[Leica] Trouble with Catalina and Lightroom 3.6

[Wayne Torry]

In a nutshell, All versions of Lightroom through 6.X use a 16 bit install
program. Catalina OS only recognizes 64 bit software.
My solution for using Lightroom 6.something: Don’t install Catalina. The
previous OS works fine.

On Mon, Mar 9, 2020 at 3:36 AM Peter Cheyne via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> Since updating my Mac OS to Catalina, although Lightroom 3.6 still works,
> every time I restart the computer, I’m told that LR 3.6 ‘may damage’ my
> Mac. So, I keep the LR 3.6 disc image on my computer and have to reinstall
> it every time.
>
> Is there a way to get Catalina to accept LR 3.6 for keeps?
>
> I’m not interested in buying new software. LR 3.6 was the software that
> came with my Leica M9. Is there any free software that the LUGgers could
> recommend? I tried Picassa years ago and thought it was OK, but still
> preferred Lightroom. My requirements are basic: tweaking levels (LR’s
> ‘recovery’ sl;ider is useful, as is the one for increasing blacks), colour
> adjustments, and light sharpening sometimes. I can live without that last.
>
> Thanks for reading,
>
> Peter
>
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