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November 29, 2016
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Can you download the creative cloud onto a 12.9" iPad Pro

  • November 29, 2016
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I am an art student and I wanted to know if I can download the creative cloud onto my iPad Pro. I have a voucher from school for the creative cloud, but I'm not sure this version supports the iPad, can you please let me know how I can use the creative cloud on it please? I don't have a laptop or a desktop to work on right now, all I have is the iPad Pro and I need to use this software for my classes.

Thanks,

Analise

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Correct answer John Waller

What Ned said.

The iPad Pro (like the iPad) runs the iOS mobile operating system.

Cloud mobile apps are shown here Mobile Apps and have limited capabilities.

To run desktop apps such as Photoshop, Illustrator you need an iMac or MacBook Pro with a desktop operating system such as OS X El Capitan or macOS Sierra.

You can run Cloud desktop apps on the Microsoft Surface Pro 4 with the full Windows 10 operating system.

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Abambo
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AbamboCommunity Expert
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January 20, 2019

adobe.com/go/photoshoponipad

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John Waller
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John WallerCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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November 30, 2016

What Ned said.

The iPad Pro (like the iPad) runs the iOS mobile operating system.

Cloud mobile apps are shown here Mobile Apps and have limited capabilities.

To run desktop apps such as Photoshop, Illustrator you need an iMac or MacBook Pro with a desktop operating system such as OS X El Capitan or macOS Sierra.

You can run Cloud desktop apps on the Microsoft Surface Pro 4 with the full Windows 10 operating system.

AW_SacState
AW_SacState
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January 10, 2019

Is this still the case now that the full version of Photoshop has been made for iOS? Are there plans to adapt other apps (Illustrator and InDesign, specifically)? The mobile toy versions of Illustrator just aren't good enough to use in a production setting.

John Waller
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John WallerCommunity Expert
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January 10, 2019

As much as we'd all love the answers to the very same questions that you're asking, the simple answer is that - beyond Photoshop - no-one yet knows.

Full Photoshop for iOS is coming sometime in 2019. We now know that. That has been a long, hard road for Adobe and all Adobe Photoshop users.

Illustrator and InDesign to follow? Hopefully. No-one knows when. We all agree that the mobile apps don't come close to useable for production settings. Those apps are what Adobe has come up with given the hardware limitations of current mobile devices.

Be great if Apple would merge iOS (mobile) and macOS (desktop) into a single operating system so we could all use the desktop apps on iDevices but Apple has said that they have no plans to do that.

Be aware that these are user-to-user forums staffed mainly by volunteers and Adobe users just like you. We have no knowledge of Adobe's future plans. Adobe will announce them when they are ready.

Ned Murphy
Ned Murphy
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November 29, 2016

There might be a few mobile apps that will work with the iPad but I doubt much else will.  In general you need a fully supported/robust Windows or Mac operating system to use any of the CC applications.  The link below includes links for the different application requirements as well as info about the CC requirements.

System Requirements

Creative Cloud - https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/system-requirements.html

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