Creative Cloud Apps Telling Me I am in Trial Mode. Help!
First time I have had an issue with my Creative Cloud subscription apps. My account is in good standing since May. On a Mac running 10.6.8
As of this morning, when I try opening any of my Creative Cloud apps, I receive a notification saying "Sign In Required" -- We will now register your trial to your Adobe ID.
I installed the most recent updates on Monday, Dec. 17. After installation, I had no problems opening the software.
This morning, I launched Adobe Photoshop CS6 (ver 13.1.0) with no problems. Then, when I went to launch Adobe Illustrator (ver 16.2.0) I received the dialog saying "Sign In Required" for all my apps.
When I click the "sign in" button, it opens the apps in "tryout mode". When I quit and reopen Photoshop, InDesign, Illlustrator there is a window asking me to either license the software, or continue the trial. When I click "License This Software," it tells me sign in is required so I hit "sign in." But this then prompts me for a "serial number" -- which Creative Cloud subscribers don't have. And now all of my software is doing this.
Please...any help would be appreciated!!
Spoke with a very nice gentleman from Adobe Creative Cloud support.
He suggested, when you get to the "Sign In" page, to click "Not my Adobe ID" and it will take you to a page to sign in with your Adobe ID.
This worked!
He said that the recent updates had caused a glitch that was a "known issue."
Hope this helps someone else!
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Process: Creative Cloud [38993]
Path: /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Creative Cloud/*/Creative Cloud.app/Contents/MacOS/Creative Cloud
Identifier: com.adobe.acc.AdobeCreativeCloud
Version: 1.7.2.419 (???)
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [246]
Responsible: Creative Cloud [38993]
User ID: 501
Date/Time: 2014-09-07 11:10:17.416 +0200
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.9.4 (13E28)
Report Version: 11
Anonymous UUID: 6E543C7B-7F96-DDC0-12C2-F9018C309437
Crashed Thread: 39
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x00000000ab2ad4ca
VM Regions Near 0xab2ad4ca:
Submap 00000000a1911000-00000000a1a00000 [ 956K] r--/rwx SM=PRV process-only VM submap
--> Submap 00000000a1a00000-00000000b0000000 [230.0M] r--/rwx SM=SHM machine-wide VM submap
__UNICODE 00000000a5911000-00000000a5999000 [ 544K] r--/r-- SM=COW /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation
Thread 0:: CrBrowserMain Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x97151f7a mach_msg_trap + 10
1 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x9715116c mach_msg + 68
2 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x913a0bf9 __CFRunLoopServiceMachPort + 169
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x913a01d1 __CFRunLoopRun + 1393
4 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9139f9ea CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 394
5 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9139f84b CFRunLoopRunInMode + 123
6 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x929bab5d RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 259
7 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x929ba8e2 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 526
8 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x929ba6bd _BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 92
9 com.apple.AppKit 0x972eb349 _DPSNextEvent + 1602
10 com.apple.AppKit 0x972ea870 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 119
11 com.apple.AppKit 0x972dd15c -[NSApplication run] + 727
12 libcef.dylib 0x032c9287 0x2ec8000 + 4199047
13 libcef.dylib 0x032c8d5c 0x2ec8000 + 4197724
14 libcef.dylib 0x032fa3a1 0x2ec8000 + 4400033
15 libcef.dylib 0x0331293e 0x2ec8000 + 4499774
16 libcef.dylib 0x032f9ada 0x2ec8000 + 4397786
17 libcef.dylib 0x0398675f 0x2ec8000 + 11265887
