Didn't happen to me. I clicked "No" in the box on startup when it asked me if I wanted to try the CC trial. Of course, the default is "Yes" ... Because they want people to try it. If you were a marketing person, wouldn't you set it up that way?
You have to pay attention with this stuff. Marketing weasels are everywhere.... :-) Godfrey > On Apr 24, 2015, at 6:39 PM, Stanley Halpin <s...@stans-photography.info> > wrote: > > > On Apr 24, 2015, at 8:48 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <godfreydigio...@me.com> wrote: > >>> >>> On Apr 24, 2015, at 5:37 PM, James King <jamesk8...@mac.com> wrote: >>> >>> Stanley Halpin wrote on Thu, 23 Apr 2015 09:08:15 -0700: >>> >>>> Apparently by upgrading to LR6.0 I was automagically joining the Creative >>>> Cloud. >>>> I downloaded LR6.0 to my computer. NOT the Cloud version. I do not now nor >>>> have >>>> I ever had a Cloud account. I don't want a Cloud account, I don't use >>>> Photoshop. I might want to explore Mobile if I had the time and if it had >>>> different features and if it allowed me to use something other than Adobe >>>> as my >>>> cloud storage site. But for now, I don’t want it and have not asked for it. >>>> >>>> But when I open LR6.0, it tries to synch my 150k photos to my Cloud >>>> account and >>>> displays a little note that I have 29 days left in my free Mobile trial. >>>> When I >>>> log into my Adobe account, my only option with respect to my magical >>>> 30-day >>>> free trial to Mobile is to purchase it. I just want it to GO AWAY! Adobe >>>> Help >>>> Chat and Forums are basically dead due to the volume of people probably >>>> with >>>> problems like mine. You may want to wait a few months before going to 6.0, >>>> give >>>> them a chance to add a STOP button that lets you off the Cloud. >>> ***** >>> I read in one of the news announcements that Adobe will soon release the >>> standalone version, so a little patience is in order. I, for one, plan to >>> wait… >> >> It was available from day one of the LR 6 release. Took a few moments to >> find it, that's all. >> >> G > > Godfrey - my issue was that I did look for the standalone, I did find it, I > did pay my $79 and downloaded, installed and am happily using the program. > But, in the process, I had an unasked for unwanted copy of Creative Cloud > installed on my system, and whenever starting up LR6 the system would busily > start trying to synch my 150k images to my 30-day-free-trial of Mobile that I > did not ask for and did not want. Eventually I found and uninstalled the > Creative Cloud application. I should not need to have to go to such extremes > to opt out of paying $120/yr for something that I don’t want, don’t need, and > didn’t ask for. No complaints about the program itself, just about the Adobe > hegemony and its policies. > > stan > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
