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‎Jun 11, 2024
03:40 PM
I tried switching between a spare 2TB Seagate FireCuda 530 in an external USB3.2 enclosure and a 256GB Corsair Survivor, and I can confirm that flash drives are not supported. Until I saw this thread, I'd never even considered trying such a thing.
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‎Jun 11, 2024
02:04 PM
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Nice, juicy nothingburger. I do appreciate Adobe's clarifications of just what the license entails, rights-wise.
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‎Jun 10, 2024
11:58 AM
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Seems to be a troubleshooter for your printer that printed out. It is unlikely, but possible that your media settings in the driver (for Photoshop to print) didn't match the media settings on the printer. My Canon Pro4000 will give a warning with media mismatch, but it doesn't print any of that data, so I am unsure about that. As D Fosse stated, however, that isn't part of Photoshop itself.
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‎Jun 04, 2024
03:36 PM
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I love Linux, but it's just a non-starter, as has been pointed out many, many times. It makes no business sense to invest all the money, time, and effort to support such a tiny, yet disparate community. I hate MicroSoft and Apple. I've used both Macs (at work) and PCs (home and work) running Adobe programs since 1997. I've been building computers since 1994, and running Linux since 1998. My coworker's 2017 27" iMac crashes several times a day and hasn't been able to be updated successfully since 2019. (I'm fairly sure this could be fixed by contacting Apple, but I guess we don't want to pay to do it...) The 2020 iMac never has problems, and the four Windows work systems I've built spanning 2013 to 2019 and the two home ones I currently have have never, ever crashed, so OS stability comparisons are moot. (Windows 10 still sucks. 11 sucks harder.) Anyway, if someone can create an emulator for Linux that will support Photoshop, not the other way around, they'll just get sued into oblivion, so there is ultimately no real chance of ever - EVER - getting Linux support. I look forward to checking in on this thread in another decade...
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‎Jun 03, 2024
10:48 AM
Ok, if old hardware and software are to be supported in perpetuity, why can't I run CC 2024 in Windows 7? Because the hardware and OS are no longer supported. We pay a monthly subscription fee, but older systems are constantly being phased out of it and can no longer support the current versions. This isn't a wrong answer, it's a demonstrable fact. Look at all the posts by people whose systems are no longer being supported by Adobe, PC and Mac. There are thousands of them. Either they find a way to download and install an older, compatible version, or they have to update or replace their systems.
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‎May 29, 2024
03:10 PM
I'm sorry to have to say this, but your system is just too old. I don't get upset that I can't run Windows 10 or 11, or the current Creative Cloud programs on my January 2006 dual Opteron 290 system. It still runs great, but it is simply too old to support the modern technologies required by current software. It would be unrealistic to expect Adobe and Microsoft to continue supporting it. You got over 14 years out of your system, and that's great, but it is time to get something newer.
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‎May 23, 2024
02:24 PM
I always build my own to save money. Back in 2020 when I built my most current system, I saved about $3000 over what Puget Systems wanted, and I got better/more NVME drives, plus longer warranties on parts and three years of free file recovery on my RAID10. I couldn't have afforded to pay what they wanted. I would never buy a Windows or Linux machine pre-built, unless I won the lottery!
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‎May 23, 2024
01:24 PM
All your points are valid. I should have mentioned that the efficiency of the Apple Silicon means that the performance can potentially be scaled far more than an equivalent AMD or Intel cpu. I realized last night that I was actually wrong about the GPU versus Apple Silicon-integrated graphics argument, as you pointed out. I keep thinking that it is similar to the integrated graphics of AMD and Intel, whereas it is a totally different system, and much higher-performance. I apologize for my incorrect statements. As much as I lust after the Threadripper Pro 7995wx, and the latest Ada RTX cards, I have to be realistic here, and admit that the Apple Silicon ecosystem has many inherent advantages that are only beginning to be realized. If I needed a laptop, I wouldn't consider anything other than a Macbook Pro at this point. For a desktop, I'm not constrained by power so much, so using up to 1200 Watts isn't as much of an issue. Still, my solar panels can only cover so much, and every bit of efficiency helps!
