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Adobe Lightroom Returns to the Mac App Store

At WWDC 2018, Apple introduced a redesigned Mac App Store (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/mac-app-store/) alongside changes to sandboxing parameters on macOS Mojave (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/macos-10-14/). Since then, several well-known apps have launched on or returned to the <!---->Mac App Store<!---->, including the Microsoft Office suite (https://www.macrumors.com/2019/01/24/microsoft-office-soon-mac-app/), Microsoft To-Do (https://www.macrumors.com/2019/06/18/microsoft-to-do-app-now-available-on-mac/), BBEdit (https://www.macrumors.com/2019/04/04/bbedit-returns-to-mac-app-store/), Transmit (https://panic.com/blog/transmit-5-on-the-mac-app-store/), and others.





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Next up is Adobe Lightroom CC, which is available on the Mac App Store (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/adobe-lightroom/id1451544217) as of today. The professional photo editing software is free to download, but requires a $9.99 monthly subscription via Apple's in-app purchase system after a one-week trial. 1TB of cloud storage is included with a subscription.





As noted by The Verge (https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/20/18692377/adobe-lightroom-mac-app-store-available-price), Lightroom was previously available on the <!---->Mac App Store<!----> for a one-time purchase of $149.99 in 2012:

This isn't the first time that you've been able to get Lightroom in the <!---->Mac App Store<!---->. Back in 2012, when Adobe sold its apps as standalone purchases before starting to push Creative Cloud subscriptions, Lightroom 4 was available for $149.99. Lightroom 5 never came to Apple's store, however, and even Adobe itself doesn't sell standalone versions of Lightroom today.

This news is a win-win for Apple and Adobe. Apple has landed another major app on the <!---->Mac App Store<!---->, which faced years of criticism, and will generate revenue from its split of in-app purchases. Adobe, meanwhile, has made Lightroom available to a very broad audience of potential customers.





Lightroom CC remains available outside of the Mac App Store (https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-lightroom/pricing-info.html) as well, with subscription pricing starting at the same $9.99 per month. One benefit of switching to the <!---->Mac App Store<!----> version is a more streamlined update process (https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/adobe-lightroom-returns-to-the-mac-app-store.2186681/#post-27477086).

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