Catalina and Adobe Photoshop CS6 Install Version - Help?
Hi.
This has definitely been asked before; however, I'm honestly not seeing any real help/guidance pertaining to this topic. Years ago, I purchased an install-version of Adobe Photoshop CS6, which ran close to $900 CAD. I used this software of my Macbook Pro 2011, which eventually died on me in 2018. I've been using a Macbook Air 2018, which did not have the processing power to run Photoshop. This week I decided, two years later, to purchase an iMac, a $1500 computer, largely with the intention of diving back into graphic design and running PS.
This is a new computer and it came pre-installed with Catalina. I purchased a disc drive to run PS. When I went to install the software, Apple informs me of the 32-bit/64-bit issue. My version of PS is 32-bit. Catalina requires 64-bit. They advise to contact Adobe.
I do this. An agent informs me of three solutions:
- Downgrade my Apple OS. I don't want to do this. It came pre-installed and everybody knows that eventually Apple will force you to upgrade by slowly making things less and less accessible on your devices unless you continue to upgrade.
- Switch out to Elements. This is not the same as PS, obviously.
- Move to Creative Cloud. How is this even an option? I spent hundreds of dollars on this program and now they expect me to pay upwards of $50/mo for the same software?
This feels like a gigantic scam to me, but I don't know what else to do here. Has anyone found a workaround? How about Adobe refunds me the amount for a program which they have decided is no longer supported (so that everyone can move to the subscription-based version)? Or they switch out serial numbers, cancel my 32-bit version, nullifying it to ensure it cannot be downloaded again, for a 64-bit version? Or how about they at the very least offer their CC versions at a reduced rate?
