install a virtual machine (i use parallels but you can use Virtualbox, it's free) with windows and continue to use fireworks.  ... View more

i have now an brand new MBP with catalina 10.15.02 . I installed the newest CC and Illustrator 2020 and Indesign 2020 -> The behavior is now WORSE : both start some strange iCloud data transfer and freeze completely because the iCloud sync is also stuck.     Impossible to work with. I try with a rollback to 2019. ... View more

The best way is to save as PSD with fireworks CS6, you can then import it in AI and it is fully editable ... View more

sure, i'm aware that it is not a good idea to load files directly from a cloud drive. But technically speaking, my (working) file is on the local disc and not on the cloud when i open it with AI (if i open them without internet connection i have no problem at all) - It's just my working folder that is replicated to the cloud for backup purposes - I do not understand why (after all the setting tweaks i've done) AI still triggers the sync of olders files that i am not using at all. My next step will be to reset all adobe configs (not only the AI configs) as i suspect that it is not AI but another Adobe app (bridge?) that keeps track of my file history and start to sync them when they are not. ... View more

i didn't use AI for quite a time, but today i had the chance to see what files are synced : some work files (ai & pdf) that i didn't use for long time -> 21 files with a total of 1,64 GB - It is not clear why these file are synced when illustrator start. I continue my investigation ...    ... View more

Clearing the number of recent files in the preferences did not help. i also cleared all Illustrator Prefs & Caches to have a clean setup. This did not help I found a workaround where illustrator do not freeze : - deactivate the internet connection - start illustrator and open the file - reactivate internet connection -> the icloud syncing starts (and announce me the download of 11 files / 605 MB) in the background so that you can edit the file / use illustrator - but you have to wait till the download is completed to save or open another file i have absolutely no idea what icloud files are downloaded when illustrator start/freeze. srishtib8795206​ i sent you my old cache&pref files - thk u for your support, i hope we can solve this strange problem ... View more

Made some more tests this morning : 1. Start illustrator with blank screen (not home Screen)-> ok 2. Open a local file -> icloud starts syncing files, illustrator freeze 3. Force quit / kill illustrator -> icloud immediately stops syncing files 4. Update Illustrator to v 23.0.4 5. Start Illustrator with blank screen (not home Screen) -> ok 6. Open a local file -> icloud starts syncing files, illustrator freeze 7. Force quit / kill illustrator -> icloud immediately stops syncing files 8. Start Illustrator, open file so it freeze, wait for Icloud sync to finish -> everything is ok it is clear that illustrator starts some strange syncing in the background I'm going to investigate if this can be another workaround : Clearing the number of recent files in the preferences (standard : 20, set to 0) this will take some time as i have to wait that the synced files will be removed locally ... View more

here some more infos regarding the Illustrator issue i can confirm that now illustrator start rapidly with a blank screen BUT the iCloud Sync ist triggered also when i try to open a file that is already on my local disk and illustrator "freeze" again i have to wait til the sync is done for illustrator to "unfreeze" and work normally ... View more

my workaround seems to help : when "show the home screen when no documents are open" is unchecked (it is checked by default), illustrator start rapidly, no freeze or "application not responding" error and no iClound syncing is started. I can now see in the illustrator file selector if a document is locally synced or not The other problem is that i cannot sync it directly from the illustrator file explorer, i must first sync it with the finder. Then i can open it with illustrator. The summary of my investigation is: 1. This happens when using MacOS with the option "Optimise storage space" checked. That means that MacOS delete the local files when space is needed and keep it only in the iCloud until you need it again. 2. When illustrator open his home screen and some recently opened files are not synced locally by iCloud, iCloud starts to sync the files. In the meantime, Illustrator freeze and you have the "application not responding" problem. 3. When iCloud has finished to sync the recently open files, illustrator "unfreeze" and works fine. 4. it will be nice to start syncing a file directly from the illustrator file explorer ... View more

i expect that illustrator start on my mac without freezing and having an "Application not responding" error . Or that Adobe say "illustrator don't work on a mac with icloud" (which is nearly every mac, now). It's that simple ... ... View more

i found an option in the preferences "Open Home Screen when no Document are open" - unchecked it - let's see if it helps ... View more

sorry, this is clearly related to illustrator - I think it has something to do with the recent files in the illustrator start/open view - When you use an icloud synced folder and if this files are only in the cloud, it seems that illustrator wait for this files to be synced to the local drive before it can start. ... View more