CS3 Illustrator issue

I have a Mac running 10.5.8 and CS3. My Illustrator will not open files. I can open Illustrator but when I try and open a file I just get rainbow wheel and have to force quit. Please help.

It might also be a good idea to do some disk maintenance ( i.e., correct permissions; check disk via Disk Utility ) and look into a third party de-frag utility if you don't have one already.  Also, see how much space is left on your HD.  And, get an update to 10.6.8 if you can, depends on your computer.  Software is always new if it works for you efficiently.  A read into these forums will tell any user that new is not necessarily better. Don't feel bad about using hardware and software that works for your productivity level.

Similar Messages

  • Illustrator CS3 Download Issue

    I have relocated to Australia after the Christchurch earthquake. All of my orginal disks are in storage. Illustrator has gone missing from my PowerBook and I need to reinstall. I have the serial number on my Adobe account. I just need to download the CS3 Illustrator Mac application. Please help as I am in dire need of finishing current tasks.

    Thank you for your reply
    I had prior to making this post located and tried this same page last night; however, when I tried the Illustrator CS3 "File 1" link it comes back with a 404 as follows:
    HTTP ERROR: 404 /support/downloads/dlm/main.jsp
    RequestURI=/support/downloads/dlm/main.jsp

  • Upgraded to CS5 Illustrator form CS3 Illustrator. Colors are not printing correctly in CS5

                                                I have just recently purchased CS5 Premium Suite.  I am working with Illustrator.  When I print my CS3  Illustrator files in CS5 the colors are not printing correctly.  Is there a way to fix this problem

    I've been doing more troubleshooting since I wrote this post. I've now tried printing from a non-Adobe app and I'm getting the same margin error. So it is definitely a Xerox issue and I have a tech coming out on Monday.
    The reason I originally figured it must be an CS5 issue is because just two weeks ago when I was using CS2, our landscape-oriented programs were printing with .25" margins as they should. Then last week after upgrading to CS5, the inside page (2nd page) was noticeably out of whack and shifted to the right (not left). But when I started trying to troubleshoot this week, everything started shifting to the left.
    The only thing different between those two weeks was the fact I updated to CS5.
    But obviously, my printer as decided to go to crap in more ways than one all in a two week period. Hopefully the tech can sort it out next Monday.
    Thanks!
    Christi

  • When I double click a CS3 Illustrator file in finder, it opens in preview, not in Illustrator CS4.

    When I double click a CS3 Illustrator file in finder, it opens in preview, not in Illustrator CS4.
    Is anyone having this same issue?
    Is there a quick and easy method to convert to CS4.
    I have 4000 ads, 3,000 are from freelancers that are CS3 or CS2.
    Jim Etheridge

    Select a couple of .ai files and Get Info on the files. Go to the Open with line and set it to Adobe Illustrator. When it ask if you want it to do the same for this file type answer yes. The OS is probably seeing the file as a PDF and Preview by default is set to open PDFs.

  • Using CS3 illustrator with OS X 10.10.1

    I am running OS X 10.10.1 and my CS3 Illustrator is not working properly. I have uninstalled just the Illustrator segment. I have used MacKeeper to clean up any leftovers, and done a clean reinstall. Now all the app will do is start up, but not fully. It is only acting as a reader, and must be closed as it freezes. I really don't want to do a complete wipe of the CS 3 program and reinstall from scratch, but I may have to. Any suggestions?

    First of all, MacKeeper is total, utter "garbageware"/malware that may have damaged your entire OS X system.
    DO NOT USE ANY SO CALLED APPS CLAIMING TO "CLEAN", "OPTIMIZE" OR "SPEED UP" YOUR MAC!!!! EVER!!!!
    Completely uninstall MacKeeper
    http://applehelpwriter.com/2011/09/21/how-to-uninstall-mackeeper-malware/
    Apps like MacKeeper or any other maintenance apps like CleanMyMac 1 or 2, TuneUpMyMac, SpeedUpMyMac, MacCleanse or anything like these apps, installed on your Mac, while they appear to be helpful, can do too good a job of data "cleanup" causing the potential to do serious data corruption or data deletion and render a perfectly running OS completely dead and useless leaving you with a frozen, non-functional Mac.
    Plus, these type of apps aren't really necessary OR needed. They really aren't.
    There are manual methods to clear off unnecessary data off of your Mac that are safer and you have complete control over your Mac and not just leave a piece of auto cleaning software in charge of clearing off data off of your Mac. Their potential of causing OS X issues outweighs the implied good and benefits these types of hard drive or memory "cleaning" apps are written to do.
    These types of  system 'cleaning" apps are very poorly written and are really a scam to rob newbie and novice Mac users of their hard earned cash for a poorly written maintenance program that will do much more harm to a perfectly normal running OS X system than the good that the app developers purport these types of apps will do.
    Plus, the software companies that write these apps make it hard to easily uninstall these apps if something DOES go wrong and these apps work in a way where you have no recovery or revert function to return your Mac back to its former, working state in the event something does go wrong.
    It is best to never, EVER download and install these types of apps.
    The risk to your system and important data is too great a risk!
    You really need to do completely uninstall/delete all of the CS3 suite and reinstall it. I had to do this each and everytime I upgraded my system OS to a brand new version.
    If this still doesn't work, then MacKeeper may have already done its damage and in that case, you need to backup either all of your important data or your entire system and you need to erase and reformat your hard drive and completely reinstall your OS X, applications and restore your data.
    Good Luck to you.

