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eugene 12345
eugene 12345
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December 22, 2017
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Photoshop CS3 on Mac Sierra.

  • December 22, 2017
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Photoshop CS3 on Mac Sierra. Licensing has stopped and cannot open. A new serial number and CS3 uninstall and re-install required. Spent many hours with customer service and at the point of re-install. When opening Photoshop CS3 setup, it doesn't open. What can I do to correct and install?

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    Correct answer DelphiZoa

    Installing Creative Suite on Mac OS X 10.12 requires a workaround. I would recommend looking over the instructions for installing CS4 on Sierra: Installing Creative Suite on macOS 10.12 (Sierra)​. Unfortunately, there are no instructions specifically for CS3, since the software too old to have been tested on the newest operating systems.

    Let us know if that helps.

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    Filling Up The Hump
    Filling Up The Hump
    Participant
    August 5, 2018

    I went into the system prefrences clicked on Security & Privacy  and blocked The Adobe CS3 Suite from having any connections in the Firewall Options after install. It now thinks there is no internet connection and cannot update. It now runs perfectly.

    DelphiZoa
    DelphiZoaCorrect answer
    Participating Frequently
    December 22, 2017

    Installing Creative Suite on Mac OS X 10.12 requires a workaround. I would recommend looking over the instructions for installing CS4 on Sierra: Installing Creative Suite on macOS 10.12 (Sierra)​. Unfortunately, there are no instructions specifically for CS3, since the software too old to have been tested on the newest operating systems.

    Let us know if that helps.

    J
    jessepietila
    Participant
    January 3, 2018

    I have the same situation with OS X 10.12.5 and CS3... so I am all ears how to continue...

    DelphiZoa
    DelphiZoa
    Participating Frequently
    January 3, 2018

    Hi Jessepietila,

    Have you already obtained a new serial number using the instructions here: Download Adobe Creative Suite 3 products​? If so, did you follow the instructions for the Sierra workaround posted in my previous reply? If that didn't work for you, it will help us troubleshoot if you can provide some more specifics about what, exactly is happening when you try to install via the workaround.

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