Adobe cs5 on new Mac

[jm33]

Currently using Yosemite on older computer. Want to purchase new computer with High Sierra and I want to continue using Adobe cs5 apps but don't know if it will work past Yosemite. If it doesn't I want to partition new computer with Yosemite but I don't remember how I installed Yosemite, not purchased and don't have installer. Anybody know if any of this can work, and where I can get installer. Can I install from backup of current computer?

 

[honestone]

First, it looks like Adobe CS5 applications have not been updated for High Sierra, and thus are "problematic" with High Sierra. This link discusses all Adobe apps and High Sierra:

https://blog.conradchavez.com/2017/09/25/macos-10-13-high-sierra-will-adobe-software-work/

Secondly, if you have a Time Machine backup, it is not bootable, but based on this:

http://osxdaily.com/2015/08/24/restore-mac-from-time-machine-backup/

you can do a complete restore of the Mac OS (Yosemite), all your applications, files, settings, etc. However, if your new Mac has an SSD, and already has High Sierra installed, that SSD will be formatted as APFS, and Yosemite is not compatible with APFS. But, using Disk Utility, you should be able to partition the drive, and for that second (empty) partition, Erase and Format it as Mac OS Extended (Journaled).

What I am unsure of is whether using the High Sierra version of the Recovery HD partition (that is what that link is talking about above) will work. I suspect it will, but maybe someone else with more expertise (Cory, we need you!) can clarify this. I myself would go about this differently, but to do that, you would need a bootable backup/clone created by either SuperDuper! (I use it) or Carbon Copy Cloner.

 

[Cory Cooper]

Hello,

Adobe CS5 apps are definitely not officially compatible with High Sierra. There are reports of them working, albeit with some issues. CS5 was originally released in 2010, with the latest version, 5.5, in 2011. The original versions of OS X that it was designed for were 10.5/10.6. Because of that, I wouldn't expect or rely on it to work well.

If you buy a new/current Mac, unfortunately it will not support Yosemite, so there isn't the possibility of setting up a dual-boot/partition to run it along side High Sierra to allow use of CS5. Normally, when Mac models are released, they can only support the version of OS X they ship with and newer. If you are buying a more current used Mac, it would depend on the model.

Hope that helps a bit,

C

 

[honestone]

Thanks Cory to that clarification. I actually never knew that when Appel releases a new Mac model, it only supports the OS it ships with, and of course "some" future versions of the Mac OS. Hence, with my purchase of the mid 2017 13" MacBook Air back in December, it came with High Sierra, and thus that is the "oldest" Mac OS the machine can accommodate. I am running the latest version, OS 10.13.3.

 

[OC Joe]

Currently using Yosemite on older computer. Want to purchase new computer with High Sierra and I want to continue using Adobe cs5 apps but don't know if it will work past Yosemite. If it doesn't I want to partition new computer with Yosemite but I don't remember how I installed Yosemite, not purchased and don't have installer. Anybody know if any of this can work, and where I can get installer. Can I install from backup of current computer?

 

[OC Joe]

I just did the same thing but with CS6. Unfortunately I had a site license for CS6 from a previous job (it's not in my name). I made what I believe was a big mistake by signing up for iCloud. All applications and data were transferred to my new iMac by the shop where I bought it. When I went to use Photoshop (after signing up for iCloud) I got a prompt asking if I was ready to start my free trial period of Photoshop....? I got totally locked out of my own software and not sure but think it had something to do with iCloud. I still have my old iMac and now just use it for CS6 (I don't even hook it up to the Internet). I am told CS6 should work on High Sierra but with the next new OS no software will work that is not 64 bit and will require ALL new software.

 

[John Blake]

Currently using Yosemite on older computer. Want to purchase new computer with High Sierra and I want to continue using Adobe cs5 apps but don't know if it will work past Yosemite. If it doesn't I want to partition new computer with Yosemite but I don't remember how I installed Yosemite, not purchased and don't have installer. Anybody know if any of this can work, and where I can get installer. Can I install from backup of current computer?

I use CS5.1 Extended and it works great on both my Macs with OS 10.13.5. When I upgraded I had to do a Java upgrade and that's all it took. Good luck.

 

[OC Joe]

I also recently got a new Mac using High Sierra replacing my older system using Yosemite (see previous post in this thread) and had Creative Suite for CS6. I found that you must have the original serial number to open CS6 on the High Sierra OS. The first time you attempt to open any CS6 apps you will be prompted to begin your "free trial" for software you already own. There is, however, a button on that window to register your software. I thought that was for people with new software but I used it and input my original serial number and everything opened fine. My CS6 software as well as ALL my software works roughly the same as my old Mac maybe even slower. That is because High Sierra functions on 32 bit software, the old 16 bit software works with High Sierra but same speed or slower. My tech Mac guy tells me High Sierra is the last Mac OS that will run 16 bit software at all and with the next upgrade nothing except 32 bit software will run.

 

[honestone]

My tech Mac guy tells me High Sierra is the last Mac OS that will run 16 bit software at all and with the next upgrade nothing except 32 bit software will run.

Actually it is 32 bit software. High Sierra (OS 10.13.x) is the last Mac OS to support 32 bit software. Starting with OS 10.14 (Mojave), only 64 bit software can run on Macs.