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October 14, 2019
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Catalina upgrade breaks Photoshop and Illustrator

  • October 14, 2019
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Have recently updated my Mac to O/S Catalina. I can now not use either Photoshop or Illustrator to anywhere near its capacity. Has anyone else encountered this problem and if so what is the remedy please.

 

Thank you.

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Nangatita
Participant
October 22, 2019

I have problem with saving the files, but I don't know why Adobe no make something to resolve this issue

John Waller
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 22, 2019

If you're referring to the Save As issue in Photoshop, Adobe knows about it, has provided a workaround and has said they're working with Apple to resolve it.

File naming options don't work correctly in the Save As dialog

 

Quote from link above: "Note: We are working with Apple to address this issue."

Conrad_C
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 19, 2019

Some Illustrator users are having trouble saving files, is that what you're seeing? If so, Adobe knows about it and are investigating, you can provide info at the link below:

Can't save files in Catalina

 

You asked about the remedy. We have to wait until all appropriate fixes are made by Adobe or Apple, depending on what the cause is.

 

If you don't want to wait for updates with fixes since we don't know how long they will take, the best remedy is to use the last version of macOS where everything was working properly. That's what I'm doing: Delaying the Catalina upgrade until I see the fixes I want for all the programs I use.

John T Smith
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 14, 2019

10-11-19 Do NOT "upgrade" to Catalina
-and How to downgrade your Mac from macOS Big Sur back to Catalina

-also How to downgrade macOS Big Sur to Catalina or older
Mac 64bit warning - You should never upgrade your OS until the program vendors say their programs will work
-including all of the helper programs that are installed with a Cloud subscription
Do my Adobe apps work in macOS Catalina 10.15?

October 14, 2019

Hi

People are experiencing issues with Adobe products on Catalina OS, here's some information

A letter to our Photoshop Community

Photoshop and Catalina | macOS 10.15