should i upgrade my imac 2019 from Monteray to Sequoia and will my lightroom 5 still work with it

Peter Dromgoole1 wrote:

should i upgrade my imac 2019 from Monteray to Sequoia and will my lightroom 5 still work with it

I believe your iMac can run Tahoe, so I would recommend upgrading to at least Sequoia (or to Tahoe).

BUT ... Lightroom 5 cannot be installed because the installer is 32 bit and won't execute on a modern MacOS. That said, I even have an old installation of Lightroom 4 on my Mac running Sequoia and it does actually run, but many options do not work properly and when it is quit it simply crashes. I believe this is what you would experience with Lightroom 5 on anything beyond Mojave; if it runs at all, it will do so with many issues and options that don't work properly.

This article may provide you with some more insights about your options:

https://www.lightroomqueen.com/community/threads/lr-5-w-latest-mac-os-compatibility.49464/

I think your best option is to obtain a current Lightroom subscription from Adobe. It can be as little as $10/month. If that does not meet your needs, there are alternatives that may be slightly cheaper and purport to offer much of the same functionality.

• Lightroom 5 will NOT run on macOS Sequoia.
• Stay on macOS Monterey if you need Lightroom 5.
• Upgrading macOS means switching to a new Lightroom version or another photo editor.