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April 18, 2018
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Is Dreamweaver CS 5.5 compatible with Mac OS X High Sierra or El Capitan?

  • April 18, 2018
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I want to upgrade my computer from OS X 10.10.5 but I don't want to loose my Dreamweaver CS 5.5 as I cannot afford to purchase and upgrade of Dreamweaver and I will loose my website.  Just a very very tiny enterprise and it would put me out of business. Several years ago I lost Photoshop on an upgrade and I cannot afford to replace it. But I can upgrade my Mac for free.

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Correct answer Nancy OShea

Creative Suite installers won't work on macOS Sierra, High Sierra or Mojave without terminal workarounds. See the help article below.
https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/install-creative-suite-mac-os-sierra.html

 

CS5 and CS6 are on life support. But they can still be activated providing you have the following:
1. your original media (disks or downloads) you received at purchase and an optical reader,
2. a legitimate serial number for that version, language and platform (Win/Mac) and if it was an upgrade, a qualifying serial number from an older product,
3. an older operating system that can support legacy 32-bit apps.

 

Modern Creative cloud apps require a computer that meets these CPU & GPU requirements.

  • Windows 11 (64-bit), Windows 10 versions 22H2, 21H2, 21H1;
  • MacOS 13 (Ventura), 12 (Monterey), macOS 11 (Big Sur).

- 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

Hope that helps.

 

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Participant
March 10, 2023

I am running DW CS5.5 on Mojave 10.14.6 despite all sorts of warnings. Different story with Photoshop where I had to go monthly.

Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Nancy OSheaCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
March 10, 2023

Creative Suite installers won't work on macOS Sierra, High Sierra or Mojave without terminal workarounds. See the help article below.
https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/install-creative-suite-mac-os-sierra.html

 

CS5 and CS6 are on life support. But they can still be activated providing you have the following:
1. your original media (disks or downloads) you received at purchase and an optical reader,
2. a legitimate serial number for that version, language and platform (Win/Mac) and if it was an upgrade, a qualifying serial number from an older product,
3. an older operating system that can support legacy 32-bit apps.

 

Modern Creative cloud apps require a computer that meets these CPU & GPU requirements.

  • Windows 11 (64-bit), Windows 10 versions 22H2, 21H2, 21H1;
  • MacOS 13 (Ventura), 12 (Monterey), macOS 11 (Big Sur).

- 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

Hope that helps.

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
B i r n o u
Legend
April 19, 2018

as usual you can also install a virtual machine ... so you will update your OS... and running your older OS under a VM...

Oracle VM VirtualBox - Downloads | Oracle Technology Network | Oracle

so you will have optimisation on both side... (if your machine processor allows to install higher OS builds)

Participant
May 31, 2018

@Birnou how does one install a virtual machine please?

B i r n o u
Legend
May 31, 2018

well you had the link in the previous message

Oracle VM VirtualBox - Downloads | Oracle Technology Network | Oracle

so you just have to download the appropriate installer, and run it...

then you launch VM Virtualbox.

from there you can then install as many virtual machine and virtual environment that you need

6.3. Creating a New Virtual Machine in VirtualBox

does this help ?

Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 18, 2018

If you must keep using  legacy software, keep your old OS.    CS5.5 is not certified to run on newer Mac OS.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
saraquel1Author
Participant
April 19, 2018

Thanks a million!