  • CS3 Illustrator Installation Alert asks for Adobe Updater inserted to drive?!

    While attempting to install CS3 Illustrator to Snow Leopard (Mac OS 10.6.8) an Installation Alert popped up saying, "Please insert Adobe Updater Manager 5.1 to continue installation."
    I already have Adobe Updater 5.1.1.1113 installed, but apparently the installer doesn't recognize it. The installer gives me the choice of OK or Cancel. OK results in the pop-up blinking and staying up. Cancel results in the installer not installing Illustrator. I looked around and I could not find a download of 5.1 available.
    Does anyone have a solution here?

    Good morning fellow Adobe Mac users,
    I personally feel bad for those of you, who have had issues with your software because Neil is right about the fact that there are so many other Adobe Mac users who are not having these critical problems with running their Adobe software with Mac OS X version 10.5 and higher. I know this by speaking with fellow design students at my college, and by reading through hundreds of topics here in the many different Adobe Mac forums. I'm wondering if there might be something more going on with your machines, which is causing some of you to have issues with your software. I personally have been fortunate not to encounter any issues with the combination of Adobe software and Apple's operating system both with my personal set-up and with the set-up I use at my college, but again I'm still only using the Adobe CS3.3 Design Premium Suite and Mac OS X version 10.4.11 on my personal MacBook Pro 2,2.
    However, I do have the CS4 Design Premium upgrade that I'm waiting to install once I get a new IMac. I'm hoping that I don't end up having the same bad experience that some of you have mentioned, but if I do I know I can get some very helpful and honest advice from individuals like Neil, Bob, and Buko, who are just a few of the very skilled Adobe Mac users that are constantly trying to help out other users here in the Adobe forums. If nothing else I will be sure to contact both the Apple and Adobe technical support staff. I wish all of you better luck and I hope your future experience with Adobe and Apple products improve.
    Thank you.
    Ammo Can

  • Can you still Buy CS3 Illustrator

    Can you still buy CS3 Illustrator ??? If so does anyone have a recommended site to buy it from??
    For those who upgraded from CS2 to CS3 did you see any advantage??
    I am looking to upgrade in hopes of correcting several software errors.

    No officialy you cant buy CS3 annymore.
    But you still can buy CS4 i think and than you have CS5 for free.
    And yes CS3, 4 and 5 are way better than CS2. CS2 was the worst CS version there was even CS1 was better than CS2.

  • CS3 Illustrator crashing in OS 10.6.8

    I have a mini, borrowing from another iMac, their CS3 Illustrator. The application starts up okay. It will crash If I try to open a document. If I drag a file to the dock icon, the document will open up in Illustrator. However, after doing changes, I am unable to save it. I try to go to File Save, Save As, Save A Copy, and no pop up window will appear. I tried to repeat this same process on another mac mini with the same operating system ver. 10.6.8. It ran smoothly with no problems. I ran Disk Utility and repaired permissions and the disk. After these were completed, I tried to repeat this again in CS3 Illustrator but ended up crashing again.

    I was just planning to use Illustrator for this one time with this mini. We have 5 iMacs with CS4 Creative Suite installed (fully paid licenses) in our department. In the past, to help with productivity, this mini had to open up artwork, in order to change text to outline in Illustrator. We were able to use an iMacs previous CS3 Illustrator to do this. This mini only borrows maybe twice in a year for a period of 5 minutes the most.

  • Creating Timelines in CS3 Illustrator

    Does anyone know how to create timelines (needed for a trial board for a lawsuit) in CS3 Illustrator? I use Windows. I've been searching books and the internet, but haven't found anything. do I just use the simple shapes and pen tools or are their better ways to do a project like this?
    thanks! --Carrie

    I did a Google search with keyphrase 'timeline software' and came up with a number of hits, right at the top of the list, including at least one product designed specifically for litigation case analysis.
    Of course, you can do things like this in Illustrator using simple shapes and lines. And you can "pretty it up" using any number of features. You just won't have any interactivity. Example: I expect timeline software to enable entry and editing via an event list of some sort. Don't expect such comforts if you're going to do this "manually" in an illustration program.
    Then again, I don't have AI 13 (CS3) and would not be aware of any timeline feature that might have been included since the previous version.

