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Adobe posts Creative Suite 4 FAQ for Mac OS X Snow Leopard
By Jim DalrympleAugust 26, 2009, 9:54 am PT
Adobe, one of Apple’s largest software developers, on Friday posted an FAQ to its Web site answering any questions user might have about its Creative Suite 4 (CS4) apps and Mac OS X Snow Leopard.
Of course the biggest question would be surrounding compatibility. Adobe says it worked closely with Apple and Creative Suite 4 is compatible with Snow Leopard. Adobe also says that Snow Leopard is a good release for CS4 users because it “delivers a productive computing experience for creative professionals.”
Adobe said that CS4 was the only product suite that was tested with Snow Leopard. Using older versions could leave you with stability issues under Snow Leopard.
Adobe has already said it is dropping PowerPC support in future versions of the suite, focusing instead on the newer Intel-architecture.
While no updates are required to run Creative Suite 4 on Snow Leopard, Adobe said it did find two minor issues in its testing. One involves users with Adobe Creative Suite Infrastructure 1.0.1 installed. When updates are available it will appear the update completes, but you will be notified again of the update.
The second issue is that Adobe Drive used with Adobe Version Cue CS4 Server does not run on the 64-bit version of Snow Leopard. Adobe said it is working on fixes for these two issues.
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Adobe posts Creative Suite 4 FAQ for Mac OS X Snow Leopard
By Jim DalrympleAugust 26, 2009, 9:54 am PT
Adobe, one of Apple’s largest software developers, on Friday posted an FAQ to its Web site answering any questions user might have about its Creative Suite 4 (CS4) apps and Mac OS X Snow Leopard.
Of course the biggest question would be surrounding compatibility. Adobe says it worked closely with Apple and Creative Suite 4 is compatible with Snow Leopard. Adobe also says that Snow Leopard is a good release for CS4 users because it “delivers a productive computing experience for creative professionals.”
Adobe said that CS4 was the only product suite that was tested with Snow Leopard. Using older versions could leave you with stability issues under Snow Leopard.
Adobe has already said it is dropping PowerPC support in future versions of the suite, focusing instead on the newer Intel-architecture.
While no updates are required to run Creative Suite 4 on Snow Leopard, Adobe said it did find two minor issues in its testing. One involves users with Adobe Creative Suite Infrastructure 1.0.1 installed. When updates are available it will appear the update completes, but you will be notified again of the update.
The second issue is that Adobe Drive used with Adobe Version Cue CS4 Server does not run on the 64-bit version of Snow Leopard. Adobe said it is working on fixes for these two issues.
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While I understand that it takes a lot of resources to update previous versions of software, they really need to support at least one version back. Especially when a lot more people use it than the current (less-than-stellar) version. Or at least offer a deep discount for CS3/SL users. Things would be different if we were talking about a $60 bundle, but instead we are talking 10-times that.
But that’s not going to happen. They are going to milk it for all it’s worth.
maybe snow leopards aren’t as creative as their fellow felines. I found a fun article about the new apple release over here: http://onthebutton.wordpress.com/2009/08/26/apple-snow-leopard/
I’ve grown so tired of people who complain about this issue. First off, why is that a few people think that the version of CS they run is certainly the most popular. Next, no matter what the upgrade price, it’s too much. Then, the current version is “less than stallar.” Really? It’s the same as CS3 but with more cool features. It’s faster and more stable for everyone I talk to. So what exactly makes it “less than stellar?”
The age-old reply is still valid. If you don’t think the CS4 upgrade is worth the money and you want to continue running CS3 – DON’T UPGRADE TO SNOW LEOPARD. Simple.
That being said, CS3 ran fine for me under Snow Leopard on a MacBook Pro (at least, PS, AI, ID and Acrobat did anyway).
“Then, the current version is “less than stallar.” Really? It’s the same as CS3 but with more cool features. It’s faster and more stable for everyone I talk to. So what exactly makes it “less than stellar?””
1. I do NOT find it faster than CS3 at all. In some cases like opening a print dialog it’s several times slower. (mainly talking about InDesign and Photoshop, I haven’t messed with the other apps near as much)
2. More stable!? InDesign and Photoshop CS4 have crashed exponentially more than CS3 for everyone I work with. My co-worker had to turn off OpenGL support in Photoshop because it kept crashing, or showing giant globs of transparent background where image should be. We’re also running into problems saving files. We never had this problem with CS3. (Thinks the files are either open in another app or read-only)
Hey, it’s not as craptastic as you may think I’m portraying it, but it’s not as rosy as you say it is either.
I’m not raving mad about it. I’ve heard it works reasonably well in SL. That’s good. I’m just not cutting Adobe any slack. They charge out the ass for their product, they can support out the ass for it as well.
Note: I don’t really have too much of a problem with them charging $1000+ for the initial purchase. My problem is with the astronomical upgrade fees. If they aren’t going to think twice about dropping support for last year’s software, they need to make it more feasible for EVERYONE to keep up to date. They could cut the upgrade fees in half and still not achieve that goal.