M1 Pro and M1 Max expand the specs well beyond M1, which already didn’t work the same way Intel x86 did. Most typical 14' MBP configurations for Photoshop and Lightroom Classic probably should not exceed $3000 unless you do a lot of work daily with large files. Maxing out all options on just the 14-inch MacBook Pro (M1 Max 10/32/16 cores, 64GB RAM, 8TB SSD) costs US$5899.

It has been a long time since it made sense to “max out” a pro Mac. But if money is tight, chances are 16GB RAM will perform well enough on Apple Silicon, and better than 16GB RAM on Intel. One thing to keep in mind is that because it’s Unified Memory, RAM not needed by applications is probably available to be used by graphics that could be a reason to get 32GB if you frequently use applications that support GPU acceleration. you name it.32GB RAM is probably the safe choice, but that is a guess until more people have a chance to run their jobs on it.īoth Lightroom Classic and Photoshop recommend 16GB RAM, so that is the baseline for good performance. It is just the lazyness, which holds 96% of the LR users back to switch to Capture One, DXO, Photomechanic. Nowadays there are enough excellent alternatives out there to LR. But I will never switch to a subscription model. I will try to find a way to get LR6 on my M1 with Big Sur on it. IMHO this is illegal, but if noone complaints. So if you have a lifetime licence, you are not able to download the LR6 or LR5 files anymore from your Adobe account. I have not tried that yet.Īlso be aware, that Adobe refuses to give you the download option in your account.

There are other comments on the net, that you can install on an external SSD an older Ois, install LR with this on the internal SSD, copy the authentication files over to the internal SSD and it should work fine. In case something does not work, just copy your backup files into the right place and it should work again, because it is only the authentication which causes these problems. You install LR6 on an older system, copy the folders in which the authentication is saved and upgrade to Big Sure. There are recommendations for those, who have not yet upgraded to Big Sure OS. Since the invention of its subscription system. It is easy to guess why )Īdobe screws us all the time. So hold that thought: the installer of LR5 is 64bit compatible and works with M1 and Big Sure.īut Adobe decided to make the installer for LR6 only 32bit. The update files are not available anymore on the Adobe webserver.

Of course you do not get updates, because Adobe does not want you to update i.e. You can install LR5 without any problems on an Apple M1 with BigSur OS. It is the installer of LR6, which causes problems. The below comments are not true in all points.

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