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catarinaf75183014
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July 16, 2018
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How much space do these apps take?

  • July 16, 2018
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Hey! I have a new laptop with a 256gb SSD and a 1tb HDD and 16gb RAM. My OS is on the SSD and I have 156gb left. My HDD is empty. I don't store images or anything on the computer, I use an external hard drive for that. It's only applications that I have on the pc.

Where should I install Photoshop, Illustrator, and inDesign? Should I run the programs on one and have the temp files on the other? I'm not looking for speed with the programs, I just don't want the pc overall to be slow.
The answers I found googling only made me more unsure.
I'm not very knowledgeable on these things and I want to use the drives smartly so they can maybe last longer, so please help.
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    Correct answer Bani Verma

    Hi Catarinaf75183014,

    You have mentioned you would like to install your Adobe Creative Cloud apps on a different drive to manage your hard drive space. Yes, you can certainly do that, however, we would suggest that you install your application on the primary drive or C drive only.

    You can configure the installation destination from within the Creative Cloud app preferences. Please be aware that there will still be shared resources stored to your primary drive, In addition during the install process temporary files will also be created on your primary drive.

    Please see the screenshot below for more information:

    Note: If you have already installed apps then you'll have to uninstall them and make the location changes in Creative Cloud Desktop app, after that reboot the machine and now install your apps again and it should install on newly selected location.

    Let us know if this helps.

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    Bani Verma
    Bani VermaCorrect answer
    Legend
    July 16, 2018

    Hi Catarinaf75183014,

    You have mentioned you would like to install your Adobe Creative Cloud apps on a different drive to manage your hard drive space. Yes, you can certainly do that, however, we would suggest that you install your application on the primary drive or C drive only.

    You can configure the installation destination from within the Creative Cloud app preferences. Please be aware that there will still be shared resources stored to your primary drive, In addition during the install process temporary files will also be created on your primary drive.

    Please see the screenshot below for more information:

    Note: If you have already installed apps then you'll have to uninstall them and make the location changes in Creative Cloud Desktop app, after that reboot the machine and now install your apps again and it should install on newly selected location.

    Let us know if this helps.

      kglad
      Community Expert
      kgladCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      July 16, 2018

      google:  <program name> specs

      for specs on each program.

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