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evadoodle
evadoodle
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April 21, 2020
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My preinstalled Adobe CS6 is not suppose to work anymore?

  • April 21, 2020
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Dear ADOBE and OS developers OR to whom it may concern
 
Please listen.
 
Photoshop CS 6 does not work on my almost brand new iMac anymore.
I need it for my work as an artist.
It works for me. 
I wish for no upgrading.
Please let me focus on my work instead of having to constantly (re)learning the updated softwares and versions of this and that.
 
I need my preinstalled photoshop and indesign and illustrator, as it enables me to work offline.
The wifi connection here is not reliable. and my income unpredictable, I cannot have a monthly cost of a subscription. Therefore I payed for the entire adobe package, no one said it would expire within a couple of years! No one told me that I would not be able to buy any upgraded version of it either, but being forced to subscribe to an online version.
 
Please listen.


Please stop.
Please help me,
what can I do?
 
Kind regards,


Eva
 
ps When will someone offer a system that do not have to go upgrading and change ALL the  the time, when will someone genius and generous develop a system where we get the option to keep it as it is, yet still be online when needed. I would gladly pay more for that.

 

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JJSantiago11861405
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May 3, 2021

I too was using CS6 since it came out. I'm not a fan of monthly bills but when I got my new Mac I could no longer use CS6. I had to purchase the monthly plan in order to keep working. I'm not happy about it but have learned to live with it. CS6 is not compatible with Mac OS Big Sur. All of my old plugins and panels work fine. You may have to just buy it to keep editing. Wish I had better news for you.

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Rob5E40
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May 3, 2021

Hi Eva,  I remember back in 93 when I started with Photoshop and loved it.  I bought CS in 05 and loved it.  Now I pay 52.99 a month and can't even try the other app's and if I stop the others it is 29,99 and why quit the others if I need it.Right now I am ready to go and sell my product and mmy colors have changed to where I can not sell this, a firt grader could do better than this.  My password never works, my CS I can not use. (paid 650 in 05 for it, but unlike an old car can't use.)  If I have to ask for help, 5 days to get someone, and 3 to 5 hrs each day with them to fix and will work for 2 days and then same problem and now I can't even get to mine that I pay for and am lost.  I hear you  and just wanted to share mine so you can see that it is not just you.  CS I could breeze through and now I have no clue what to do, but somethings are great, but is it worth the crawling to have.   thanks for listening.  Rob           oh yeah, I am blind in one eye and losing the other and thehave two 47 inch monitors and can not read the scribbles that are in blue or grey and have to guess at most things.  well, good luck

 

Derek Cross
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Derek CrossCommunity Expert
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April 21, 2020

Yes that's excellent advice from Jane, and check out and come and see us in the InDesign forum as well – by the way, you need 16GB of RAM to run InDesign 2020 successfully (just sayin').

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign/bd-p/indesign?page=1&sort=latest_replies&filter=all

 

    evadoodle
    evadoodleAuthor
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    April 21, 2020

    Thank you so much 😊 

     

      Derek Cross
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      Derek CrossCommunity Expert
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      April 21, 2020

      It depends on which way you look at it. The Creative Cloud suit of applications includes the world's leading professional programs including Photoshop, After  Effects,  InDesign, Illustrator, Premiere and more, for around $50 a month. If someone's running a business and they can't afford that amount for these vital tools, IMO, they should give up and try some other activity.

      evadoodle
      evadoodleAuthor
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      April 21, 2020

      Intersting oponion there 🙂 

       

      By the way been running my business for 20 years, earn exactly enough pluss pluss, to provide for an interesting out of the box lifestyle. It may be hard for some people to realizr it is not really about money. But freedom. 

      evadoodle
      evadoodleAuthor
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      April 21, 2020

      You're welcome, Eva. InDesign Secrets is well worth following. You can also ask here before you make a purchase or do an upgrade, and we can advise on whether you will face issues. We are here to help, but we are users and don't work for Adobe or Apple. We can't make any changes to anything; we can only tell you the situation and help with solutions when you get stuck.

       

      ~ Jane


      Thanks a lot! 

        Derek Cross
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        Derek CrossCommunity Expert
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        April 21, 2020

        It's curious how people are happy to buy a new computer, but resent paying for the software to run on it and state they need it for their work but are reluctant to pay around $10 a month for it (Photoshop Photographers Plan).

        (NB The software does not need the internet to run it, just to download it to the computer and use it in the normal way.)

          evadoodle
          evadoodleAuthor
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          April 21, 2020

          Thank you for the information. I did not know that. And I was informed that the monthly fee would be much higher. Does the Photoshop Photographers Plan include indesign and illustrator?

          c.pfaffenbichler
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          c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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          April 21, 2020

          The Photoshography Plan includes Photoshop and Lightroom, see 

          https://www.adobe.com/uk/creativecloud/photography.html

          but not page Illustrator, Indesign, After Effects, Premiere, …

          jane-e
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          jane-eCommunity Expert
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          April 21, 2020

          "no one said it would expire within a couple of years!"

           

          Hi Eva,

          CS6 will still work if you do not change your hardware or OS and continuing working on the same system. It's when you upgrade your hardware and OS that you run into incompatibilities and things stop working. If you still have your old Mac with its old OS, then you can use CS6 there.

          ~ Jane

            c.pfaffenbichler
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            c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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            April 21, 2020

            Good thing I had stopped reading that post … 

              c.pfaffenbichler
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              c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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              April 21, 2020

              This is a user Forum, so you are not really addressing Adobe here, even though some Adobe employees thankfully have been dropping by.

               

              »Photoshop CS 6 does not work on my almost brand new iMac anymore.«

              And this is where I stopped reading … please see on this page the System Requirements of Photoshop CS6: 

              https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/system-requirements-old-versions.html

              evadoodle
              evadoodleAuthor
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              April 21, 2020

              Hello. Thanks for the link, but I am not able to understand one bit of it. Sorry. Not at all technical. I just want my tools to work, and they have up until recently. 

              c.pfaffenbichler
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              c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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              April 21, 2020

              On Mac Photoshop CS6 can work with 

              • Mac OS X v10.6.8 or v10.7. Adobe Creative Suite 3, 4, 5, CS5.5, and CS6 applications support Mac OS X v10.8 or v10.9 when installed on Intel-based systems.**

              If you choose a computer that does not run one of those OS versions then that’s on you and not somehow Adobe’s fault. 

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