[Leica] LR6 seems to require an internet connection

[john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)]

On my Main Mac I have:

Adobe Lightroom
Adobe Photoshop CC
Adobe Photoshop CC 2014
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.app

Opening the first opens LR CC.

I have just tried loading LR6 from download again, it says that Adobe ID is 
required so takes over my CC licence? I assume that if I stop paying for CC 
or require more than 2 LR installs that it can tell........ Not holding my 
breath :-(

john

-----Original Message-----

I can't comment on reported performance slowdowns. I am nearly always 
on-line in any case. I have several perpetual licences as well as 
subscribing to the CC photogs package.


My current installations are on a PC and this Macbook as allowed by the 
EULA. As far as I recall my current installs and upgrades are using the CC 
service. I just found in fact that this Macbook actually has two functional 
installs (with different catalogs too), one being
5.7 and the other CC 2015 (it was only opening the earlier version from my 
dock).

As far as I can see a new installation does not necessarily remove the 
previous in any case. This may parallel Ps with the 2014 and previous CC 
versions. There are probably many variations on which versions/licences, 
installs, upgrades and settings people have on their computers. With a 
perpetual licence then you just need an initial connection to activate not a 
continuous connection for it to work. The activation requirement may have 
changed over recent versions? With the CC versions you don't need a 
continuous connection (unless when using a synch operation I guess). The 
programs just need to 'phone home' every few weeks. They will still keep 
working for weeks without that if you are off-line. The CC parent app is 
likely looking for updates for you on whicher Adobe apps you have and and 
there is an update function for the perpetual licence versions too of course.

Check that you are trying to open the right version? Signing out of Adobe CC 
will require a new connection for CC programs to start again too.


This sounds like a bad license server implementation. Large S/W companies 
always assume their customers are thieves unfortunately.

If you know anyone high up at Adobe, complain loudly and privately.


>* On May 20, 2015, at 17:19, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz 
><http://mcmaster.co.nz>> wrote:*
>
>* I got that impression when I loaded it (standalone licence). 
>Yesterday I *
>* had reason to sign out of Adobe CC so shut down LR6, it was unable to 
>open *
>* without logging in to Adobe CC - not impressed as I paid for a 
>standalone *
>* licence as well as having the CC version....*
>
>* john*
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