

Before you upgrade versions it’s always best to have a recent backup of your catalog to avoid the worst case scenario of a corrupted file or incompatibility between versions. I personally store my catalog file in Dropbox so that I can retrieve it anywhere with minimal risk of loss. Looking for Lightroom version 5.7.1 or earlier?Ī best practice is to always backup your Lightroom catalog in the event of hardware failure or file corruption. If you’d like to see step-by-step instructions on how to roll back your software to a prior version then the Adobe Help forums are a great resource. This should be your first stop to research an issue/incompatibility and see if the team is aware of it and/or has a course of action set.

The Adobe Lightroom team works to be incredibly timely and transparent about updates, new features and customer feedback. If you find yourself in a jam after upgrading your Adobe Lightroom application here are the essential resources to get updates and/or revert to an older more stable version: Whether the storm of criticism thrust upon Adobe online was legitimate or not little was done to share valuable information on how to dig out of the problem. The update introduced some new features and camera support, but also some unintended performance “enhancements” namely application instability resulting in crashes and a revamped import screen that was incredibly dumbed down removing many beloved features. In case you missed there was a recent dust up about the recent Adobe Lightroom CC 2015.2 / Lightroom 6.2 update.
