Create Suite 5 Update downloads?

Report · Apr 15, 2024

Hi,

I have my CS5 install working successfully, and running in a Snow Leopard Server vitual machine, where it has to maintain a legacy process that can't be done in a newer version of any of the software.

To be clear, this is an archival duty, it can't be moved to newer software etc. The documents were last worked on with the final updated versions of CS5 apps.

The Adobe updater app launches and runs ok, but it can't download the updates - Photoshop 12.0.4 etc. I've downloaded the full installer from my account page, but it appears to be the same versions as on my original installer media.

Is there anywhere you can manually download those app updates?

Thanks.

Report · Apr 15, 2024

no. they are no longer legally available.

Report · Apr 15, 2024

Its long past time to migrate your process to current software. CS5 is no longer supported or available, it cannot run on current Macs, and we are seeing posts about revoked serial numbers, expired activation counts, and activation servers being turned off. If anything breaks, you are out of luck.

Report · Apr 15, 2024

That's the point of installing it in a VM, so that it's an offline, frozen archive, for documents that can't risk being modified by being opened in newer versions. The initial software installs and runs fine, it's just the updater that fails.

Report · Apr 15, 2024

I think you missed my point, even a VM may not be enough to ensure that you can continue to run CS5. Search through these forums and you'll see what I mean.

Report · Apr 15, 2024

No, I didn't miss your point, but the only relevent point is that the software can't be migrated, because to do so would alter the documents, and destroy any heritage / archive value they have.

Unless Adobe can reach in to an offline VM, running a period-vintage operating system to disable an install that's already had its serial number confirmed at install, and can have its clock set arbitrarily to any time back to 2010, I'm not sure what the vector for worry is.

Report · Apr 15, 2024

Have you heard of the lock feature? You can lock a document to make it read-only. And you realize that ypu caqn make infinite copies of any document?

Frankly your whole explanation sounds completely fishy. Upgrading software doesn't do a thing to existing files. I'm bowing out because this is absurd.

Report · Apr 15, 2024

As long as any Adobe software comes from the official servers it's legal to download, although recently Adobe has removed the public links to alot of the full sofware installers like you got from your account.

Can you list the updates you need?

Here is the Photoshop CS5

12.0.4 updater:

https://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/photoshop/mac/cs5/AdobePhotoshop12-4-mul-AdobeUpdate.dmg

12.0.5 updater that was for security updates

https://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/photoshop/mac/AdobePhotoshop12-5-mul-AdobeUpdate.dmg

camera raw 6.7 updater

https://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/photoshop/cameraraw/mac/6.x/AdobeCameraRaw-6.7-mul-AdobeUpdate....

camera raw 6.7.1 updater

https://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/photoshop/cameraraw/mac/6.x/AdobeCameraRaw-6.7.1-mul-AdobeUpdat...

standard photoshop cs5 multiplugin security update

https://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/photoshop/mac/cs5/standard_multiplugin.zip