Downloading discless cs3 to cs5

[aye jaym20460956]

hello, I recently quit my cs6 suite subscription and decided to install a physical disc copy (with codes) of cs3 then the cs5 upgrade. I have a newer iMac, and I was wondering the Best process to get cs5 on my imac. Can I download 5 from your site, and install it from a download of cs5 from the adobe site? Can you tell me the best way to go about this?

aj

[John T Smith · Accepted solution]

kglad links in reply #1 here https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2509712 to download program installers

CS6 and earlier programs have not been tested and will not be updated for Mac El Capitan or later operating systems

-which means that you try to use CS6 and earlier at YOUR risk of having problems due to Apple updates

-Apple did not maintain backward compatibility with old programs in El Capitan or Sierra

--Adobe has a workaround to Apple's problem of not maintaining backward compatibility

--READ HERE https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2301916 for an Adobe solution to installing old programs, including a link to installing the old Java runtime that is required

--Also read for more information https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2458382