For users of Adobe Creative Cloud products (as well as several other developer’s products), High Sierra has introduced quite a few bugs that need to be resolved. Fortunately, Adobe has a page about compatibility issues with several of their products, with some workarounds and temporary fixes, until they resolve the problem with a CC update.
Tuesday, October 13th, 2015 Author: Adobe Creative Cloud is the standard toolset for many creative professionals who work in print, web, mobile, and video mediums. However with each new release of OS X or Windows, there are inevitably a few bumps in the road. With that in mind we’ve gathered some recent updates from Adobe, to help you decide whether you should wait before.
The list below contains details about the core applications in Adobe’s CC 2015 suite. Wherever we found additional issues with older versions of the software that are still commonly used (such as CS6), we have listed them. NOTE: OWC does not support third party apps like the Creative Cloud suite. This article is provided solely as a courtesy to our customers who use Creative Cloud and have questions about upgrading to El Capitan. Adobe After Effects The After Effects team has stated that the following versions of the application are ready for use with El Capitan: After Effects CC 2015 (13.5.1 or higher); After Effects CC 2014 (13.2); After Effects CC (12.2.1); After Effects CS6 (11.0.4). Please see the for more details about specific features like Mercury Transit. To find out whether a specific third-party effect is compatible with OS 10.11, please visit the developer site for official information.
Adobe Premiere Pro Upgrading to El Capitan is not recommended at this time for Premiere Pro CC 2015 users. Adobe has identified specific issues and is.
There may be problems running earlier versions as well. Please visit the for more information. Adobe Audition Similar to Premiere Pro, upgrading to El Capitan is for Audition CC 2015 users. Visit the for more information.
Adobe Photoshop While the majority of functions in Photoshop CC 2015 work on El Capitan, certain components of the user interface may be unresponsive or in some cases unavailable. Some people have also experienced general application slow-downs as well.
The Photoshop team is working to correct these issues; in the interim they have to bridge compatibility. To report additional issues or get more updates, please visit the. Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Some users are experiencing general slow-downs and crashes when using Lightroom CC 2015.2 or Lightroom 6.2 in El Capitan. Additionally Nikon and Leica camera tethering functionality does not work with El Capitan. Adobe Illustrator Based on limited information, it appears there may be a problem using context menus (i.e. Right-click menus) in Illustrator CC 2015, but this is not confirmed.
Problems running Illustrator CS6 with the Java SE6 runtime in El Capitan have also been reported. While no official information has been made available yet, the is the best place to check for updates.
Adobe InDesign There is a known bug where using the “Automatically hide and show the menu bar” feature in El Capitan causes InDesign to crash. The workaround is to simply not use this feature until Adobe or Apple has issued a fix. There appear to be no additional problems at this time with InDesign CC 2015.
For additional Creative Cloud information relating to El Capitan compatibility (including forums for Dreamweaver, Flash, and Acrobat), please visit. And for more OS X El Capitan coverage from the Rocket Yard, click. I had this same problem. Couldn’t install CC2014 on a brand new drive installed in a 2011 imac running El Capitan. Couldn’t figure out what to do. Changed permissions on the folder where the install was using Terminal.
Installed and used the Adobe Cleaner app. Created a new user tried the install again. Figured, I’d install Sierra and give it a try. Finally installed Snow Leopard. Install when without a hitch. After the install of SL, I did an upgrade to El Capitan and launched CC2014 and all was good.There is something in SL that needs to be carried over to the upgrade to EL Capitan in order for CC2014 to be installed.
I eventually installed Sierra to see if this still worked and it did. Hope this helps. Adobe Customers: We’re sorry to hear that many of you continue to experience performance and stability issues with the Creative Cloud suite. While we don’t support the suite in any official capacity, we would like to reiterate some important advice.
Whether using CC2015 (which is the focus of this article), CC2016, or CC2017, if you’re having persistent problems the best thing to do is post a bug report for the specific application and version using their feature request / bug report form: Additionally, while we definitely understand your frustration, Adobe is not likely to monitor complaints about their products on third party web sites. The good news is they do monitor their Support Forums (linked below).
Please check the popular threads for existing issues; the more people that register the same complaint in a given thread, the more likely that the issue will get the attention of Adobe’s engineering teams. First of all, I’m kind of pissed that the software I have owned the license for for the past 20 years is now going to cost me $600 a year. (Thanks Adobe) but I just upgraded my computer to a brand new BEAUTIFUL (and somehow USELESS) iMac desktop computer with the 27″ Retina display. I’m running the most recent OS Sierra and when I set up all of this I found out that I can no longer purchase CS6 because it’s NOT COMPATIBLE with Sierra OR the Retina display. For the time being I’m trying to use my exsisting CS 5.5 software which literally crashes more often than I can hit SAVE. My printer, yea, that wasn’t compatible either, had to buy a new one Oh, and this fancy new computer has no disk drive? Guess I’ll have to buy one of those too.
