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artistjillian
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October 18, 2018
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License expired CS4 all programs stopped. The 'repair download' won't work./Mac

  • October 18, 2018
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To my dismay ALL my Adobe Programs ceased today, saying License expired on my Mac. It also had a notice saying 32 bit not working - 64?

I tried following the adobe instructions. A big portion of this is downloading a repair file - and that also does not work - I get the licensing expired notice with that too!

Trying to get help is impossible.
After some 10 hours I'm tearing my hair out.
Help.
This is the 2nd time this has happened. I think the first time it happened I retrieved from 'My Book' backup. But that doesn't work this time - I get the license message again.
It is quite possible that I got these programs 10 years ago. But I need them. Paid a lot for them, and can't afford to toss them, or use creative cloud.
Thanx!

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artistjillianAuthor
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October 18, 2018

I also tried to reinstall from my original disc(s) and I get nearly through, and get an 'Installer Alert' that comes up - and it's blank.
I'm not 100% sure but think that this happened and briefly showed the message again re licensing?

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artistjillianAuthor
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October 22, 2018

Although it wasn't simple, and instructions weren't 100% spot-on, I stuck to it. Had to create root and go into it and follow most of the instructions and took 4 days. But did get there, finally.
Mostly thanks to this thread:
Getting error 150:30 opening Photoshop cs4 on Macbook Pro

So, thank you so very much.
~Jillian

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October 22, 2018

Take care never to update Mac OS !

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