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CZ Dezines
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February 13, 2022
Question

It's 2022 and Adobe Bridge still won't launch with Mac Big Sur, Monterey?

  • February 13, 2022
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I've tried downlaoding older version of Bridge and got it work after many attempts and opening with Command, Option, Shift resets  But when I have to restart my computer it wont launch after many attempts and I even tried the newest Bridge and scared to upgrade my Big Sur 11.3.1 (20E241) to newest Monterey 12.2.1 Does any one have issues with Adobe Creative Apps and Monterey?
I really need bridge to work for me. Would appreciate it if any one can help...

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CZ Dezines
Known Participant
February 17, 2022

I ended up hiring a techi whch took an hour and cost $100  Bridge crashed because it was using to much ram to open because it communicates with adobe for updates and other reasons (you can see what's going on in your actvity log) Removing cache is not going to help it. He helped me clean up my system with extra software I didn't need also.  So now it's running.  At a further date I will install Monterey and the new update Adobe Software. 

CZ Dezines
Known Participant
February 17, 2022

SOLVED!

gary_sc
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 17, 2022

CZ, I'm delighted to hear your problem is solved.

 

Just out of curiosity, how much RAM do you have? It's important for others to know as well.

Legend
February 14, 2022

I have Bridge running on two Monterey Macs and it has worked fine on both under Big Sur as well.

gary_sc
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 13, 2022

Hi CZ,

 

I'm running Bridge v. 12.0.1.246 right now with Big Sur so it is possible. (And I know people who are running Monterey with no issues so that should be possible as well.)

 

Look, I'd like you to try something here: please go to https://www.northernsoftworks.com and download Monterey Cache Cleaner. [Monterey Cache Cleaner will work with previous Mac OSs but older ones will not work on OSs that were not around when that version was made.]

 

While there is a nominal fee for this application, it has a ten day free trial.

 

Go the the Maintenance tab, and select "All" in the upper right corner, then click on "Run" in the middle right. Let it do it's thing, it may take a while. Then go to the Cache Cleaning tab, select "Medium Cleaning," and check all three boxes underneath that (Local, System, and Users Cache). 

 

Once done, restart your system. Now try to open Bridge.

 

Let us know what happens.

CZ Dezines
Known Participant
February 13, 2022

This is a bit odd to pay for it and get an email from sales dept that it can take up to a day to get serial number!

gary_sc
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 14, 2022

You can use it now, just run it in trial mode, all features are availble.