(But gee, this slimmer display sure is swelleye roll) What is this? We pay this kind of money to use Apple products and Adobe software and now none of it is even compatible anymore? Apple and Adobe used to work together so beautifully, and since purchasing this new computer I’ve been nothing but EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED. I hesitate to spend $600 for the right to us Adobe Creative Cloud software because I’m not even sure it’s going to be compatible with my BRAND NEW COMPUTER! It’s beyond stupid. This machine has a Terabyte of storage and 3.2 GHz Processor and it’s SLOW!
My 12 year old iMac was faster than this! I’m frustrated beyond belief. I am a graphic artist with my own business but I can’t even keep Illustrator open long enough to create a birthday invitation for my little boy let alone accomplish any real design work. Illustrator just crashed on me consecutively 5 times inside of 8 minutes. Is anyone using the new Adobe Creative Cloud with the OS Sierra and a Retina Display? ANY SUGGESTIONS???
My 2012 iMac (8GB RAM)has been extremely slow for some time. So I wiped it and restored the OS (El Cap).
I did this thinking the issue was a result of numerous over the top type OS upgrades. This time, I only restored data and not preferences and settings.
Things were fineuntil I reinstalled the Photographer’s version of CC 2016. Then I started noticing a general slowdown again and that the various CC components were showing up on the Activity Monitor as potential culprits. 2 questions: (1) Has anyone run this on MacOS Sierra yet and is the performance any better? (2) Can you run or even have Photoshop CC and Lightroom CC on your Mac without having the CC manager present or running? I’m a Mac IT Technician and i’ll tell you honestly that Adobe products and El Capitan OS X is the worst combination i’ve ever seen. Since upgrading my users to El Cap i’ve had nothing but problems, Indesign quotes 5 – 10 times a day for the users, drops network connection when working live off our server, deactivates fonts on its own and generally causes havoc.
If i could i would keep the Macs on Mavericks, at least they worked properly then but unfortunately new Macs can’t roll back from El Cap. If you’re reading this and considering upgrading your OS X DON’T! Hi James (and Blaine), Sorry to hear about your customers’ El Capitan / Creative Cloud troubles. If you see a repeatable pattern where specific Creative Cloud apps or app functions result in a crash on El Capitan, I encourage you or your customers to report those instances to Apple and Adobe. They may already be aware of the issue(s) but the more data points they have, the better. The same can be said for big changes in performance (i.e. Any feature that performs well on a given class of hardware running 10.10.x but does not perform well on the similar hardware that is running 10.11.x).
The crashes should generate a dialog that ask if they want to report the issue to Apple. As part of that they can send a brief description of what they were doing, and a crash log. They can also opt-in for an email follow up if they want to.
I do this any time I encounter the same crash multiple times during the same work session. Occasionally their engineers contact users for more information. For Adobe reports, customers can use the form below. Also they can report the issue in Adobe’s Creative Cloud support forums.
The more people that report the problem, the higher priority the fix will be (in my experience). Hang in there! Hi Elliot, If you’re noticing the Canon printer no longer works with a specific version of Lightroom, but does work with other apps on the latest version of 10.11, your best bet is to check the Lightroom Support forum to see if others have encountered this issue. Adobe may be aware of the issue and working on a fix, but if not you’ll want to share your experience there so they are aware of the potential issue. In general, the best place to get support for Creative Cloud apps is the Adobe Support forums.
DO NOT UPGRADE TO EL CAPITAN. DO NOT UPGRADE TO EL CAPITAN. I DID, AFTER READING THE RATINGS ON THE APP STORE. I SHOULD HAVE DUG DEEPER. IF YOU RUN ILLUSTRATOR 5 IT WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.
IT CRASHES ALL THE TIME NOW, EVEN AFTER THE JAVA FIX SO IT WOULD RUN AT ALL. WHEN YOU DIG DOWN INTO THE ADOBE FORUMS, YOU CAN HAVE THE JOY OF BEING SHAMED FOR UPGRADING A STABLE SYSTEM AND FIND OUT THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOW THAT YOUR SOFTWARE IS NO LONGER SUPPORTED. I THINK ITS CLEARLY A MANEUVER TO GET PPL TO HAVE TO UPGRADE TO CC PAID MONTHLY APPS. THEY TRIED DISCOUNTS, THEY RAISE PRICE, YOU DON’T PAY ONE MONTH, NO SOFTWARE WORKS, I BACKED DOWN TO THE ONE I OWNED OUTRIGHT, NOW THEY RENDER THAT OBSOLETE. I am not aware of any known issues with the updater itself, however it is possible they exist on certain systems and not others.
Any cc-installed apps should always be updated using the Creative Cloud app unless Adobe suggests a different approach for special reasons. If you are aware of updates that have been released recently which are not showing up in the Creative Cloud app, the best course of action is to visit Adobe’s support forums first to see if others are reporting the issue, and also to report the issue to Adobe directly so they can investigate based on your specific system details. If an issue exists they may be able to get it fixed relatively quickly. Recent Posts. Macs last a long time. Don't plunk down your hard earned money on a new Mac when an upgraded Mac can run faster than a new Mac. We have the best upgrades and support for Macs: The easiest and most cost effective way to get the most from your Mac.
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