BooTheMightyHamster
New Member
- Joined
- Aug 27, 2016
- Messages
- 12
- Location
- North London, UK
- Lightroom Experience
- Beginner
- Lightroom Version
- Lightroom Version Number
- Lightroom Classic 6.0
- Operating System
- macOS 11 Big Sur
Hi,
Apologies in advance, because I'm sure you good ladies and gents have been asked this a million times before...
I've got a locally installed copy of LR6 on my Macbook, which I've been using for, I don't know... five years maybe? Possibly longer. Since whenever Apple turned Photos into something akin to a toy.
Anyway. I'm just an amateur when it comes to photography. I can go a couple of months without touching a camera, and broadly speaking, I use LR as a photo library, and only do the most basic of editing / developing (though that's something I'd like to change). While on holiday last week, I found that LR6 wouldn't import from my EOS 70D any more. It seems to be a known bug, with a fix apparently 'in the works, but don't hold your breath'.
I've spent a lifetime working in IT, and I understand that software goes out of support - I've had my money's worth out of LR6, and if it's time for a change, then it's time for a change. I've had a look at alternatives, but nothing's leaping out at me, so I keep coming back to LR. Trouble is, given how little I use it, I'm struggling to justifying paying an ongoing monthly fee, particularly as my LR folder is 116GB, so I'd need to be paying for (presumably) 1TB storage, which is about £20/month.
It seems that Adobe offer a variety of packages, so can someone just check my understanding please?
If I go for the minimum package of LR and PS with 20GB of cloud storage for £9.98/month, will that allow me to carry on using LR Classic, on my Macbook, and most importantly, store all my files locally so that I'm not impacted by the 20GB storage limit? I'm not interested in storing my images in the cloud, and I'm only ever going to use my laptop for LR. Any photos I take on my phone (which aren't many) would be transferred to my Macbook, so I don't need multi-device support.
Sorry to have waffled on, but just want to be sure I'm making the right choice before I commit.
Thanks very much!
Apologies in advance, because I'm sure you good ladies and gents have been asked this a million times before...
I've got a locally installed copy of LR6 on my Macbook, which I've been using for, I don't know... five years maybe? Possibly longer. Since whenever Apple turned Photos into something akin to a toy.
Anyway. I'm just an amateur when it comes to photography. I can go a couple of months without touching a camera, and broadly speaking, I use LR as a photo library, and only do the most basic of editing / developing (though that's something I'd like to change). While on holiday last week, I found that LR6 wouldn't import from my EOS 70D any more. It seems to be a known bug, with a fix apparently 'in the works, but don't hold your breath'.
I've spent a lifetime working in IT, and I understand that software goes out of support - I've had my money's worth out of LR6, and if it's time for a change, then it's time for a change. I've had a look at alternatives, but nothing's leaping out at me, so I keep coming back to LR. Trouble is, given how little I use it, I'm struggling to justifying paying an ongoing monthly fee, particularly as my LR folder is 116GB, so I'd need to be paying for (presumably) 1TB storage, which is about £20/month.
It seems that Adobe offer a variety of packages, so can someone just check my understanding please?
If I go for the minimum package of LR and PS with 20GB of cloud storage for £9.98/month, will that allow me to carry on using LR Classic, on my Macbook, and most importantly, store all my files locally so that I'm not impacted by the 20GB storage limit? I'm not interested in storing my images in the cloud, and I'm only ever going to use my laptop for LR. Any photos I take on my phone (which aren't many) would be transferred to my Macbook, so I don't need multi-device support.
Sorry to have waffled on, but just want to be sure I'm making the right choice before I commit.
Thanks very much!