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ryanpennone
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October 17, 2014
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Compatibility with Yosemite — Illustrator CS5

  • October 17, 2014
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Are there any known issues with upgrading to Yosemite if you are using the CS5 suite. I currently run Mavericks and Illustrator CS5 and I'm nervous that if I upgrade to Yosemite my CS5 suite will not work. Has anyone upgraded to Yosemite that is still using CS5 as well? Any input would be appreciated I am going to hold off on upgrading for now.

All the best,

Ryan

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      Correct answer TheUlser

      This has bugged me immensely as well, not seeing the font preview. BUT I FOUND A FIX! I'm so happy..

      Open System Preferences and go to Accessibility. Next, select Display from the source list along the left, then check the box labelled “Reduce transparency.”


      This will fix the issue with font preview not being visible in Illustrator CS5

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      johnzlife
      johnzlife
      Participating Frequently
      December 4, 2019

      Thanks for that. I can see! (them).

      Any idea on last macbook pro OS/(year make and model) that is comapatible with CS5. Thanks!

      johnzlife
      johnzlife
      Participating Frequently
      December 4, 2019

      Thanks!

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      AmandaJonesBK
      Participant
      August 26, 2015

      I just bought a new macbook pro retina running yosemite and illustrator keeps crashing upon saving. any ideas on how to fix this?

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      norahj95550474
      Participant
      August 27, 2015

      I have had so many problems with my Mid 2014 Retina MBP (Yosemite) and CS5.

      - When saving files, I have to save them to the same folder as the last job I worked on, or it will crash and I lose my work.

      - Scrolling through fonts using the pulldown menus will crash Illustrator

      - after an hour or so of working, I lose the key commands, especially the shift/option to duplicate and drag in a line, or to hold the shift to resize a box in proportion

      On a general note with Yosemite, I can't drag and drop files using the desktop menus, it crashes the finder!

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      AmandaJonesBK
      Participant
      August 27, 2015

      So how did you end up fixing it?

      Did you talk to Adobe about it?

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      whitt@triad.rr.com
      Participant
      April 29, 2015

      I just bought a new Retina iMac and tried Illustrator CS5. It will open but crashes often. I would say it's not stable with Yosemite.

      rombel
      rombel
      Participant
      January 11, 2015

      Hi All,

      I know I'm in the dark ages, but I am still running CS3 and I am having such problems with Illustrator once upgraded to Yosemite, I have downloaded all the Java scripts, did the System Prefs thing re transparency, however the problem I'm having is that Illustrator opens if I double click on the document from my folder, but I cannot get anything to work, there are no tool bars, top bar, I can't even click on the page to select anything and if I want to close the application, I have to go tho the icon in my roll away menu and select "quit"...Is there anything I can do to fix my problem, without purchasing a new CS.

      P.S, I don't have any of my disc to reinstall

      TIA

      Monika Gause
      Community Expert
      Monika GauseCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      January 11, 2015

      rombel schrieb:

      Is there anything I can do to fix my problem, without purchasing a new CS.

      Downgrade the system.

      DmoeRKC
      DmoeRKC
      Participant
      December 5, 2014

      You are a saint... I do apparel design, like spirit shirts for schools or events, So I have 100+ fonts and not being able to see them has made the past week dreadful... thank you so much.

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        Anonymous
        December 2, 2014

        I thought I was fine, I mostly work in CS5 AI and I just had to fix the JAVA thing but today making PDFs in Photoshop there are BIG problems. I cannot save a PS pdf high res anymore, they only come out as 500k ish files.  I reinstalled PS, seemed to work that it started happening again. UGH.

        Maire
        Maire
        Participant
        November 29, 2014

        Does anyone know if you have to re-install adobe CS5 when you update to Yosemite? I'm looking to update, but don't have my Adobe discs with me, so would be in a sticky situation if that were to happen!

        Maire

        Monika Gause
        Community Expert
        Monika GauseCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        November 29, 2014

        Usually you have to uninstall, use the Cleaner Tool and reinstall Adobe software when upgrading Mac OS.

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        haversdesign
        Participant
        November 12, 2014

        Thanks so much for this tip, I am now a happy Canadian camper.

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        Squid Lines
        Participant
        November 19, 2014

        Still can't get my CS5 to find the start up profiles,

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        Squid Lines
        Participant
        November 19, 2014

        Reinstalled cs5 3 times with no luck can't even find the folders for the profiles on my drive

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        Luxter_1715
        Participant
        November 11, 2014

        I agree. This is the same solution I used.

        However, one thing to add to this - I did not have any problems until I switched to an older Apple Cinema HD display. My newer 27" Apple LED Cinema Display had no issues with Yosemite and Illustrator.

        So, the display matters, too.

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        Anonymous
        November 6, 2014

        Upgrading to Yosemite caused a flickering cursor issue in Adobe Illustrator CS5! It's very difficult to use the pen tool or anything requirnig precision. Basically anytime I stop moving my mouse the cursor shows the black arrow instead of whatever tool I'm using. Extremely annoying and inhibiting. Any advice would be amazing!

          HyperPing
          HyperPing
          Participating Frequently
          November 6, 2014

          Whaleskin, I had an issue in AI 5.5 with not being able to see my font list from the dropdown. Someone suggested that I go to my System Prefs/Accessibility/Display and check 'Reduce Transparency'. This fixed my problem, perhaps it will alleviate yours.

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