BOUGHT PHOTOSHOP CC FOR MAC, CAN I INSTALL IT ON WINDOWS?

[luciensabre]

Hello.

I have Photoshop's basic Photography 20GB plan. I originally bought it for use on my MacBook, but I do *not* have the MacBook anymore as I switched to a Windows laptop; can I install Photoshop on said laptop? If it helps, the MacBook is gone because I sold it which means Photoshop and all Creative Cloud-related things were unistalled and completely removed from it beforehand. 
Thank you so much and have a great Sunday.

[D Fosse · Accepted solution]

The answer is yes, Creative Cloud is cross-platform. 

Just download and install the CC desktop app and sign in with your username (email) and password.

If you forgot to sign out of the previous installation, you can sign out remotely.

[luciensabre]

I know, but I asked because I wasn't sure if licenses are too or if they are exclusive to the o.s. you bought them for.

[D Fosse]

The license is cross-platform. So just go ahead and install with the license you have.

[luciensabre]

Theh I can install it without worries. Thank you.

[Conrad_C · Accepted solution]

The only limitation is you can activate up to two installations for a single-user license.

That means:

• You can install, and leave installed, Creative Cloud apps on any number of Macs and PCs. 
• You can activate up to two of those installations at any time. So if you need to move among a number of computers at home/work/school/hotel etc, sign out of Creative Cloud on one computer to be allowed to sign in on another so that the total number of activations doesn’t exceed two. 

[luciensabre]

I only use Photoshop on my iPad and my (one) computer, nowhere else.

I just wasn't sure whether the plan license I got for my now gone Mac would be valid for Windows too or if plans license are attached to the o.s. you get it for (which meant I would've had to buy a new license for Windows), which is why I asked.

[Nancy OShea]

Your license allows you to use Creative Cloud apps on Win/Mac/iOS.  Just make sure your device meets the system requirements.

Most Creative Cloud apps work on these desktop/laptop systems, no more than 2 versions back:

• Windows 11 (64-bit) versions 24H2, 23H2; Windows 10 versions 22H2, 21H2;
• MacOS 15 (Sequoia), 14.7 (Sonoma), 13.6.7 (Ventura).

- https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/system-requirements.html
- https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/system-requirements.html
- https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/photoshop-cc-gpu-card-faq.html

[Trevor.Dennis]

You can actually have both.  As you are allowed to active installations, one can be Mac, and the other Windows.  I have the CC subscription installed on three systems, but only use one of them at any given time.  If I switch to the computer that Creative Cloud is not activated, I get a pop up asking me which one to sign out of?  It is as quick as clicking on the new system, and clicking OK and it imeadiately starts working for you.

Note: this is not from my computer. Just an image I found with Google.

[luciensabre]

Technically yes, but I already have Photoshop installed on my iPad and that counts for 1 installation so I can only install Ps on 1 other PC/device -- that's why I needed to be sure the plan/license is cross-platform as the app itself.

[PECourtejoie]

I am not sure that the iPad counts as a license, IIRC, it is only for your desktop/laptop installs.

[luciensabre]

It does (count). I'm 100% sure because I contacted Adobe Support about it and they said you cannot install Photoshop on two computers and an iPad at the same time, because the iPad already counts for 1 computer/device/installation -- which means the app can be installed on either 2 computers or 1 computer and 1 tablet/iPad or 2 iPads/tablets at the same time.

[Trevor.Dennis]

Photoshop on the iPad is an app rather than an application, and not remotely like the full version of Photoshop.  You don't even need a CC subscription to use it.  I know that because my wife has it on her iPad Pro and she has no CC plan.

Even if it did count, you could still install it.  You just couldn't have it activeated at the same time as two other installations.

[luciensabre]

Your wife must have gotten got Photoshop on her iPad before it became subscription-only because today the app is part of the CC plan (pretty close to the desktop version too) and you can't use it without purchasing a plan beforehand.

And when I asked the Adobe Support rep about it, he confirmed multiple times that Photoshop for iPad counts for 1 installation and that you can *not install* Photoshop on 2 computers and the iPad at the same time, you can only install it on 1 computer and the iPad. Install, not just activate.

[Nancy OShea]

Creative Cloud apps can be deactivated remotely from your online account.  NOTE: This does not uninstall apps, it merely deactivates them.

https://account.adobe.com/plans

You can install CC apps on multiple devices at the same time. But you can only activate TWO of them concurrently. 

Hope that helps.