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Calvyn Lee
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April 11, 2020
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Do Photoshop have portable version?

  • April 11, 2020
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I seen before some dicussion on adobe photoshop portable.

Yet I am unable to locate any official information on this product and it licensing.

 

Anyone can assist to advice?

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Correct answer davescm

"I am looking for genuiene copy which not require to install"

 

Adobe do not make such a version.

 

Dave

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D Fosse
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April 11, 2020

Photoshop "portable" is a well known hack. It's pirated and illegal, end of story. This isn't the first time we've heard about it.

 

Participating Frequently
May 2, 2023

As we near the midpoint of the 21st century, I can't help but wonder why a portable version that requires online authentication hasn't been developed yet. This type of version would only function with proper authentication, thereby preventing any unauthorized access. This would eliminate any possibility of piracy.

Conrad_C
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May 2, 2023

Online authentication on any computer is how the Creative Cloud apps for desktop and mobile already work. Any time you are in front of a random computer that meets the system requirements and you have admin access to, you can install and online activate Photoshop on that computer.

 

For example, you can install Photoshop on any number of Windows or Mac computers you want. The limitation is that only two of those installations can be activated for your account at any time, and that activation is, as you said, online authentication. As long as a computer has Internet access, you can easily deauthenticate the installation on one computer and authenticate another computer at any time so that the two computer limit is not exceeded.

 

So the online authentication part is not the obstacle, they have already had that in place and working for years. The real obstacle is Adobe has chosen not to make the application fully portable. It is partially portable in that you can have it install on a volume other than the C drive. But it is not totally portable in that the Creative Cloud background processes are still installed and run from the boot volume, and user configuration and preferences are still installed and retrieved from the user account folder on the C drive.

davescm
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April 11, 2020

Hi

Be careful. There was a hacked version called Photoshop portable a few years ago. It was just that - hacked and potentially full of malware.

Photoshop CC is available for Windows and MacOS.

There is also a version available for the ipad Pro. It does not do everything that the Windows and MacOS versions do but files can be shared between them.

 

Finally there is Photoshop MIX which is a separate app for mobiles, available from the App store and Google Play.

 

Dave

Calvyn Lee
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April 11, 2020

Thanks for the info.

 

Yes, most of the portable I see online is sort like nulled copy.

 

I am looking for genuiene copy which not require to install and can put in USB pen drive.

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April 11, 2020

"I am looking for genuiene copy which not require to install"

 

Adobe do not make such a version.

 

Dave

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April 11, 2020