How to Upgrade from LR 4.4?

[meliwilli]

Lightroom Version Number

4.4

Operating System

1. macOS 10.14 Mojave

I havent upgraded since 4.4 . Adobe told me I had to first upgrade to LR6, then I could get LR Classic. But LR6 isn’t available anywhere! ! I am really wondering if I should even attempt any upgrade at all because it’s all so confusing. I have a brand new Apple Mac and things are working pretty well on it but I have to be careful not to upgrade to Catalina or my entire LR 4.4 ( maybe it’s 4.7)won’t be working at all I have been told. this whole thing is making me want to get some other program. Any suggestions . I am not tech savvy and this whole thing is weird. Why did they do CLOUD? I have talked to many photographers, half HAtE cloud based LR, the other say its great.

 

[Paul McFarlane]

Hi and welcome!

Adobe advised you incorrectly. If you install Lightroom Classic (that's the local folder-based one, not the cloud one) then your Lightroom 4 catalog will upgrade to the new 9.0 catalog. And it's absurd that Adobe tell you to upgrade to 6, it simply isn't available.

 

[meliwilli]

Hi and welcome!

Adobe advised you incorrectly. If you install Lightroom Classic (that's the local folder-based one, not the cloud one) then your Lightroom 4 catalog will upgrade to the new 9.0 catalog. And it's absurd that Adobe tell you to upgrade to 6, it simply isn't available.

It is absurd and I was totally confused by their answer. Also, I think I read on Laura SHoe that my collections wouldn’t transfer over . I don’t want to lose those. Is this right?

 

[clee01l]

It is absurd and I was totally confused by their answer. Also, I think I read on Laura SHoe that my collections wouldn’t transfer over . I don’t want to lose those. Is this right?

I don't think that Laura would make such a statement about Lightroom Classic. It might be true for Lightroom (cloudy).
Converting an LR4 catalog file to a Lightroom Classic v9 catalog file will convert everything in the v4 catalog to the v9 structure. That includes collections.

 

[rewagner]

Not sure about LR 4 but LR 6 “perpetual” works fine with Catalina (if you do an in place upgrade or user migration from a previous version of macOS). The only 64-bit incompatibility is with the installer executable.


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[Johan Elzenga]

I believe that the confusion comes from the fact that migrating a Lightroom 4 catalog to the cloud version is not possible. For that you need at least a Lightroom 6 catalog. Adobe support is notorious for their poor knowledge of their own products. These are young people who get a couple of manuals and are then let loose onto the poor public.

 

[meliwilli]

I believe that the confusion comes from the fact that migrating a Lightroom 4 catalog to the cloud version is not possible. For that you need at least a Lightroom 6 catalog. Adobe support is notorious for their poor knowledge of their own products. These are young people who get a couple of manuals and are then let loose onto the poor public.

Thank you, my confusion is dissipating . And friend told me the same thing, but it's good to know from elsewhere . I will come here for help!

 

[clee01l]

Thank you, my confusion is dissipating ... I will come here for help!

That’s why we are here.


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