Leica Lightroom Tethered Plug-in 2.0.1 and Apple M1 Computer

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For anyone that might be interested:

https://leica-camera.com/en-US/downloads?download_area_category=1171&field_media_document_topic=1695

Today I noticed the Leica Lightroom Tethered Plug-in 2.0.1 is available for download again and had the opportunity to download and try with my SL2 ver 4.0 for the first time. I ran two tests, one on my Intel 5K iMac and the other on my M1 Max MacBook Pro.

Both of my macs include:

macOS Monterey v 12.4

Lightroom Classic v 11.3.1 

* I connected the SL2 to both computers through the camera's USBC port to the computer's Thunderbolt port via compatible USBC cable.

The test was a success on my Intel iMac, everything worked as expected 👍🏻 but I was presented with a message on LRC on the M1 MBP that I must run LRC in the Rosetta emulator mode in order for the plugin to work on the M1 computer which I didn't want to do since I prefer to use LRC M1 app version. 

Again, a quick test that someone else might find interesting if considering for use with any of the Apple M1 computers.

* I did not try the same with Leica Lightroom Tethered Plug-in 2.0.0 

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Been a while since I posted the above, but apparently between macOS for M1 updates and/or Lightroom Classic updates broke the Leica-LRC tether along the way. I just noticed  Lightroom Classic fixed Leica Tether ( again) in LRC ver 12.5.

Today I confirmed a successful Leica Classic 12.5 tether with the SL2 both connection and operation:

-Leica SL2 ver 5.1 

-LRC ver 12.5

-macOS Venture 13.5.1 

-Leica Tether Plugin 2.0.1 

-OWC Thunderbolt 4 cable between SL2 and Mac Studio/Ultra computer ( *no need to removeSD cards) 

-Edit: * I confirmed the same with the M11 (ver 1.6.1), but I did have to remove the SansDisk SD card from the M11 in order for the LRC Tether to connect. 

 

"Bug fixes: [LRC 12.5]

There are lots of bug fixes, but Adobe only publishes the ones that were reported by users:

• Classic:
  • Issues opening Photoshop Beta 25
  • Lightroom and Camera Raw Color Range Mask Edge Artifacts
  • Unable to Import non-cinematic video
  • Published Folders renamed does not rename in Finder on macOS Ventura 13.0.1
  • Crash when tethering Leica using plugin
  • Tether capture crashes Lightroom
  • Save Metadata To File corrupts .avif image
  • Curve checkbox Copy/Paste and Sync Features not selected by default
  • Lightroom Classic 12.4 Crashing when Windows Media Feature Pack not installed
  • Direct Camera Connect fails to show previews in Import Dialog (Mac)
  • LrC 12.4 crashes while using Photoshelter Plug-in for Export (Can not connect to remote server)
  • Process Version 6 creates wider scroll bars (French/German)
  • SDK: Windows edit field truncates multi-line pasted text"

https://www.lightroomqueen.com/whats-new-in-lightroom-classic-12-5/#:~:text=Mobile new feature,for Batch Import of photos.

Edited August 21, 2023 by LBJ2