Brian....Damien sent me to you on this. It is out of his wheelhouse.
Trying to get started from the beginning with the Bridge class, but I am hitting roadblocks every step of the way. I am running MacOS HighSierra 10.13.6. Apparently, Bridge (and most of the Adobe CC suite) is not compatible with that. So, I am now in the process of backing up my machine before upgrading to Monterey. Is Monterey the way to go? Any pro tips? I think I am clear on the steps of the upgrade. Backup, download new OS, install, use backup if the whole plan goes to crap.
As a general rule, do you suggest keeping up with OS updates? As you can see, I stuck with what my system came with in 2018. Now, it is coming back to bite me.
I was of the thought, if it isn't broke...don't fix it. Which I see your theory for Adobe updates is in line with that (turn off auto updates, etc). But do you think operating systems are different?
This is a big change...making the leap from LR catalogs to Bridge. From what I am reading, it will make my life easier, but change is scary and hard.