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Does CS 5 Creative Suite run on Mojave 10.14.4

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April 20, 2019
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Hello,

I just purchased a new mac as my old one died.

My new mac runs Mojave 10.14.4.

I have CS5 creative suite design standard. Can I get this to run on my new computer?

I have had the run-around for 5 days from the online chat support team.

I just need a simple yes or no. PLEASE

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Correct answer Bani Verma

Hi Lee-annw37348461,

NOTE: Officially the last version of Mac OS compatible with Adobe CS5 was 10.6.3, see: Adobe - Creative Suite 5 Master Collection: System requirements. Please be aware that Creative Suite applications are not supported on macOS 10.12 (Sierra) or higher and therefore, many of the Creative Suite installers may not function normally on macOS 10.12 or higher.

CS5 is pretty old software and Adobe has not tested it on any of the latest operating systems post-Mac OS 10.6.3. Hence it may or may not work, you may also have compatibility issues.

However, you may try installing the product using the workaround given here: Installing Creative Suite on macOS 10.12 (Sierra).

Let us know if this helps.

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Steve33694917s3my

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Hi
I have a similar problem...I recently bought a refurb Mac with OS Mojave 10.14.6, and I had an unused, unopened disc copy of Adobe CS5 Design Premium.
It installed OK as far as the Serial number window...I have a valid serial number but not the old serial number from my previous version of CS (CS3 on my old dead Mac), so I can only get a 30 day trial...?
Is there a way around this?
Steve in Ireland.

leo.r

Community Expert

Hi
I have a similar problem...I recently bought a refurb Mac with OS Mojave 10.14.6, and I had an unused, unopened disc copy of Adobe CS5 Design Premium.
It installed OK as far as the Serial number window...I have a valid serial number but not the old serial number from my previous version of CS (CS3 on my old dead Mac), so I can only get a 30 day trial...?
Is there a way around this?
Steve in Ireland.

By @Steve33694917s3my

Can you elaborate... You mentioned you have a valid serial number. Is it a valid serial number for CS5?

You also said that your serial number is "not the old serial number" from your CS3 on your dead Mac - which you wouldn't need anyway for installing CS5... Unless I'm missing something.

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Steve33694917s3my

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Hi
Thanks for your reply...
please see below...even tho I have a full set of software, never installed before, it is treated as an upgrade, and I need the serial number from a previously installed version...?

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Kind Regards from
Stephen Hollinshead
353 (0)87 9422568

Libertje,
Shannon Harbour,
Co. Offaly
Ireland
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Claude5CB2

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I have Mojave 10.14.6 still using PS5 suite no problems with any of the programs.

Quitting out of PS and AI there is always a message 'program has unexpectedly quit'.

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defaulthx54j02cr05g

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I've been running CS5 on Mojave for years with no problem in a 2017 Macbook Pro (beyond thinking shut downs are always by mistake). Now wondering about an upgrade to Monterey...?

BobLevine

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Not a chance. CS5 is a 32 bit application. Monterey will only run 64 bit apps.

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ResqDogz

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I'm currently running Photoshop CS5.1 under Mojave 10.14.6, and just starting to experience application crashes - but ONLY when attempting to use the Text Tool (go figure?)!

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ResqDogz

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Forgot to mention: Running on late-2015 iMac 27", Retina 5K, 3.3Ghz, 24GB Ram..

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horst_wiesner

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Hi!
I've posted recently my workaround in this thread (Site 1). Put the Apps like the 2 pics show you (its german but the icons are the same) and PS works fine. Had the same problem too.
Regards
Horst

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Cesar0D44

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Im running 10.13.6 and PS CS5 Extended works fine. Only issue I have is everytime I close the program I get a message that PS quit unexpectedly. I just hit ignore.

