The old Nik Collection is still free

After the sunset, edited in Silver Efex Pro 2

Nik Collection 4.0 was announced recently but comments here say that if you have a previous version it always shows an update warning that can’t be turned off.

Within a couple weeks of usage, I received the on-screen notification when launching the software below telling me to update. However, clicking on that “Install Now” button neither downloads nor installs a software update but instead, takes me back to the DxO website and prompts me to purchase brand new software.

If you’re curious, the original Nik Collection that was made free by Google in 2016 still works. You can grab it on Mac and Windows from this page at archive.org.

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Donncha Ó Caoimh is a software developer at Automattic and WordPress plugin developer. He posts photos at In Photos and can also be found on Mastodon.

2 thoughts on “The old Nik Collection is still free

  1. Unfortunately, the old free Nik collection doesn’t work in the latest versions of Mac OS.
    The installer stops with the message, “This version of Nik Collection requires Mac OS 10.7 or newer in order to proceed with the installation process. The installer will now quit.”

    It seems there are ways to get some of the applications running, but they probably won’t work as Lightroom or Photoshop plugins because of the change in architecture of Mac machines in recent years.

    I think your best bet is to buy the latest version if you need it. The free versions are from 2016. An eternity in software.

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