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Mark Faccone
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June 19, 2019
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MacOS Catalina and photoshop elements 18

  • June 19, 2019
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Since I have not seen or even read about Adobe Application Manager going 64 bit... will that mean my Photoshop Elements 18 will not be supported in the new MacOS?  I really do not want to jump on the software rental train. 

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    Donn_Ianuzi
    Donn_Ianuzi
    Participant
    June 18, 2020

    I was on the Photoshop rental train at $10 per month for 3 years and switched to Elements with no rental fee. I now have Catalina. I will keep my old MacBook Pro if I need Photoshop. I used Photoshop for over 30 years. Now, I hate Adobe. People will see my pictures as I took them. I am 83 yrs. old. Hope I can find a substitute.

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    Phinny
    Legend
    October 25, 2019

    I remember once NOT upgrading Snow Leopard to Lion because it would have made my Adobe CS3 app unusable.  That gave me a couple more years of CS3, ending when my iMac finally went up several years later, but it saved me the heart ache I see some of you going through.  Always read up on Apple OS upgrades before you buy.

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      regb19937178
      Participant
      November 7, 2019

      Just don't buy their crap. I can't even log into the new version of Elements 2020. Their chat support says Elements 2020 doesn't work with Catalina but their web page says it does. Find some other software and stay away from this.

      assause
      Community Expert
      assauseCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 9, 2019

      If you are thinking of running on macOS 10.15, you need to upgrade to the 2020 version for a fee.

      https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-elements/tech-specs.html

      WRXTR
      WRXTR
      Participant
      October 16, 2019
      Why would you charge faithful customers FULL price for an update to continue running your software?
      assause
      Community Expert
      assauseCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 16, 2019

      The specific version of the application is expected to run only on operating systems that can be used during development.
      Elements products prior to 2019 are not expected to be used on macOS 10.15.
      In addition, software is not permanently supported.
      Adobe is a profit-making company, not a volunteer, so it's natural to get the price to use it in a new environment.

      WRXTR
      WRXTR
      Participant
      October 9, 2019

      I'm running the official release of MacOS Catalina.  My full versions of 2019 Elements and Premiere Elements still work.

      HOWEVER, tthe Adobe Application Manager is dead.  MacOS Catalina reported this when I upgraded.  It also mentioned 2 other apps (not Adobe apps) that would not run and they don't.  

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      pescatruchas
      Participant
      December 13, 2019

      I just installed PS Elements 2019 on my iMac (Catalina) and PHE does not open, what is the secret?

      Jeff Arola
      Community Expert
      Jeff ArolaCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      December 14, 2019

      Unfortunately, the only photoshop elements that "officially" works on Catalina is pse 2020.

       

      You can however try the workaround posted here for pse 2019:

       

      https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-elements/a-letter-to-our-photoshop-elements-users/td-p/10663941

      Jeff Arola
      Community Expert
      Jeff ArolaCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 19, 2019

      Since adobe is probably not going to comment on Catalina until it's released to the public, i'd hold off upgrading till you see what runs and what doesn't.

      i imagine there will plenty of users posting here about it.

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      Mark FacconeAuthor
      Known Participant
      June 19, 2019

      They've only known about it for over a year with Mojave.  I'm seriously wondering if Adobe will drop support for elements and require a CC subscription.. or even make photoshop elements 20 a subscription based software

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