Do I need to buy a new Imac.?

Hi Donna,

No worries, your colors won’t be messed up just because you’re not on macOS 14. As long as your color settings in Adobe apps stay the same, your prints should look fine. I’m also using Ventura with no issues for print work.

If your iMac is still running well, you probably don’t need a new one right away.

Good luck with your book! Sounds like a beautiful project!

@Donna Bell Not necessarily, but you might want to consider upgrading your macOS version if possible. It's hard to imagine that your 2018 iMac says that I need macOS 14.6.1 or later for maximum performance (only because my main computer is a 2013 late MacBook Pro i9). 

Your 2018 iMac might be able to upgrade to a newer macOS version that meets or exceeds 14.6.1. macOS 14 is "Sonoma," and it supports iMacs from 2019 and later. However, some iMacs from 2017 and later are supported for macOS Ventura (13). If your 2018 iMac cannot upgrade to macOS Sonoma (14) or later, you would be limited to an older version of macOS. This doesn't mean your current projects will suddenly look "wrong," but it does mean you won't be getting the "maximum performance" that Adobe recommends, and you might eventually run into situations where newer features or more precise color handling in Adobe apps are unavailable to you.

If I Buy a New iMac and Upload All Three of My Adobe Apps, Will My Projects Be Able to Have the Correct Colors or Do I Have to Scan and Enter All My Illustrations All Over Again? Your projects should have the correct colors, and you absolutely do NOT have to scan and re-enter all your illustrations.

In the top-left hand corner, click on the Apple icon, and click on Software Updates. And it will either tell you need to update or not. "Maximum performance" primarily refers to the speed and efficiency of the software. Newer operating systems often have optimizations that allow applications to run faster, utilize hardware more effectively (like your GPU), and handle larger, more complex files with fewer slowdowns or crashes. You don't need to have all of the apps open either. I usually just have the ones I need, and if I notice the fan on, I close off some apps or the background streaming music.