18 HEX.dylib 0x02245a23 HEXMessageProcessor::runLoop(std::string const&) + 403
19 HEX.dylib 0x02238743 0x2232000 + 26435
20 HEX.dylib 0x0224b6ad HEXMessageProcessor::processMessage(std::string const&, std::string const&, ProcessMessageOutput&, MessageObject const&) + 77
21 HEX.dylib 0x02236ef6 processMessage + 230
22 NXGCore.dylib 0x00221eab ExternalGateway::sendMessageToApplet(MessageObject const&, MessageStruct const*, bool (**)(void const*), char const**) + 635
23 NXGCore.dylib 0x00221a17 ExternalGateway::handleMessage(MessageObject const&, MessageStruct const*, bool (**)(void const*), char const**) + 151
24 NXGCore.dylib 0x00222392 ExternalGateway::processMessageFromOutside(MessageStruct const*, bool (**)(void const*)) + 354
25 NXGCore.dylib 0x0020b07a processMessage + 42
26 com.adobe.acc.AdobeCreativeCloud 0x00063938 0x5d000 + 26936
27 com.adobe.acc.AdobeCreativeCloud 0x00067661 0x5d000 + 42593
28 com.adobe.acc.AdobeCreativeCloud 0x0005ffd6 0x5d000 + 12246
29 com.adobe.acc.AdobeCreativeCloud 0x0005f093 0x5d000 + 8339
30 com.adobe.acc.AdobeCreativeCloud 0x00064038 0x5d000 + 28728
31 com.adobe.acc.AdobeCreativeCloud 0x0005ecd5 start + 53
Thread 39 Crashed:
0 libstdc++.6.dylib 0x9718d6c4 std::string::find(char const*, unsigned long, unsigned long) const + 14
1 com.adobe.AAM.AdobeUpdaterCoreFramework 0x0c9e2b9e ThreadGetAvailableUpdates::ThreadProc() + 16172
2 com.adobe.AAM.AdobeUpdaterCoreFramework 0x0c9e99a1 ESDThread<ThreadGetAvailableUpdatesStatus>::ESDThreadFunctorDelegate<ThreadGetAvailableUp datesStatus>::operator()() + 51
3 com.adobe.AAM.AdobeUpdaterCoreFramework 0x0c9e97c4 boost::detail::thread_data<ESDThread<ThreadGetAvailableUpdatesStatus>::ESDThreadFunctorDe legate<ThreadGetAvailableUpdatesStatus> >::run() + 22
4 com.adobe.AAM.AdobeUpdaterCoreFramework 0x0ca87b1b thread_proxy + 73
5 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x90deb5fb _pthread_body + 144
6 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x90deb485 _pthread_start + 130
7 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x90df0cf2 thread_start + 34
Thread 40:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x97156b76 __semwait_signal + 10
1 libsystem_c.dylib 0x969e6fb7 nanosleep$UNIX2003 + 219
2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x969e6e62 usleep$UNIX2003 + 60
3 AppsPanelIL.dylib 0x0c3585c8 UpdaterCoreHelper::ProgressUpdatesCallback(bool) + 2248
4 AppsPanelIL.dylib 0x0c3573e3 0xc263000 + 1000419
5 AppsPanelIL.dylib 0x0c360d6c timerThread(void*) + 76
6 AppsPanelIL.dylib 0x0c39a950 threadProcHandlerMac(void*) + 48
7 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x90deb5fb _pthread_body + 144
8 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x90deb485 _pthread_start + 130
9 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x90df0cf2 thread_start + 34
Thread 39 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0x7d20ff10 ebx: 0x0cc8a6d8 ecx: 0x0cc8a6d8 edx: 0x0cc8a6d0
edi: 0x0c9dec83 esi: 0xab2ad4d6 ebp: 0xb6cad228 esp: 0xb6cad200
ss: 0x00000023 efl: 0x00010286 eip: 0x9718d6c4 cs: 0x0000001b
ds: 0x00000023 es: 0x00000023 fs: 0x00000023 gs: 0x0000000f
cr2: 0xab2ad4ca
Logical CPU: 7
Error Code: 0x00000004
Trap Number: 14
External Modification Summary:
Calls made by other processes targeting this process:
task_for_pid: 3
thread_create: 0
thread_set_state: 0
Calls made by this process:
task_for_pid: 0
thread_create: 0
thread_set_state: 0
Calls made by all processes on this machine:
task_for_pid: 516725
thread_create: 6
thread_set_state: 0
VM Region Summary:
ReadOnly portion of Libraries: Total=251.6M resident=103.3M(41%) swapped_out_or_unallocated=148.3M(59%)
Writable regions: Total=328.1M written=28.3M(9%) resident=63.8M(19%) swapped_out=0K(0%) unallocated=264.3M(81%)
REGION TYPE VIRTUAL
=========== =======
CG backing stores 1484K
CG image 2296K
CG raster data 24K
CG shared images 196K
CoreAnimation 2432K
CoreAnimation (reserved) 8K reserved VM address space (unallocated)
