After Effects CS2 encountering error when installing

[Questhero101]

I recently got After Effects CS2, because it was free. When I installed it on my up-to-date Macbook Pro, it said that an error was encountered, and the installation stopped suddenly. What happened?

[Atul_Saini]

Hi Questhero101,

There could be an issue with compatibility of your machine with CS 2. Could you please confirm what is the version of mac that you are using?

System requirements : CS2

Mac OS

• PowerPC® G3, G4, or G5 processor
• Mac OS X v.10.2.8 through v.10.3.8 (10.3.4 through 10.3.8 recommended)
• 320 MB of RAM (384 MB recommended)
• 750 MB of available hard-disk space
• 1,024 x 768 monitor resolution with 16-bit graphics adapter
• CD-ROM drive
• Internet or phone connection required for product activation

Windows

• Intel® Xeon™, Xeon Dual, Intel Centrino™, or Pentium® III or 4 processor
• Microsoft® Windows® 2000 with Service Pack 4, or Windows XP with Service Pack 1 or 2
• 320 MB of RAM (384 MB recommended)
• 650 MB of available hard-disk space
• 1,024 x 768 monitor resolution with 16-bit graphics adapter
• CD-ROM drive
• Internet or phone connection required for product activation

[Questhero101]

It's OS X 10.9.4 I'm guessing I can't use CS2 with that?

[Atul_Saini]

Hi Questhero101,

You are correct with this. CS 2 was never tested with Mac OS 10.9.4, you can post screenshot of the error message so that we can check if there is we can do to help you with this.

My suggestion would be to use creative cloud version on you machine, it should work perfectly fine. you can certainly download the trial version using below mentioned link.

https://creative.adobe.com/products/creative-cloud

Thanks,

Atul Saini

[Questhero101]

I'm not sure what you mean by screenshot, but okay. I kinda don't wanna use free trial, because I want something that I can use forever. If there's something I can do to get After Effects free with my OS forever, please let me know.

[John Waller]

Questhero101 wrote:

If there's something I can do to get After Effects free with my OS forever, please let me know.

There is no free version of After Effects. Even CS2 is not free. It's for those who have already purchased CS2 and still have the hardware and operating system to run it.

For your Mac, you can either purchase CS6 outright or join the Cloud and pay the monthly fee.

Creative Suite 6

Any way you look at it, there's money involved.

[John Waller]

Atul_saini123 wrote:

Hi Questhero101,

You are correct with this. CS 2 was never tested with Mac OS 10.9.4, you can post screenshot of the error message so that we can check if there is we can do to help you with this.

Screenshots are rather pointless.

CS2 was written for old PowerPC based Macs. PowerPC code will not work on modern Intel-based Macs.

No way around that. No fixes, patches or workarounds. It just won't work.