LR 5.7 upgrade to LR 6 question

[davidh87656067]

I'm running LR 5.7 on an MBP running OS 10.9.5.  I am planning to upgrade the OS to 10.12.3 and LR to LR 6.  What I'm wondering is whether there's a specific order in which I need to do this to preserve the status of all the photos currently in LR.  I'd probably do the OS upgrade first and then the LR upgrade, but I'm concerned that there's a possibility that LR 5.7 won't like something about 10.12 and bad things will happen.  Thanks for any responses.

[F. McLion · Accepted solution]

LR 5.7.1 should run with 10.12. With 10.9.5 you would be able to update to 6.6.1 only.

System requirements for Photoshop Lightroom for Mac and Windows OS

You can download from here: Download Photoshop Lightroom

LR6 will copy your current LR5 catalog and then upgrade the copy.

... and as always before upgrading OS and applications ... backup everything, specially the catalog since this is where your work is.

Some related reading: https://www.lightroomqueen.com/how-move-lightroom-to-new-computer/

[davidh87656067]

Thanks.  From your answer it seems that the order won't matter.  I'm planning to do the OS first.  I can then check that the library is OK under 10.12.x and LR 5.7, and then upgrade to LR 6.  My LR says it's 5.7 everywhere I look--not 5.7.1--and Check for Updates says that it's up to date...

[F. McLion]

Sounds like a plan