The best combo to avoid this issue is being on macOS High Sierra 10.13 and Lightroom Classic 7.1 or Lightroom 6.13. The team has worked pretty hard with Apple to get this issue to stop appearing with macOS Sierra 10.12 and macOS High Sierra 10.13. Improvements were made in 10.12 and iterated upon for 10.13. Adobe Photoshop CC.
Mac OS. Multicore Intel processor. Mac OS X v10.5.7 or v10.6. 1GB of RAM. 2GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash-based storage devices). 1024×768 display (1280×800 recommended) with, 16-bit color, and 256MB of VRAM. Some GPU-accelerated features require graphics support for Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 2.0.
DVD-ROM drive. 7.6.2 software required for multimedia features. Broadband Internet connection required for.
Windows. Intel ® Pentium ® 4 or AMD Athlon ® 64 processor. Microsoft ® Windows ® XP with Service Pack 2 (Service Pack 3 recommended); Windows Vista ® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1; or Windows 7. 512MB of RAM.
1GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash-based storage devices). 1280×800 display with 16-bit video card. DVD-ROM drive.
Broadband Internet connection required for. Windows. Intel ® Pentium ® 4 or AMD Athlon ® 64 processor. Microsoft ® Windows ® XP with Service Pack 3; Windows Vista ® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1; or Windows 7. 1GB of RAM. 2GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash-based storage devices).
1024×768 display (1280×800 recommended) with 16-bit video card. DVD-ROM drive. Broadband Internet connection required for. Windows.
Intel ® Pentium ® 4 or AMD Athlon ® 64 processor. Microsoft ® Windows ® XP with Service Pack 2 (Service Pack 3 recommended); Windows Vista ® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1; or Windows 7. 1GB of RAM. 3.5GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash-based storage devices). 1024×768 display (1280×800 recommended) with 16-bit video card. DVD-ROM drive.
7.6.2 software required for multimedia features. Broadband Internet connection required for. Windows.
Intel ® Pentium ® 4 or AMD Athlon ® 64 processor. Microsoft ® Windows ® XP with Service Pack 2; Windows Vista ® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1; or Windows 7. 1GB of RAM (2GB recommended).
1GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash-based storage devices). 1024×768 display (1280×800 recommended) with 16-bit video card. DVD-ROM drive. Runtime Environment 1.5 (32 bit) or 1.6.
Broadband Internet connection required for. Windows. Intel ® Pentium ® 4 or AMD Athlon ® 64 processor. Microsoft ® Windows ® XP with Service Pack 2 (Service Pack 3 recommended); Windows Vista ® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1; or Windows 7. 512MB of RAM (1GB recommended). 1GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash-based storage devices).
1280×1024 display with 16-bit video card. DVD-ROM drive. Broadband Internet connection required for. Windows. Intel ® Pentium ® 4 or AMD Athlon ® 64 processor (Intel Core ™2 Duo or AMD Phenom ® II recommended);.: Microsoft ® Windows Vista ® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 or Windows ® 7. 2GB of RAM. 3GB of available hard-disk space plus 2GB of space for optional content; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash-based storage devices).
1280×1024 display with graphics card. DVD-ROM drive. 7.6.2 software required for QuickTime features.
Broadband Internet connection required for. Mac OS. Multicore Intel processor. Mac OS X v10.5.8 or v10.6. 1GB of RAM; 2GB for HDV and HD playback.
2GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash-based storage devices). 1280×800 display with OpenGL 2.0-compatible graphics card.
Core Audio-compatible sound card. DVD-ROM drive (SuperDrive recommended).
7.6.2 software required for QuickTime features. Broadband Internet connection required for. Mac OS.
Multicore Intel processor. Mac OS X v10.5.7 or v10.6.
1GB of RAM; 2GB for HDV and HD playback. 2GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash-based storage devices). 1280×900 display with OpenGL 2.0-compatible graphics card.
Core Audio-compatible sound card. DVD-ROM drive (SuperDrive recommended).
7.6.2 software required for QuickTime features. Broadband Internet connection required for.
Adobe Creative Suite and Creative Cloud Adobe isn’t testing the Creative Suite versions of Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, and its other design apps for macOS High Sierra compatibility and warns CS4 users should expect issues. CS6 versions of Adobe’s apps ran fine in TMO’s tests, but occasionally crashed at inopportune times. Versions of the apps are supported as long as you stay up to current on updates—except for Illustrator. Adobe warned macOS beta testers that Illustrator wasn’t designed to run on High Sierra. InDesign users are experiencing cursor-related bugs, too. If you rely on Adobe’s apps don’t upgrade to macOS High Sierra until compatibility issues are worked out. Wacom Tablet Users: If you need your for your design workflow don’t install macOS High Sierra.
Compatible drivers won’t be available until some time in October. FileMaker Pro Database jockeys are OK to upgrade to High Sierra as long as you’re running at least. If that’s how you make your living, odds are you upgraded to even newer versions already. 1Password If you’re staying up to date with, meaning you’re running the latest version of 1Password 6, macOS High Sierra won’t be a problem for you. It’s been running fine for us—including database synchronization—in TMO’s tests. Carbon Copy Cloner Upgrade to before installing macOS High Sierra to make sure your backup routines don”t break.
Since CCC leaves your files in a state where they’re viewable in the Finder you don’t need to worry about the backups being unreadable. Dropbox is macOS High Sierra compatible, although some users are having issues with its smart sync feature. If you don’t rely on that you should be safe to upgrade. Evernote is critical for a lot of Mac users, and it’s working in macOS High Sierra. Version 6.12.3 was released on September 22nd and we recommend you install it before making the jump to High Sierra jus to be safe.
Firefox Staying on top of updates should have you macOS High Sierra-ready. Version 55.0.3 was released ahead of High Sierra, so make sure you have at least that before installing the upgrade. Google Chrome 60.0.3112.113 and some earlier updates are High Sierra-ready. Version 61.0.3163.100 came out before High Sierra was released and it’s compatible, too. Roaring Apps Website Remember the that detailed app compatibility for major operating system releases? It’s pretty much worthless for macOS High Sierra. The compatibility database is built from user submissions, and it seems not that many people are interested in sharing their app experiences any more.
It’s still worth a quick check to see if there’s any useful information, but don’t count on it being the handy resource it once was.