on two sets of backup RAID arrays.
He moved away from Lightroom 6.14 and Microsoft 0ffice 2010 and subscribed to the Adobe Photography Plan and Microsoft 365. He added Da Vinci Resolve 18 for video editing. He can afford it all (He's a retired doctor with two Canons, six lenses, and a Fujifilm GFX-100 with three lenses), but it was a bit of a shock that the new computer gear was so different that almost everything had to be replaced.
Six months later, he's happy he made the upgrades. Mostly, he's just stunned at the speed of it all, the battery life, and the near total integration with his iPhone.