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June 27, 2025
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I really MISS PhotoShop 7 on my Mac for U.S. Patent drawings

  • June 27, 2025
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I've been using PhotoShop since about PS3 in the late 1990's.  It has been my go-to package for scores of drawings in 11 granted U.S. Patents.  Since my patent work is proprietary, I don't trust or use the cloud.  I got tired of screaming at Windows and slowly switched to Mac, mostly minis, starting with the PowerPC version.  So now I use PhotoShop 7.01 on a Mac M2 mini using CrossOver.  CrossOver doesn't fully support PS7, and sometimes the glitches are even worse that dealing with PS7 on my faltering Win7 computer (now out in storage).  I could learn to use Gimp, but have strong muscle-memory in PS7, and I've gotten way to old to learn new things easily.  

 

I really, really want a full-featured, stand-alone, buy once version of PS7 that runs securely, reliably and natively in MacOS on either Intel or Mac silicon.  

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c.pfaffenbichler
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June 28, 2025
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Since my patent work is proprietary, I don't trust or use the cloud.

Even with a Cloud License one can work locally, one need not use cloud storage or Generative Fill and the other AI-dependent features that transfer image data to Adobe servers for processing. 

 

I wonder, though, what the nature of the drawings is and if a vector based application might not be a better fit. 

Peru Bob
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June 28, 2025

Unfortunately, I think that is a pipe dream.

Adobe is quite happy with the subscription model.