Partial Deletion of Pre-Installed Creative Cloud from New Mac Studio M1 Ultra

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November 19, 2022
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The title says it all. I'm new to Apple computers. Since 1999 I've been building and overclocking PC's. Now I bought a Mac because of photography, Lightroom and Windows 11. I didn't know Creative Cloud was a crucial program for this Mac machine. I thought it was an unnecessary, watered down version of Adobe Creative Cloud. Then I read somewhere, after I partially deleted the program, that it is an essential part of Ventura. That's when I said, "Uh oh!" I contacted Apple support this morning and they suggested that I contact the developer to determine if the part of the program that is still on the machine is enough to function without a problem. I didn't backup the machine using TimeMachine because I didn't know about it. I saw it in settings and overlooked it. After the incident, I searched online for the description of the program. Too late! Now I've learned an important lesson about Mac OS. What can I do to restore this, if necessary?

Attached first image displays the machine information. The second image is a screenshot of the result of a search for Creative Cloud. The items displayed are what's left of Creative Cloud. Thank you for the help I receive here. I hope you all remain safe, healthy and covid-19 free.

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Nancy OShea

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If you're more comfortable on a PC, I question why you thought you need a Mac to do photo editing.

Current Creative Cloud apps work on Windows PCs with the latest updates. Just make sure your computer meets the minimum CPU & GPU requirements.

Windows 11 (64-bit), Windows 10 versions 21H2, 21H1, 20H2, (LTSB branches are not supported;)
macOS 12 (Monterey), macOS 11 (Big Sur), macOS 10.16 or 10.15 (Catalina).

- https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/system-requirements.html
- https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/system-requirements.html
- https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/photoshop-cc-gpu-card-faq.html

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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Creative Cloud is nothing to do with Apple, and they don't put it on your Mac. But it is a vital part of The infrastructure for installing and running Adobe's subscription apps like Lightroom. Leave it be unless you want rid of the apps.