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Rafael16B6

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If I could already put it to work and it gives me the same message. I
upgraded the memory to the Mac Mini 2012 and changed the hard drive to a
solid one. I did a Carbon Copy from the old album to the new one and
everything went very well. Once I turn on the machine and start uploading
the programs when I get to Photoshop, in the same super fast way it goes
up, it is the same super fast way to close. You would have an idea of what
could be happening. It will be the fact that the album changes although it
seems to me that it has nothing to do with it. Could you help me with this?
Thank you Rafa Santini

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*Rafael Lopez Santini*
*Graphic Artist*

Email: rafasantini2000@gmail.com
Website: www.santinigraphicstudio.com

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tonyg86812336

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I'm running 10.13.6 on 2007 imac and cs5.5 is running fine....I had a problem on newer macbook pro, but I believe there was a work-around, going into users and putting it in start-up items. But I'm not sure, sry.

designer-images

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Hi there,

Not sure if this will be helpful. I run Creative Cloud and Catalina on my iMac and keep everything up to date for my graphic design work. I also have an old Macbook Air 2011 which currently runs High Sierra (as far as my Air will go) but has the latest Creative Cloud installed for when I'm working remote.

However I also have an old Roland vinyl cutter for when I do the occasional sign job which only runs via a PC driver and was supported up to Windows XP. This was bought in my pre-Mac days about 25 years ago 🙂

When my old Dell laptop died nearly 10 years ago, my saviour was VirtualBox for Mac by Oracle. As I've been an Adobe customer for a long time, I still have installation discs for Creative Suite CS for PC and CS 5.5 for Mac. So I run VirtualBox on my Macbook Air, which I have installed Windows XP inside of. You can install multiple Mac, PC, Linux and other operating systems inside of it, all you need is the installation disc or installer file. So for any sign jobs, I design in Illustrator CC on my iMac, send the eps file to my Macbook Air, open up Virtual Box, start Windows XP, open Illustrator CS and import the eps from the path I've created between Windows XP and my Macbook High Sierra desktop. From there my old plotter works perfect.

I've installed a few other legacy programs on my virtual XP and they work fine.

Not that I've tested it, but theoretically if you have a Mac that works optimally with Catalina, installing VirtualBox and then installing say for example Snow Leopard inside it should allow you to run CS 5.5. If I ever ditch CC, I may need to test it out. It's like you have an operating system within an operating system. The best thing is that VirtualBox is free. And no I don't have vested interests in Oracle.

It may be a bit clunky but it could be a useful way of keeping old software alive when latest hardware is forcing our hand to ditch what we've paid good money for.

Cheers,

Andrew

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Kenjii

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I've been using my Creative Suite 5.5 Design Standard since 2010 on my iMac (early-2008) with MacOS 10.11.6 El Capitan and on my Macbook Air (mid-2012) running MacOS 10.14.6 Mojave with no significant problems. I have some issues with selecting fonts and copy that occasionally seems to disappear (but really doesn't) in InDesign 5.5 and Illustrator 5.1 "unexpectedly quitting" on me when I am actually quitting the application, but they're just annoyances. I realize my Suite is living on borrowed time but with my agency career behind me, all the work created for nonprofits is pro bono, and at age 78 with glaucoma, I don't feel it's worth upgrading anything, other than my glasses.

So from what I'm reading here, I should consider myself very lucky everything seems to work, and I didn't even have to do a clean install. Oh, one more annoyance I have to deal with: the constant pop-up reminder to upgrade Mojave to Catalina.

Thorigol

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Thank you Kenjii - I found this thread seeking a way to continue to use my CS5.5 license as I'm also retired and doing pro bono work. Working with El Cap for years, I finally bought a new camera who's RAW files were not readable by CS5.5 but could be read by DNG13.2... and that version of DNG would only run on Mojave or later. So I had to upgrade my MacOS.

The "correct answer" and others on this thread might have deterred me, but horst_weisner's post gave me some level of confidence and yours cemented the deal.

I went ahead and installed Mojave over El Cap and have had the exact same experience as you have described. All components of Adobe CS5.5 are still working including keyboard commands, with a few minor quirks under Mojave.

