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The5thbeatle
The5thbeatle
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November 24, 2019
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Mac OS 10.15 Catalina Compatible

  • November 24, 2019
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I've been doing weekly interet searches to see if the Adobe Cloud apps that I use (Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign) are now compatable with the new Catalina OS. Does anybody know anything about this?

I haven't yet updated to this new OS.

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Just Shoot Me
Just Shoot Me
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November 25, 2019

May I ask what is your rush to upgrade to Catalina. If the version of OS X you are currently using is working properly why not stay with that until all the bugs in both catalina and the apps you need are worked out.

williamo20033856
williamo20033856
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December 7, 2019

Just shoot me has a great point. I upgraded to Catalina and there were so many bugs with InDesign that I ended up reinstalling the previous OS (Mojave I believe). That took a full day pretty much on the phone with Apple between all the backing up, reinstalling, etc. etc. Personally I would not upgrade to Catalina until all the Adobe bugs are worked out.

    Just Shoot Me
    Just Shoot Me
    Legend
    December 8, 2019

    Adobe should give a credit to their clientele who use Macs, and pay for the Adobe products that aren't compatable!


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    The5thbeatle
    21m ago

    Adobe should give a credit to their clientele who use Macs, and pay for the Adobe products that aren't compatable!

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    That is ridiculous. All Adobe apps were compatible until Apple changed the OS. In fact they still are for Mac OS X from 10.13 (maybe even 10.12) to 10.14. It is Apple that changed the playing field.

     

    Now if Adobe had come out with newer programs that needed a OS upgrade to function properly, and that OS Upgrade was NOT available before the programs came out, then you could legitimately blame Adobe. But that is not the case.

      Nancy OShea
      Community Expert
      Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      November 24, 2019

      Catalina works with the latest 2020 apps but there are known compatibility problems which vary by product.  Better to wait until all the bugs are sorted.   See link below for details. 

      Do my Adobe apps work in macOS Catalina 10.15?

      https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/fix-macos-64-bit-compatibility-errors.html

       

       

       

      Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
      The5thbeatle
      The5thbeatleAuthor
      Known Participant
      November 25, 2019

      I only ever use Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator. 
      Any idea as to when Adobe will catch up to the latest Mac OS?

      John Waller
      Community Expert
      John WallerCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      November 25, 2019

      Have you upgraded to Catalina yet or are you holding off?

       

      Many people on Catalina are already running the very latest versions OK. Issues are being addressed as reports come in. Don't know if we'll have 100% compatibility for several months yet.

      Tacafy大尉
      Tacafy大尉
      Legend
      November 24, 2019

      The5thbeatle, Hello.
      I think this help is useful.

      Do my Adobe apps work in macOS Catalina 10.15?

      There may still be problems, so you may want to wait for a while before updating to Catalina.

      The5thbeatle
      The5thbeatleAuthor
      Known Participant
      November 24, 2019

      Thanks for replying, but that link you gave me is in Spanish.
      What does it say?

      John Waller
      Community Expert
      John WallerCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      November 24, 2019

      For the record, you can always click on the Change Region button at the bottom of Adobe pages to get the English version of that page:

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