Adobe Premiere Elements 13 Won't Run in Mac Os 10.15.3

[mrothfeld]

I purchased Premiere Elements 13 and installed on my Macbook Pro in 2015. Now when I try to open, it is telling me that the developer needs to update to run with my version of Mac Os. I also have Photoshop Elements 13. Is there any way to get this to run without buying it again? The program itself is perfectly fine for my needs. Below is the message I get when I try to open the program. 

“Adobe Premiere Elements 13” needs to be updated.

The developer of this app needs to update it to work with this version of macOS. Contact the developer for more information

[John T Smith]

Other mac users have reported that Catalina gave a warning about 32bit programs... did you not see the warning when you were installing Catalina?

https://macpaw.com/how-to/downgrade-from-catalina or
https://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac-software/downgrade-macos-3581872/

[mrothfeld]

John T. Smith, I have just seen this reply. I don't understand your response: are you suggesting that it would be possible to not upgrade to the current operating system of my laptop? If I were to have done that it would have had other consequences besides one program by Adobe. So what solution were you offering? It seems the choices were to run an old operating system and have problems, or pay for a new version of the program, or get a different program. 

[John T Smith]

You have 2 choices

1 - keep an old operating system to continue using an old program

2 - buy a new program that works with a new operating system

[mrothfeld]

Or...... Adobe could have offered an update (free or at a discount) so I could continue using the program that I had purchased, but they did not, as far as I know. But maybe you know?

[John T Smith]

Adobe did nothing to make your program stop running... Apple changed the operating system so much that old programs would not run

As I said... to run an old program you need to use an old operating system

Making the program run on Apple's new operating system was not an update, it was a complete rewrite of the program

I don't know if Adobe offers a discount, but your only option for Premiere Elements is to buy the current version

Again... this is due to what Apple did to make your old program stop working

[jellek38283927]

Hello, 

I have the same problem. Can you garantee that, when i buy the current version of adobe elements, it will still work the next day? Or will i be throwing my money away again?

[John T Smith]

I do not work for Adobe so I can't say if the program will work for you or not

Read the current requirements by starting at http://www.adobe.com/products/elements-family.html

[Bill Sprague]

No guarantee from me either.  But, you can download and run the trial for a week (or is it two weeks.)  Then, if you buy it directly from Adobe, the refund policy runs for 30 days.