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iPirate727
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October 26, 2017
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2018 CC Apps Compatibility with High Sierra - Can I Upgrade?

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I've been searching the forums and Google for what seems like weeks trying to make sure that everything is going to be compatible with High Sierra before I pull the trigger and upgrade.  All of the threads are clogged up with people using old version of either CS or CC before the latest app releases.  So the question I and everyone I know wants to know is:

Are the 2018 CC apps that Adobe just released compatible with iOS 10.3 HIGH SIERRA?  Should I Upgrade if I have a CC all apps membership?

My goto apps are: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign & Premiere.  Can I make this happen?

Thanks in advance for your help.

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    mattc99874635
    Participant
    November 29, 2017

    I installed High Sierra this week and I wish I had seen this forum before I had. I have had nothing but issues with Photoshop since I did the upgrade. Nothing that stops me from working but some little glitches that are annoying. The one I have at the moment. You know how if you have your cap locks on the cursor doesn't display the size. Well its now as if I have my cap locks on when I don't. I can't see the size of my brush or the size of the area I am cloning. Super annoying.

    gener7
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    gener7Community Expert
    Community Expert
    November 29, 2017

    There's also a problem in that the root account shipped without a password in High Sierra.

    A fix is out:  About the security content of Security Update 2017-001 - Apple Support

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    josephtrinh
    Participant
    November 25, 2017

    I'd been thinking to upgrade to the 27" 5K retina, but after reading all the problems every one is experiencing, I better wait. With an old iMac (24-inch, Early 2009) still running OS El Capitan, had no problem with all photoshop apps.

    Thanks every one for the info updated.....

    comunicamasa
    comunicamasa
    Participant
    November 23, 2017

    Tengo una Mac Pro 6,1 nueva le instale High Sierra y el ultimo Creative cloud y esta super lenta, hay veces que no puedo pasar de un programa a otro es decir estpy creando una imagen en Photoshop y quiero pasarla al Illustrator y no pasa se queda con la imagen del programa anterior. luego no quieren esconderse las ventanas (hide) y ya no es solo creative cloud tambien sucede con Google Chrome que no quiere minimizar. pero depsues de usar programas de creative cloud

    sunerandgarcia
    sunerandgarcia
    Participant
    November 20, 2017

    Fixed!!!

    I had to re-format my $#%$#%$# hard drive, and re-install everything.

    To be honest, I was really super mad at this update, so I decided to back up everything to an external hard drive, re-format and re-intall everything. I lost a whole day dealing with this.

    I do not recommend this to anyone, results might be different. Anyways I reinstalled the High Sierra and All of the current Adobe programs and it is super fast. I have a Mac mini I7 with 16GB and faster than when I originally bought it.

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    elainen97169879
    Participant
    November 21, 2017

    Same!

    It was just ridiculously impossible to work, so this was the best.

    But, yeah. I think people should wait for "solved versions", cause this was too much headache!

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    edr13564590
    Participant
    November 21, 2017

    Does anyone know if Photoshop CS5 will work with High Sierra?

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    iPirate727Author
    Inspiring
    November 20, 2017

    I'm the one who made the original post and feared the worst based on all of the reports (mostly from people using pre-2018 software).  I took the plunge over a week ago and installed High Sierra, and then installed the updated CC 2018 apps.  I have not had one problem.  Not a glitch, not a crash, nothing so far.  Since this is a short week, I will really be taking these programs through their paces now through Wednesday.  Again, I'll immediately report back if there is a problem, but so far, nothing.

    I'm using a late 2015 5K iMac Retina with an SSD (which is the only type of drive you can currently upgrade to APFS).

    I even had concerns about reading from an external drive, as many of us do, but there have been no read/right concerns there, either.  Even when copying from the old format to the new and then opening, or saving to the new after opening from the old.  Not a bump.

    Crossing my fingers I haven't just jinxed myself.  :-)

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      MelissaLA88
      Participating Frequently
      November 20, 2017

      iPirate727  wrote

      I'm the one who made the original post and feared the worst based on all of the reports (mostly from people using pre-2018 software).  I took the plunge over a week ago and installed High Sierra, and then installed the updated CC 2018 apps.  I have not had one problem.  Not a glitch, not a crash, nothing so far.  Since this is a short week, I will really be taking these programs through their paces now through Wednesday.  Again, I'll immediately report back if there is a problem, but so far, nothing.

      I'm using a late 2015 5K iMac Retina with an SSD (which is the only type of drive you can currently upgrade to APFS).

      I even had concerns about reading from an external drive, as many of us do, but there have been no read/right concerns there, either.  Even when copying from the old format to the new and then opening, or saving to the new after opening from the old.  Not a bump.

      Crossing my fingers I haven't just jinxed myself.  :-)

      That's wonderful to know! Glad you haven't had any issues! Hope this continues for you!

      karlitanerdita
      karlitanerdita
      Participant
      November 20, 2017

      Thanks to everybody for their priceless feedback! I am not updating to High Sierra for a while now - especially since the iMac retina users have had problems (from what i read here the Macbook Pro doesn't have as many issues though?).

      Would be nice to get official feedback from Adobe though!

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        marioq7124@gmail.com
        Participant
        November 19, 2017

        High Sierra,2013 later MAC pro, Adobe CC 2018 Photoshop crash my MAC.

        NOW, I can do nothing , but shout down my mac again and again..... HELP !!

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          KMM-Nicole_Signor
          Participant
          April 2, 2018

          I've had nothing but issues with trying to even get High Sierra to install on my 2011 Macbook Pro. just keeps having me restart.... Any  one know how help on how to proceed with that??

          & secondly I have a macbook air (2015/2016) and it's having issues downloading Adobe CC, (I already have CS6, but it's not responding to Camera Raw files, from a Canon 7D mark ii... Any one know anything about that?

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          MelissaLA88
          Participating Frequently
          November 17, 2017

          I would not update to High Sierra at this time. I work at a university with 5 iMac computer labs and I am not taking any of them to High Sierra until all of the issues have been resolved. That being said, I know people who have upgraded to High Sierra. I did not see any issues on my personal machine at home (MBP 2015), but I have seen issues with people at work. That being said... WAIT. DON'T DO IT.

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          mcneesek
          Participant
          November 17, 2017

          I can confirm that Mac OS High Sierra has created so many problems with every version of Adobe CC that I have. The programs close unexpectedly, choke on basic functions, freeze and sometimes won't even open at all (opens and then immediately crashes with error messages of unexpected failings).

          My coworker has NOT upgraded and has zero issues.

          Really disappointed in Adobe that this issue has not been addressed. I have downloaded all the latest versions.

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            dhpd
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            November 17, 2017

            Please include your system profile.

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            iPirate727Author
            Inspiring
            November 15, 2017

            Update:  I have taken the plunge and updated to High Sierra on my production iMac 5K (2015), but haven't tried taking any of the Adobe programs through their paces.  I will report back as often as possible.  I may also start a Slack channel if there is interest.  Let me know.  That way, we can share our experiences.  -Ken

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            dhpd
            Participating Frequently
            November 17, 2017

            What's your computer system like?

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