Installing Discs on my new laptop

[adriana18683481]

I am trying to install my ADobe Creative Suite 5 Master Collection onto a new laptop (MacBookair) i am getting a message telling me that the install needs to be updated. I am not an IT person at all. can anyone hlp me please? 

[jane-e]

@adriana18683481 

Here are the requirements for CS5, including MacOS v10.5.7 or v10.6

https://www.adobe.com/store/en_us/popup/software/photoshop5extended/systemreqs.html

Apple closed us out of older applications (again). CS5 will not run on macOS14 Sonoma

https://helpx.adobe.com/download-install/kb/macos-sonoma-compatibility-common-issues.html

Jane

[adriana18683481]

sorry, not sure i understand. you telling me that i am not able to upload it? At all? how is that fair? 

it cost me a lot of money to buy in the first place and now i cant upload ? 

[kglad]

upload??? that makes no sense

download you can do, but that won't help you.

[John T Smith]

UPloading is to copy a file FROM your computer TO an Internet site

DOWNloading is to copy a file FROM an Internet site TO your computer

INSTALLING is running the install/setup program to put a program ON your computer

CS5 will not install on a new Mac... which is Apple's decision to not allow old programs to run

[jane-e]

sorry, not sure i understand. you telling me that i am not able to upload it? At all? how is that fair? 

it cost me a lot of money to buy in the first place and now i cant upload ? 

By @adriana18683481

I may have lost count, but I think this is the fifth time Apple has upgraded their OS and locked us out of earlier applications. Unfair? I won't disagree, but over the years I expect it now. Since being on the Adobe forums, I've seen Windows users can install older versions on newer a newer OS. It's only Apple that locks us out.

Your choices are:

• keep your older computer and keep running CS5 on your old OS until something unexpectedly breaks
• install software such as parallels and install both an older macOS and CS5
  (I haven't tried this; I've only used Parallels with Windows on my Mac)
• Subscribe to Adobe Creative Cloud. Adobe apps have been subscription only since 2013. Subscription is all that is being sold currently, as perpetual licenses a now a thing of the past.

Creative Cloud (annual plan) is on sale for 40% off through March 3, then reverts to regular pricing after the first year:

https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/campaign/pricing.html

If you only want Photoshop, there is a deeply discounted annual Photography plan, payable monthly at $9.99 with 20GB storage space
https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/plans.html

Filter to Individual (top nav) and Photo (side nav)

Jane

[Lumigraphics]

Newer versions of macOS cannot run most older applications for multiple reasons. CS5 was released in 2010 and is now obsolete. You can buy a subscription license to Creative Cloud which will work on your new computer.

[kglad]

unless your new laptop has a very old os, you can't install cs5 (or any 32 bit software) on a 64 bit only os.

[kglad]

in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post (like this one has already been moved) if it helps you get responses.

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