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July 29, 2018
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running Creative Suite 4 (esp InDesign) in newer OS

  • July 29, 2018
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     Greetings. I've Used InDesign4 since 2009 as part of CS4. I recently had to upgrade my Mac OS past that InDesign's usable platform to OS 10.13.5 but figured I might still be able to use it, in the same way that installing a legacy Java has allowed me to continue using my old Dreamweaver program with my Mac's new OS.

     Having the Java installed has allowed the InDesign program to open also, but it doesn't function. Old or new files don't open; the side windows (paragraph, chacters, layers, etc.) are not populated.

      An Adobe Forum search led me to https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/install-creative-suite-mac-os-sierra.htm, where Adobe has posted a supposed work-around for operating Creative Suite 5.5, 5, and 4 on High Sierra by mounting the Disk Image file for the Creative Suite application and dragging "the Unix executable to the Terminal."

    I'm not a techhie but can follow a map pretty well. I entered my license number and now have the CS4 DMG on my Mac. However, the above link states I should "Right-click Install.app and select Open Package Contents from the context menu"--and when I right-click on the DMG, I receive no such option (nor do I see an "Install.app" at any point." So all I can currently do is open the DMG naturally, which prompts the non-functioning InDesign CS4 to open on the screen.

    Suggestions? Other work-arounds?

    Thanks!

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    Colin Holgate
    Colin Holgate
    Inspiring
    July 29, 2018

    On the DMG part of things, you're meant to mount the DMG, then right-click on the Install application. In there is the Unix executable they talk about. You don't have to drag it to Terminal, just double click it, it will open Terminal for you. You will see streams of text go by, if an error shows up it might help to figure out what the specific issue is. But hopefully it will install ok.

    BobLevine
    Community Expert
    BobLevineCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 29, 2018

    The number one issue I’ve seen reported is a completely empty workspace with no fix.

    BobLevine
    Community Expert
    BobLevineCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 29, 2018

    If you get CS4 to run on 10.13 you may well be the first to report it. Everyone else that has posted about CS4 has had no success.

    Good luck, you’re going to need it.

    Colin Holgate
    Colin Holgate
    Inspiring
    July 29, 2018

    I'm running macOS 10.14, and can still open Flash Pro CS3. With Flash Pro CS6 there is an issue when importing, you get a crash right away. That turned out to be APFS causing file permissions issues. The work around was to drag my CS6 folder to an external drive that was HFS+ (or journaled, whatever the fancy name is).

    It would be worth trying the same thing with CS4 apps, run it from an external drive. When you first run the app you may get a message about updating paths, just let it do that.

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