I did that once before after a disk crash. They’ll give me the magic code to unlock it.

Everything else was fine, but the CS3 version of Photoshop, which is all I need for my work, wouldn’t run and insisted on being re-authenticated.

When I had a hard drive crash some months back, I did a restore from a backup. Steve, you might talk to Adobe about what is involved in restoring apps for the more recent but non-CC versions of Adobe products. And they’ll have no older operating system to return to. And you’ll hear cries of anguish from those who are surprised because their copies of InDesign no longer run. If they have made a backup, they can use their backup to return to an operating system version that will run InDesign CS6 or earlier and they’ll still have their working copy of InDesign. However, as with most backups, this advice is ignored by the majority of users.Ĭome this fall, many users of the “perpetual” (non-subscription) versions of InDesign will simply update their operating system to Catalina, assuming that everything will run as usual. It’s a usual good practice to make a backup of your system, including its software, before making a major operating system upgrade. Be Sure to Back Up Your Macintosh Operating System and Your Software None of those pre-Creative Cloud InDesign versions are supported by Adobe, so you’ll be on your own. The result is the only way to run InDesign CS6 and earlier are to continue to run on them macOS 14 (Mojave) or earlier-assuming that those Mac versions can run older InDesign versions. Unlike Photoshop CS6 and Illustrator CS6 which were updated to be 64-bit applications earlier, InDesign was not updated to 64-bit until the first Creative Cloud version InDesign CC 9.0, which was released in June 2013. InDesign CS6 and earlier versions are 32-bit and will not run in macOS Catalina.

The operating system will let you know which apps are now defunct once you upgrade.” “…macOS Catalina does away with 32-bit app support, so some of your older apps are going to stop working. And free public builds will be available in July so many people will start running Catalina right away so they can “try out new stuff.” But be warned… InDesign CS6 and Earlier Versions Are 32-bit and Will Not Workįor a year or two, Apple has been pre-announcing that its next version, macOS 15, would not support older 32-bit applications, and now the time has come for this decision to be put into action. It’s inexpensive to sign up as a developer. As is usual for new macOS versions, the final version will be released to Macintosh users this coming fall, but beta versions were released immediately to Apple developers. At the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, held June 3 – 7, 2019, one of the key announcements was the introduction of macOS 15, to be known as macOS Catalina.

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