Uninstalling old components of Photoshop Elements

Hi Jeff,

Thank you for tackling this for me. I will try to answer your questions in sufficient detail to give you the information that you need to help me.

My computer with this issue is a MacPro Desktop using Mac OS X Lion Version 10.7.5.

To uninstall PHOTOSHOP Elements 10 I opened my computer's hard drive icon, then I opened the Applications folder and within that I am pretty sure that I opened a folder titled Adobe Photoshop Elements 10. Within that folder I remember seeing and clicking on Uninstall. It did uninstall Photoshop Elements 10 but it did not uninstall the folder labelled Adobe Elements 10 Organizer.

I'm wondering if the reason why it did not uninstall the Organizer is because I also have, and do not want to uninstall, Adobe PREMIERE Elements 10. Does Premiere use the same organizer as Photoshop Elements? If so, that would explain why that did not uninstall and why I should not uninstall the Organizer now. Please advise.

Also, within my Applications folder I also found a folder labelled Adobe Photoshop Elements 9. However, the only thing in that folder is another folder labelled Plug-Ins. Those plug-ins (Google -- formerly known as Nik) seem to be the exact same ones that I now use in Photoshop Elements 12. The dates of the various subfolders are between Oct. and Dec. of this year -- which is years after I stopped using Photoshop Elements 9. I don't want to install the plug-ins from Photoshop Elements 12. There is a folder with those same plug-ins within my folder from Photoshop Elements 12. When I update those plug-ins, does the updater look for those plug-ins wherever they are? That would explain why current versions of the plug-ins are also in a folder that is no longer associated with a program (Photoshop Elements 9 no longer seems to be on my computer.

I hope that I have not confused the issues. If you need further clarification before you can give me answers that you have confidence in, please let me know.

Also, and this is completely unrelated, I will be taking delivery of a new MacBook Pro Retina this evening. I must install Photoshop Elements 12 and the same Nik/Google plug-ins on it. I phoned Apple and, despite what I've been reading on the forums about no version of Photoshop Elements working satisfactorily with MacBook Pro Retinas due to screen issues, the senior Apple technician told me that he is running Photoshop Elements 12 on his MacBook Pro Retina and it works fine. Before I install it, can you give me any advice?

Thank you.

Jan