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‎May 22, 2024
12:04 PM
Illustrator and InDesign are still primarily single-threaded. The main benefit from Apple Silicon is the increased IPC relative to the older Intel chips, not necessarily overall multi-threaded capability. My 2018 Threadripper 2950x is still adequate for multi-threaded applications, but it is severely hindered in single-threaded use by its low IPC. My 2020 3955wx is better, but still a far cry from the IPC of a newer i7 or i9, both of which are better for IPC and mult-threading than an M3. The primary benefit of the Apple Silicon versus current AMD and Intel offerings is the incredible efficiency of the chip. The built-in GPU definitely can't compete with a current high-end video card for photo and video editing. All that said, yes, the slow performance in InDesign is due to software optimization failure, rather than any hardware faults.
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‎May 20, 2024
03:15 PM
1 Upvote
I've never had a crash related to webview2, whether on my 2018 32GB Intel work machine or one of my 2018-2020 128GB AMD home computers. I regularly use 22GB of ram at work in PS and up to 50 at home, with no slowdowns or crashes. I wasn't even aware that this was a problem. I wonder if something else is at fault here. I do, however, hate MS Edge with a seething purple passion that borders on delirium.
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‎May 17, 2024
04:03 PM
The only time I use exFAT (or any FAT system) is for UEFI driver installation outside the OS. It's pretty much useless for anything else. An interesting thing to note is that NTFS formatted drives can't (reliably) be used to make alterations to the UEFI environment. I learned that when I tried to install the drivers for my two HighPoint SSD7505s to use as a RAID10 boot device.
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‎May 15, 2024
03:29 PM
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Just remember that every time a jpg is resaved, it applies the compression algorithm again, increasing undesireable artifacts. I work almost exclusively in print, and I use tiffs for anything smaller than what requires a psb.
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‎May 15, 2024
03:19 PM
I always save all full-resolution files as a tif for these reasons. I am so grateful that someone else champions this!
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‎May 13, 2024
01:10 PM
I don't know. I'm very happy with my Threadripper.
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‎May 09, 2024
02:52 PM
Ah, yes. You are, of course, completely correct. I was actually wondering about that. Thank you for clarifying.
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‎May 09, 2024
01:57 PM
"- Core Sync Status: Unknown - Core Sync Running: Unavailable Content Credentials is not available" I know someone else who had this problem. Turns out that the software was indeed pirated. Of course, that might not be the case here. The license type at least says subscription.
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‎Apr 30, 2024
12:41 PM
We have 8 users in a mixed Mac/Windows environment and open and save most files on an ioSafe 218. While I try to keep myself saving things locally while they're being worked on, and then moving to the file server when finished, most of us just work directly from the ioSafe. We've never encountered the read-only problem. Our machines aren't the newest or fastest, and the network isn't especially fast, either, so I don't know why we haven't encountered this. I'm just grateful that we haven't.
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‎Apr 24, 2024
12:26 PM
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@NB, colourmanagement That's a very concise and helpful assessment of the jpeg format. I always save originals as tif/psd/psb, and use jpegs as proofs. I've spent so many hours over the past 27 years explaining compression artifacts and the problems of re-saving jpegs to customers that I think it amounts to a few months of work. Anyone who needs an extremely large image without degradation should use psb, and never use compression, unless it is truly lossless. Thank you for posting that.
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‎Mar 15, 2024
03:52 PM
Reset the file from scratch in the original application, or find a program to open the pdf that doesn't apply Adobe's security standards to bypass the password requirement.
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‎Mar 07, 2024
03:10 PM
1 Upvote
Thank you for that informative post. I think it will help some people. I'm going to do some reading tonight at home, based on what you've cited.
