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Ok to uninstall previous Dreamweavers ?

  • December 3, 2020
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Is it ok to uninstall a previous version of DW? I have multiple DW versions now. I am afraid it's overloading my Mac.

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    Correct answer Jon Fritz

    Each version of Dreamweaver takes up around 2GB or less of actual hard drive space. As Ben mentions, unless they're running (only 1 version can be run at any given time) there's no danger that they'll somehow overload your system. I personally have 2-4 versions of every Adobe program I use installed on my testing system without issue.

    The only thing I can think to mention is, when Adobe releases a dot release, say going from version 20.0 to 20.1, the second will overwrite the first when it's installed. Full version releases (for example 15.0 and 21.0) can exist at the same time on the same machine, without being overwritten.

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    Nancy OShea
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    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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    December 4, 2020

    Ditto to what Ben and Jon said. 

    I'll just add that if you use old 3rd party extensions, they might not work with the latest versions of DW. 

    And owing to the version policy, pre-2019 versions are no longer available from your CC Desktop app.

     

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      Jon Fritz
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      Jon FritzCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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      December 3, 2020

      Each version of Dreamweaver takes up around 2GB or less of actual hard drive space. As Ben mentions, unless they're running (only 1 version can be run at any given time) there's no danger that they'll somehow overload your system. I personally have 2-4 versions of every Adobe program I use installed on my testing system without issue.

      The only thing I can think to mention is, when Adobe releases a dot release, say going from version 20.0 to 20.1, the second will overwrite the first when it's installed. Full version releases (for example 15.0 and 21.0) can exist at the same time on the same machine, without being overwritten.

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        Ben MCommunity Expert
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        December 3, 2020

        It's definitely ok.  I usually do it a little bit after the new version is installed in case there are any issues.  However, only programs that are running that cause your computer to become slow or overloaded.  Unfortunately with modern Macs you cannot upgrade the memory once you purchase the computer so I don't know what your options outside of trying to stop programs from being actively running on your computer.

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