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davidg44737659
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May 11, 2019
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Photoshop CS5 crashes upon use of the text tool

  • May 11, 2019
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Using PS CS5 on a MacAir running Mojave 14.4

Open the program ... no problem. Then select 'Text' tool and PS immediately crashes.

Try selecting the floating palette "Character" and the program crashes immediately
Tried to reset the tools by Ctrl Clicking on the tools options bar and selecting "Reset All Tools" and the program crashed.Watched a trouble shooting video and then id this:

Went to the Library->Prefs->Adobe Photoshop CS5 Settings->Adobe Photoshop CS5 prefs.psp and moved that file onto the desktop.
Restarted PS and tried again

Same thing PS crashes.

I don't think I'm having a problem with any of the other tools.

Anyone out there with any ideas ?

Thanks

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Anonymous
May 11, 2019

Hi

Try this to see if it helps

https://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac-software/open-apps-wont-work-mojave-photoshop-3684425/

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    davidg44737659Author
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    May 11, 2019

    Nope.
    Tried that and noticed that PS was slightly slower starting up (that may not be relevant as I had only just rebooted the computer) but the same fault seems to still be there : as soon as I hit a text related control the program crashes.

    [-(

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    davidg44737659Author
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    May 11, 2019

    Hi

    Take a look at this thread they mention updating to 12.0.4 fixes the issue

    Photoshop CS5: Crashes in Mojave after clicking Type Tool | Photoshop Family Customer Community

    Link to update

    Adobe - Photoshop : For Macintosh : Adobe Photoshop 12.0.4 update for Adobe Photoshop CS5


    That works !

    Well done Ged - thanks a million.

    Derek Cross
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    Derek CrossCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    May 11, 2019

    I think you'll probably have issues running such old software under a new OS. It might be time to either upgrade to the new version of Photoshop (CC2019), or maybe get a second-hand computer with an old OS to run Photoshop CS5.

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