Thorigol

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Mac Mini late 2012 - photoshop needed java install

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horst_wiesner

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7.4.2020
I don't know someone is still interested in the answer but - yes, for me CS5 runs as good as it under El Capitan did.
A clear install from Mojave 10.14.4 is crucial. Then a complete new install from CS5 and both worked fine. It has the same Problems like under 10.11. It worked under 10.14.6 as well.
Install the old Java Library and IL, ID and PS works good. Photoshop made some troubles - you have to put the app into the System Preferences > Universal Access and all is good. The only anoying thing is, the keyboard commands won't work in PS.
You have to work around it with the actions. And give the apps full harddrive access.
Hardware: Mac Mini, 2018, 32 GB RAM, 512 GB Nvme

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BruceT99

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horst-weisner, your post is quite timely for me. I am being compelled to upgrade from 10.11.6 to OS 10.14 in order to access my healthcare provider website.

You say that "It has the same Problems like under 10.11. It worked under 10.14.6 as well." Can you explain more? I run 10.11.6 with no problems from Photoshop, including keyboard commands.

What would I need a Java library for?

you wrote, "Photoshop made some troubles - you have to put the app into the System Preferences > Universal Access and all is good." Can you explain? I don't know what that means.

Vielen Dank

BruceT

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horst_wiesner

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Hi Bruce!
I had 10.11.6 for a long time. IL, ID and Photoshop worked good. The only thing was the error messages when quit the program. When i bought a new mac I didn't know that i couldn't run my beloved El Capitan and i installed Mojave 10.14.4. Thats the minimum sytemrequirement for the 2018 Mac Mini.

When you use only PS you have to put the app there: 2 pics uploaded. Its german but the symbols are the same.
After that, PS works fine exept some of the key commands - they are a bit different or the OSX has occupied it.
Not the Save, Open, etc. commands. You can try to reconfigure it with a new set keycommands - and there you will see what is possible and what not.

The only error message is now when you quit the program. But this is the same like IL and ID did under 10.11.6.
And yes they are working under 10.14.6 as well. I updated it for test purpose.
Don't try Catalina - there is no way to run CS5 under 10.15!

Steps:

1. Clean install the osx or update it. (I had to do a clean install)

2. After a clean install when you start the app - follow the link in the message to the library (its an old one to run the CS5).

2. Put the app like the pics are showing you

3. Start PS - a message will appers either for the Java Library or that the app has to be optimized for the use. Klick ok for the optimized message

4. Enjoy PS

Hope it will work for you.
Horst

And for other users - of course there is no garanty that CS5 works on their/your systems.
There are hundreds of different system constellations - but in my case it works good.
Hardware: Mac Mini 2018, I5, 32G Ram, 512 SSD.

m-d-h

Participant

I have been running my CS5 Design on Mojave 10.14.4 for quite a while now, mainly Illustrator CS5 and Photoshop CS5. There are popup dialogs when starting to say the application hasn't been optimised for the new OS, but it still works normally as far as I can tell. I'm able to make Illustraions and work with photos the same as before upgrading the OS. However, on my new Mac running Catalina 10.15.2 none of the CS5 suite will run at all so far, keeps telling me to contact Adobe for updated applications.

BobLevine

Community Expert

I'd chalk up the success so far to nothing but dumb luck. Those apps were written for 10.8 or 10.9.

But your luck has run out. Catalina will only run 64 bit applications and the CS5 apps are 32 bit. You'll need to move to Creative Cloud or find alternate applications.

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G__Steelman

Participant

Has anyone here tried partitioning their Mac with one parition running the new system and the other parition running the old system that works with CS5?

S_Gans

Community Expert

Also, you can buy emulation software - like Parallels. Unfortunately, OS 10.6 isn't allowed to be installed as a Virtual Machine, but 10.6 SERVER version is, and it runs fine. You can find Snow Leopard (10.6) Server as sold on ebay, or on Amazon.

As I recall, although it wasn't officially supported, CS5 also worked on MacOS 10.7 Lion with few difficulties, if any. Starting with Lion, you are able to install that directly into a Virtual Machine, as long as you can get it from someone who downloaded it at the time (or, if you have an older OS version, you can download the update).

I run a Virtual Machine with 10.6 server, one with 10.9 Mavericks, as well.

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