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‎Mar 04, 2024
03:21 PM
1 Upvote
I have a coworker who has had to use Time Machine backups of InDesign files a few times in the past. The process seemed simple and worked fine. Adobe definitely doesn't hate Apple.
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‎Feb 29, 2024
12:34 PM
1 Upvote
I don't know how they can mark this one as solved... I'm grateful that I haven't run into this problem, but for so many people to have this issue seems unacceptable. Maybe Adobe will push another UI update while utterly failing to address this issue.
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‎Feb 29, 2024
12:14 PM
Is it the 32 bit or 64 bit version of Acrobat? I used to run out of memory with Acrobat Pro 32 bit when converting large numbers of files. This isn't a Windows 11 issue, at least for me, as I have converted over a thousand documents in one session without problems. Are the files primarily vector, as in text, or are there raster elements?
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‎Feb 26, 2024
01:11 PM
2 Upvotes
I work at a design and print shop that requires Pantone color matching for press runs. Now Adobe has dropped Pantone support. Great. I also have to do lots of edits of customer files that are sent to us as pdfs, and the new Acrobat is an unmitigated disaster. Great. How much longer will we be able to revert to the old system, which now has new flaws regardless?
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‎Feb 23, 2024
01:42 PM
I'm pretty sure that I can eventually get rid of it through the registry. I'm just being super cautious. I've been editing the Windows registry since they first introduced it. I converted the Windows flag in NT 4.0 into a star using the registry, back when visual UI components were stored that way, for instance. I've never run into something I wasn't able to handle. But... Windows 11 worries me. I'm dreading the full integration of Copilot with the OS. I actually did get rid of Edge on one system, briefly, but I forgot to make a particular registry edit and it reinstalled from Windows Update. I tried to go back and redo my previous steps, and it no longer worked. Grrrr.
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‎Feb 23, 2024
01:36 PM
You are 100% correct. We'll have to see how things go, and not be passive onlookers, but actively involved in the process. But I digress. You always make good points.
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‎Feb 22, 2024
04:01 PM
I don't think that Adobe can make an alteration that will be respected by the OS to override the behavior that is occuring. Legally, I mean. I haven't experienced this particular issue, but I have had other things get hijacked by Edge. I've been trying to uninstall it for a little while now, mainly through registry edits, and it still won't leave. The antitrust lawsuit back in the 90s that Microsoft lost apparently didn't dissuade them from getting back into attempted monopoly mode. The EU has successfully gone after them, but we here in the US are still at their mercy...
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‎Feb 22, 2024
11:16 AM
Yikes! I hope to upgrade my home system to 512GB some time this year. I only run out of RAM at work because I like to have Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat, Command Workstation, Outlook, Firefox, and a few other programs all going at the same time. Windows 10 and 11 are very stupid, so they won't free up memory when I close a large file in Photoshop, for instance, unless I close Photoshop and reopen it. I can't blame that on Adobe. I was pretty happy at home getting 25/18GBps out of my RAID10, but Windows broke it, and now I can't get better than 16/12GBps. A RAM-disk is defintely faster!
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‎Feb 20, 2024
03:08 PM
It's all about single core speed and having at least 16GB of ram. Older and low-end cpus simply don't have the oomph to power through ID and AI tasks. Neither do massively-multithreaded CPUS, with the exception of the last two generations of Threadrippers or Xeons. A good i7/i9 of the last 3 generations, or Ryzen 7/Ryzen 9 of the last two generations will make things much better. Even the 5 year old i7 9700k I use at my day job is decent enough, but newer chips are much better. The M3 Apple cpu is a champ, if you don't mind changing ecosystems. If you are able/forced to upgrade memory, get as much as you can afford. Even 16GB is barely enough now. I sometimes run out of memory with 32GB at my day job, since I don't like to use a pagefile with nand ssds. I bought an Intel Optane dc5800x for home use as a pagefile and ultra-reliable storage for sensitive information. That's a little extreme, I'll admit.
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‎Feb 19, 2024
11:06 AM
1 Upvote
It's a "feature".
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