I hope this helps those of you who are as frustrated as I am that Adobe is making it as difficult as possible to buy/upgrade the standalone version. This is nevertheless a great option for photographers who can do everything they need to in Lightroom and want their images available everywhere, on any device.
If you want a full DVD boxed version buy from Amazon by clicking on the Lightroom graphic below.Īt this time the boxed version isn't available, in the meantime you can run a free trial of Lightroom CC, until your box is shipped. Keep in mind you only get a product key with this type of purchase. Enter your payment info and there you go. This brings you to the billing process, and since Lightroom can be purchased in a box in most places, you get to pay taxes on it. Look over your order to make sure it's correct and click the checkout button. This will take you to your cart where you can now checkout.
Another sub-menu appears that reads "I own:", click on that and select the version of Lightroom you own (1.x-5.x) at this point the upgrade price of $79 appears. If you already own a version of Lightroom 1-5 you can upgrade by clicking on the "I want to buy:" dropdown menu.
If you don't already own a copy of a previous version click "Add to Cart" and then complete your purchase. Click the link, scroll down to Photoshop Lightroom 6 and click "Buy" it will show the price of $149. In any case the link to the standalone version of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6 is on the Adobe Products page. Well, some of us are loyal simply because their isn't another viable option out there. I figured I couldn't be the only one with this problem, so I decided to share the link so you can buy or upgrade to the standalone version instead of being shamelessly pushed towards the Creative Cloud "pay in perpetuity" model that Adobe has forced upon it's loyal user base. So I just had to keep digging until I finally found it. I also tried their online chat tech support where an open chat box lurked there for over an hour every once in awhile beeping to let me nobody was home. I searched and searched looking for the the upgrade path and couldn't find it I tried reaching out to Adobe and the Lightroom team via twitter, no response. You are not even made aware that a standalone version is even available and what's worse is that they don't even hint to current users that there is a less expensive ($79 US) upgrade path if you own an existing version of Lightroom. Unfortunately, when you click "Download" or "Buy now" you are taken only to the Lightroom CC option. Unfortunately in Adobe's effort to continue to push the "Creative Cloud" rent-a-software model when you click to do the "upgrade" you are directed to the "Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC" splash page, where it dazzles you with descriptions of the features.
Adobe has removed every previously available download links to update the non-cloud based LR6 to the latest version 6.14, but there is still one hidden download option to catch the latest 6.14 update for the Windows version of LR6.
I was very happy with v10.8.5 (Mountain Lion), unfortunately, a number of software requires minimum of 10.
I only recently upgraded my main computer (Mac Pro, mid 2010 model) to OS X v10.9.5 (Mavericks). Unlike many other members, I don't rush to update software. I still prefer Adobe Bridge for organising my photos. I am currently on Adobe CC Photographer subscription (the $10/mo one), and can't be bothered to upgrade to new Lightroom CC (still on Lightroom 5.7). It was designed for mobile applications but you can use it on the desktop. It sends files to the cloud automatically. Lightroom (LR) is the new version which is about 4 years old. Is there a difference between CC and 6 other than sharing and editing on mobile devices (which I also don't do)?According to, the difference between Lightroom CC and Lightroom 6 is as what you stated. In case you decide to get LR Classic (LrC) it is version 10 now which is the desktop version like LR6.