Running older Creative Suite apps in Older Mac OSs

[birckcmi]

A fairly straightforward question: Can I run Adobe Creative Suite Premium (NOT CREATIVE CLOUD) ensemble on a Mac running OSX 10.5, aka Snow Leopard? The CS ensemble is as of 2004.

[Myra Ferguson]

I found this page with system requirements for CS5 which shows a minimum requirement of 10.5.7:
https://www.adobe.com/store/en_us/popup/software/creativesuite/mastercollection5/systemreqs.html

[John Waller]

The CS ensemble is as of 2004.

By @birckcmi

That would be CS1 or CS2.

Even if you could install the software, you won't be able to activate the suite for use beyond the 30 day trial period because the activation servers no longer exist.

[iain_7103]

For customers like me in the EU, how does this destruction of the activation servers square with Adobe's obligations under the EU "Right to Repair" directive?

The "Right to Repair"seems to give the end user consumer an absolute right to have their product repaired for free within the guarantee period, or within whatever lifetime would normally be expected for a product of that type (whichever is longer). As software has no moving parts and cannot wear out, it would be reasonable to expect it to "last" as long as the hardware capable of running it. In my case an Apple Mac Pro 2.1 that is built like a tank and shows no signs of irrepairably stopping any time soon.

Even after the end of the free repair period, the Right to Repair obliges the original manufacturer to, promptly and at a reasonable price, provide the end user with all the spare parts, information etc. etc. that they need to undertake the repair themselves (or have a professional do it for them). The implication being that software should be installable and activateable from original media (or a work around provided), for as long as someone in the EU owns the original media, the licence, and the hardware to run it.

Is Adobe even aware of the directive? And how do they plan to respond when EU customers start trying to enforce their repair rights?

[John Waller]

For customers like me in the EU, how does this destruction of the activation servers square with Adobe's obligations under the EU "Right to Repair" directive?

No idea I'm afraid. I don't work for Adobe and I don't live in Europe.

Would not have thought it would apply to CS1-CS4 activation servers since they were removed many years ago.

Also not sure how it applies to software sold a decade ago such as CS5 and CS6 - well before the directive existed.

For software sold today, it would be a different story.

[Jeff Arola]

CS1 (Creative Suite 1) should run on Mac OS X Leopard 10.5 or Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6 and doesn't require activation on the Mac side.

Creative Suite CS2 and CS3 do require activation, so the orginal versions won't run past a 30 day trial period.

Adobe did offer spercial non activation versions for licensed users when the Adobe shut down the activation servers, but Adobe removed those downloads years ago.