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October 2, 2021
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CS6 master collection....what system can I us to verify my serial code on CD

  • October 2, 2021
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Hi .....I own CS6 Student Master Collection with serial number on a CD.

i just bought some old Mac laptops and the systems on them are El Capitan.

Adobe informs me that the software will not verify with them ......as they dont support El Capitan in their servers to do this. They suggest I upgrade my system to Mojave.

Q: I was told cs6 does not work on certain Mac systems like Mojave’s? Is this true (or)will my software work on Maverick? Just need indsign, photoshop and acrobat to me.

 

totally at a loss as to why I have been cut out from my product and don’t want to change server to find out - they don’t verify the software again.

 

 

thanks Daryl

 

 

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    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    October 2, 2021

    @daryl7372 

    TLS 1.2 (Transport Layer Security) connections are required now.  Older TLS 1.0 and 1.1 are end of life.

     

    According to my sources, Apple did not release full TLS1.2 protocols until macOS 10.9.1 (Mavericks).  You would need to upgrade your OS accordingly and get a better browser with TLS 1.2 enabled.  Otherwise, you cannot connect to Adobe's servers.   See below for more details.

     

    Hope that helps.

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    daryl7372Author
    Inspiring
    October 2, 2021

    Thanks .....do you know if the adobe programs will work when upgraded to Maverick?

    I had t put Java 6 in on El Capitan ....not sure if Indsign, Photoshop and Acrobat would be fine?

    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    October 2, 2021

    CS6 should work on Mavericks with the 10.9.1 update.  But we can make no guarantees with discontinued software.  You'll just have to try it and see...

     

    Good luck!

     

     

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    John T Smith
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    October 2, 2021

    I am on Windows, so this saved link is all I can offer

    Apple did not maintain backward compatibility, so try this to install old programs
    https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/install-creative-suite-mac-os-sierra.html

     

    Oh... and Adobe has recently updated connection security

    TLS 1.2 is required https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/multi/eol-tls-support.html

     

    The CS5/CS6 server is still active, the earlier server has been removed

    -https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite.html?promoid=19SCDRQK