Adobe Elements missing CMYK colour mode....

Just got a macbook for work and a copy of Elements.
But in the colour mode - i only get rgb/grayscale - no CMYK
checked colorsync utility, and the profile is there - it is just missing in elements.
Any ideas?

You are correct - CYMK is considered a professional requirement by Adobe, not a consumer feature.

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