Fresh install of CS6 Serial number validation issue Sierra and Yosemite

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August 11, 2021
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Has anyone else had trouble validating serial numbers during the install process of CS6 in the last week or so?

I cant get it to validate a legit serial number that is registered to my adobe account. When I try to validate the serial number it comes up with a “Please connect to the Internet and retry” error, saying it isn’t connected to the internet. If I hit retry it will come up with the same screen again and if I hit connect it will let me install and even run updates of the programs but won’t validate, which will only leave the software useable for 7days.

I have tried this on both a Sierra and Yosemite Mac, both freshly reformatted and I get the same problem. I also tried from home and through my phone just incase our work router, internet, virus protection software was casuing issues. The strange thing is that I reformatted a machine last month and its all OK.

I spent time on adobe chat last night and they even issued me a new serial number, but that didnt work either and now they wont talk to me in chat saying the product is no longer supported.

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MarekB839

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I have manged this. I went to /Applications and clicked on Adobe Application Manager. It said that it needed to be updated. I did it. After and update it changed its name into Adobe Creative Cloud - logged into my account and suddenly I was able to register my LR6 on fresh installation of macOS High Sierra.

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Moxie Cat

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I am having the EXACT same problem as you - trying to install CS6 Master Collection on a Sierra Mac and I keep getting this message. I have run through every single one of their activation issue tips (even downloaded their little checker program), and my computer checks out for all of them. I installed this same software on a different Sierra Mac last spring and it worked fine, so something is obviously different now. The information in this post and the comments is illuminating - but I wish there would be a solution!

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alan.kirkAuthor

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Yep thats the same problem Im having, I last did an install in May 2021 and it worked fine

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Moxie Cat

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Thanks Nancy, and I feel your pain Moxie Cat.

Im using the latest browers even tried installing Java8 as per the link suggestion and it still dosent validate. The workarounds dont seem to work even though the deprecation of the TLS 1.0 and 1.1 protocols does seem to be the most likely cause, as the timing fits in with being able to do it one month and then not being able to do it the month after.

Its definitley not a leagacy installer issue.

Sierra actually lets you install CS6 the normal way and I have also installed through the terminal server just incase it did something strange to the file on install and I still have the same issue. I actually have 7 machines all set up this way and it is only in the last month or so I have had this issue, CS6 installs fine and works fine, just wont let you validate so you can only use the software for 7 days before it stops working.

I can also confirm - using the terminal workaround as described in the link above does not fix the problem. I am still getting a connection error when the installer tries to verify the serial number. I am using the latest version of Chrome.

It seems obvious that Adobe changed something on its end that now forbids CS6 from being authorized on Macs running Sierra (and probably other OS's as well). Sierra is not that old. I wound up installing CS5 Photoshop just so I could get work done - and that worked fine. So I can install CS5, an older version, but not CS6? How does that make any sense?

I hope this situation gets resolved.

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notro

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I'm having the same problem connecting to the activaiton server. In my case, it's a fresh install of Mavericks (10.9) on a machine I was going to use solely for CS6 apps and screen share to my M1 mini running Big Sur. But it sure seems like Adobe may have cut access to the activation servers from the CS6 version of Adobe Application Manager (6.2.112.0 on my machine) with the deprecation of the TLS 1.0 and 1.1 protocols.

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alan.kirkAuthor

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Could be, but nobody at Adobe seems to know that. But i have tried the above work arounds and still cant get it to work.

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Test Screen Name

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It might be because Adobe have closed down support for an older less secure way of connecting to the web, "TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1". Unfortuinately I can't find out whether this would block yosemite and sierra. https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/multi/eol-tls-support.html

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alan.kirkAuthor

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Thanks so much for your reply.

This is actually a really intresting read and the timing of being able to validated the serial number before and adobe turning inforcing TLS1.2 on July 24 2021 does fit as I am only now experiencing this problem.

https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/multi/eol-tls-support.html

When I read into the info on the link you supplied, it says if affects OS 10.8 and before as well as differnt older web browsers. On the two differnt machines I am running Yosemite10.10 (test machine) on one and Sierra10.12 on the other and I am running Google Chrome 92.0 and Safari 12.12 on both of these machines.

I did notice that it requires Java 8 or later for TLS1.2 and I know CS6 requires Java 6. So I downloaded and installed Java8 to see if that was the issue thinking if I could get it to validate I will uninstall Java8 after validation and then install Java6, but unfortunatley with Java 8 installed it still did not validate.

So I dont think it is this, but it is the most likely reason so far, so I am going to investigate further.

Thanks

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