CoreServices 128K
Foundation 4K
IOKit 5192K
IOKit (reserved) 64K reserved VM address space (unallocated)
Image IO 4208K
Kernel Alloc Once 4K
MALLOC 159.3M
MALLOC (admin) 48K
Memory Tag 242 12K
OpenGL GLSL 1280K
Stack 195.2M
VM_ALLOCATE 17.0M
WebKit Malloc 1216K
__DATA 17.3M
__IMAGE 528K
__IMPORT 4K
__LINKEDIT 52.2M
__OBJC 2504K
__PAGEZERO 4K
__TEXT 199.4M
__UNICODE 544K
mapped file 158.0M
shared memory 68K
=========== =======
TOTAL 820.0M
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Anyway, here is the solution I came upon (I'm running Windows 7 64-bit):
1) I uninstalled every single Adobe product (including Flash Player, Acrobat Player, Air, and Digital Editions).
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10) I restarted my computer again, and logged into Windows as Administrator.
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12) I restarted my computer again, and logged into Windows as Administrator.
13, 14, 15...) I ran the Creative Cloud installer and installed whatever programs I needed, then I IMMEDIATELY restarted my computer before installing anything else.
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AMD FireGL GPU + Creative Cloud app = Color Depth & other Issues
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I ran into a problem installing and setting up the Creative Cloud app on my new workstation that has an AMD FireGL graphics processor.
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The system operates just fine outside of the Creative Cloud app, but when I installed and attempted to login to Creative Cloud for access to download Illustrator, etc., the Creative Cloud app would open up and then only display a blank white page. No graphics, no data, just white.
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If need be you can always load up Creative Cloud manually from the start menu if you need it, but it will knock your color depth back to 256 colors. Thus far i have had zero issues using adobe photoshop or illustrator without first loading the Creative Cloud app, so it isn't required. If i need updates or need to access other features within the Creative Cloud app i can, but it doesnt need to run 24/7 to use other adobe apps.
The short explanation is that Adobe is failing to fully and properly support the AMD FireGL graphics platform. The adobe rep i spoke to essentially said the same thing, but made certain to blame the graphics device and not adobe software--sure thing boss. The truth is that the FireGL and its varients have been on the market as long or longer than the nvidia products that are supported fully by adobe.
It is clear that Adobe has made a choice not to fully support AMD Workstation graphics (FireGL) since not only is the Creative Cloud app broken and causing problems, but also no graphics acceleration features work in any of my installed adobe apps.. I basically get a message saying "please us a supported graphics processor". Seriously, how is FireGL not "Supported"?
I am not an AMD or FireGL fanboy.. Frankly I cant stand AMD graphics adapters and I genuinely prefer nVidia on my personal systems. At home, my 5 year old $100 nVidia gaming card is fully supported in all the adobe apps..
At work, however, I have no choice what hardware is provided to me and this lack of FireGL support has negatively impacted my productivity more than once. Admittedly, nvidia has much more market share than AMD in the workstation graphics realm, but that does not mean adobe should just ignore AMD completely!
Hopefully this post will shed some light on issues with Adobe Creative Cloud app and FireGL graphics cards that others may be experiencing.
Good Luck!Minor correction... I called my GPU the FireGL, which is the old market name.. The current, proper market name is FirePro.. same line, just new branding after AMD purchased ATI.
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