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November 5, 2021
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Creative Cloud update issues - a permanent anger

  • November 5, 2021
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Hello all.
I have to post my annoyance with Adobe's approach to Creative Cloud updates and would be happy to hear about your experiences.

 

I think Adobe is making life unnecessarily difficult for users in this point. Not only that almost every 1st to 2nd week updates are made, but to make matters worse, there are several other points that make it difficult for a user to work:
1. Constant updates to icons and their text, why do I have to do this? I have the Adobe applications collected in a folder on the desktop, which I have to replace regularly because it can no longer find the old icons.
2. Constant renewal of functions, removing useful functions such as the camera to take a high resolution picture.
3. Again and again the plugin management was changed, so that certain plugins no longer work.
4. In irregular intervals certain settings, if they were not standard settings, are gone, although their preservation was selected during the update.
5. Working offline is hardly possible in the meantime. What should notebook owners do when they are on the road?
6. With the updates it is also often pointed out that it also improves the security. Is it possible to refuse an installation? I think not.

And more. I spend hours of hours to set the Apps to run properly.

 

Hello Adobe! It all costs nerves, time and money! And does not support productivity.
Unfortunately, such feedback hardly reaches the ears of the people in charge.
Not to mention the contact possibilities.
Too bad Adobe - there was another way!

Rob
(Technical Writer)

 

 

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AxelMatt
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 5, 2021

I usually have no problems installing the updates.

 

Nobody forces you to install every update. You can switch off the automatic update check and installation.

See here https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/creative-cloud-updates.html

how to manage check and installing updates.

 

 

My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 25H2 -- LR-Classic 15 - Photoshop 27 - Nik Collection 8 - PureRAW 5 - Topaz Photo
Rob_69Author
Participating Frequently
November 5, 2021

Hi Axel.

Yes, This is right.
But as i say, if there are a comment "the update will solve security issues". Which choice you have?
All things around updates costs the Admins / Users a lot of time.

It is nice to have new features, but - for my opinion - the update intervals are too short and the problems avoid from work and causes less productivity.

This must not be.

John Waller
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 5, 2021

You still have choices. You can manually install updates whenever it's convenient for you.

 

I choose to install updates about once or twice per month. Never had any issues with them.