You can still use the Adobe CC installer if you prefer, at the same price. If you’re not already a Lightroom user, head on over to the Mac App Store to check it out. Loupedeck, the creators of Loupedeck+ and the Creative Tool, custom editing consoles for photo, video and audio editing and design. Microsoft, too, has jumped onto Apple’s Mac App Store, too, by adding its Office applications earlier this year, which is now also another subscription service. That was a perpetual license before Adobe switched to the Creative Cloud subscription model. The App Store did offer Lightroom in the past, way back with Lightroom 4 priced at $149.99. It’s free to download and use for a week, and then it’s a $9.99/mo subscription through Apple’s purchasing system or annually for $118.99, which includes 1TB of cloud storage. The App Store version of Lightroom is the “new” version of Lightroom, previously known as Lightroom CC. Shifting over to the App Store will be a welcome change for some users.

Many long-time users just prefer the old way of doing things. It’s been more of a challenge than with iOS as the Mac has been around for much longer than the App Store. Lightroom joins other recent big-name Mac App Store additions, including Microsoft’s Office 365, which utilizes a similar subscription-based approach to monetization.Apple has been pushing for more developers to move their apps onto the App Store, rather than having their own individual platforms. Among other methods, Project Catalyst is making it much easier for developers to create apps across platforms. Of course, the desktop store has been a harder push than its mobile version, given that macOS pre-dated its walled garden by decades in one form or other.

The company’s been making a push for developers to make their wares available through its channels as it pushed toward a more content-focused approach. Apple’s clearly excited about the arrival, with Lightroom currently featured atop the App Store home page. Unlike Element’s flat $70 a month upfront charge, Lightroom adopts the company’s shift in recent years toward a subscription-based model, running users $10 a month for continued access. The title joins the more lightweight Photoshop Elements, but is the sole pro app currently available through the venue. The pro-focused photo-editing tool Lightroom is now available on the Mac App Store, marking the first major Adobe app to be available through the revamped version of the platform.

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