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Kathyb909
Kathyb909
Participating Frequently
August 6, 2024
Question

Creative Cloud Content manager.app pop up

  • August 6, 2024
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hello, 

i am new to this because I never usually have any problems.  However, I have recently been getting a "pop up" on my Mac Desktop that says.....Creative Cloud Content Manager.app cant open may be damaged.  How do I fix this?

Thank you.

Kathy

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j8sin
Participant
December 3, 2024

Rather than give straight answers, company's like these use forums to send people down meandering roads. "oh try this. Now try that. Ok then try this.".  You would think if you're paying for a product, they would have an answer rather than a wild goose chase — not just this company, but multitudes of them.

    creative explorer
    Community Expert
    creative explorerCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 12, 2025

    @j8sin I don't agree with your statement.... unless we are sitting beside them, it can be a one thing, or it can be a multiude of things combined. For example, if you drive a car, and it stopped suddenly.... would you go out and buy a new car? Wouldn't you want to check out why it just stopped suddendly. Maybe you just run out gas? Or maybe there if you drove an EV, you ran out of electricity. Maybe, there was an auto shut off. Again, you can repeat the same issue again after buying that new car. Unless, you are super rich, what many people are trying to do here is give 'try this!' 


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    Shivani Somayajula
    Participating Frequently
    August 7, 2024

    Hey there, 

     

    Try these few steps and let us know if this helps. 

     

    • Reset the Creative Cloud desktop app by making sure it's in the foreground, then press:
      Windows: Ctrl + Alt + R
      macOs: Cmd + Opt + R

     

    • If that fails, repair https://adobe.ly/3WWy1UD
    • If that fails, uninstall using the correct uninstaller from https://adobe.ly/3LV6hKJ... and then reinstall.
    • If that fails, do a clean Creative Cloud install carefully following each applicable step: uninstall every Creative Cloud app including preferences per https://adobe.ly/3LTvu8e
    • Then uninstall the Creative Cloud desktop app, again using the correct uninstaller per https://adobe.ly/3LV6hKJ...
    • Clean your computer of Creative Cloud files per https://adobe.ly/3LVzt4l
    • Check for available update on your Operating System.
    • Restart your device (don't skip this).
    • Reinstall the Creative Cloud desktop app using the "alternative download links" at the bottom of the page at https://adobe.ly/3LUrTXB

     

    Let us know if this helps

    Thanks, 

    Shivani 

     

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    agile_mindset5CEC
    Participant
    January 21, 2025

    Hi,

    I have been facing this issue as well, and I tried every step of your suggestion completely, and I did it twice. Each time, as soon as I reinstall creative clouds, the error messages pops up again. 

     

    This is very irretating, do you have any other solutions? 

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      joshua_3059
      Participant
      February 12, 2025

      I think I managed to finally fix it by following all of the instructions to remove everything and then *additionally* removing the offending file myself, which I did by making a trash directory to put it in:

       

      $ cd ~

$ mkdir adobe-bad

$ cd adobe-bad

$ sudo mv /Applications/Utilities/Adobe\ Creative\ Cloud\ Experience .
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