If you continue to have problems, it is possible to roll back to 2015.1.1 / 6.1.1, however to do so you must uninstall Lightroom, reinstall 2015.0 / 6.0, and then install the 2015.1.1 / 6.1.1 update.This disables the new import folder scanning which appears to be causing the performance issues. Once you’ve opened Lightroom, go to the Preferences dialog > General tab and uncheck the Show ‘Add Photos’ screen checkbox.The timing is crucial- hold them down while clicking/double-clicking on the app/shortcut. To do so, hold down Alt and Shift (Windows) / Opt and Shift (Mac) while opening Lightroom and it’ll ask whether to reset the preferences. If Lightroom won’t open without crashing, reset your preferences.If you’ve already updated, or you can’t live without the new features or bug fixes, there are a couple of things you can do to minimize the issues: There are a couple of significant new bugs (crashes on Mac and some new performance problems on both operating systems) that haven’t yet been solved. Not everyone is seeing these issues so you might not be affected, however on this occasion I’d recommend waiting for the next update, especially if you’re on a Mac. I’ve never before started a What’s New blog post with the words “don’t update,” however in my opinion, Lightroom CC 2015.2 and Lightroom 6.2 are being released prematurely. The release is linked to a large Adobe marketing event ( Adobe Max) and I’m convinced that the Lightroom team would have delayed the release if they had a choice. I’ll cover the mobile/web updates in a separate post, but for now, let’s talk about the desktop update.
Adobe have just released their latest Lightroom updates including Lightroom CC 2015.2 and Lightroom 6.2 for desktop, Lightroom mobile 2.0 for iOS, Lightroom mobile 1.3 for Android and updated Lightroom Web.