  • CS3 Illustrator will not launch...help?

    Hi All:
    CS3 Illustrator will not launch on my MAC 10.4.11 all of the sudden. I created a new user on the same computer and it launches fine. All my main info and updates are on the "main" same computer where as the "new user" computer recognizes the same computer as being basically new. I tried to trash the CS3 prefs and even trashed CS3 in total and reinstalled it to no avail. ANy thoughts. Right now to use CS3 Illustrator I have to switch back and forth on the same computer to use Illustrator. Very frustrating indeed.

    Also reset the Preferences two ways hold the sift option command keys while relaunching Illustrator or for a more thorough reset quit Illustrator and trash the following Users/Username/Library/Preferences/Adobe Illustrator CS3 Settings trash the settings folder.
    BTW What type manager are you using?

  • Adobe CS3 file issues update????

    Has there been any news on when Apple is going to fix the CS3 file issues that have popped up?
    This is disastrous for all pros out there. This just might be as bad as the great 10.2.8 debacle, if not worse.....

    Welcome to Apple Discussions!
    Read:
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1543369&tstart=0
    As you see this is not exclusive to 10.5.3. The issue is that Adobe doesn't program their file save routines properly. As for asking when Apple will fix something, no one on this board knows. The terms of use specifically forbid speculation. And people who know what Apple is doing in the future are under non-disclosure agreement. We only know what is currently possible.

  • CS3 Illustrator Installation - All Applications Disappear

    Installed CS3 Illustrator on a 10.4.11 Mac (Intel) G5. Upon restart, the Applications folder was empty except for the Adobe software. What in the world could have happened?!
    Thanks,
    Lynda

    Repair permissions?
    My guess is that you are looking at
    your user's application folder (which should be empty except for the apps you've installed there.)
    I didn't know you could install the suite in there though, so maybe I'm wrong.
    Any apps that are in there are fine for the user you're logged in as, they just won't be useable for any other user accounts on the machine.

  • CS3 Illustrator

    職場でCS3 Illustratorを2年程、同じ環境で使い続けていますが、突然、Illustratorのファイルを開くことができなくなりました。
    「この製品のライセンシングが動作していません」等のメッセージが表示されます。
    原因と対処方法を教えて頂けないでしょうか。
    宜しくお願い致します。

    dj7650さん。
    ありがとうございます。
    それでは、Windows 7のユーザーアカウント（要：管理者権限）を作成し、新しいユーザーよりもう一度起動していただきます。
    作成方法はこちらを参考にして下さい→新規ユーザーアカウントの作成方法
    改善しない場合は、システム構成ユーティリティで不要なサービスを停止する（Windows）こちらを行って再起動後にもう一度起動します。
    それでも改善ない場合は、http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/creativesuite/cc/win/ApplicationManager8.0_all.exe
    こちらをインストールして再度試してみてください。
    最終手段は以前のバージョンを含むすべての Adobe アプリケーションを削除し Creative Suite 3 を再インストールする（Windows Vista）
    こちらになります。（Windows 7に置き換えしての操作をお願いします）

  • CS3 Illustrator crashing problem

    Hello all,
    Lately my illustrator cs3 has been crashing every time I try to save a new file. It is so frustrating after doing all the work and can't save. I work on Windows XP 2002 system. Can anyone help?
    Thanks so much!

    Hi Jacob, Just so you know, I was in a hurry and no way was able to buy an expensive product to do my artwork project. I couldn't find older TRIAL versions to download without 3rd party attached  programs & BS that could be bad to do.
    But, I need to go back on the forum to say that I rebooted to try one more time and it worked. Don't know why it didn't work the first time around because it was a fresh open of Illustrator, hadn't been working on it for a month then the first time didn't work.
    I don't have time to go back on the forum right now got to leave for work. You can mention you heard this from me if you want so that people aren't misinformed.
    thanks for replying
    Jacob Bugge <[email protected]> wrote:
    Jacob Bugge http://forums.adobe.com/people/Jacob+Bugge created the discussion
    "Re: CS3 Illustrator crashing problem"
    To view the discussion, visit: http://forums.adobe.com/message/5926730#5926730

  • How do I get out of cs3 Illustrator's upgrade check? I already have a purchase serial number and there is no known, upgrade for CS3 for Illustrator. It has CS2.

    How do I get out of cs3 Illustrator's upgrade check? I already have a purchase serial number and there is no known, upgrade for CS3 for Illustrator. It has CS2.

    Questions:
    Is the app store looking to my hard drive for traces of aperture to determine whether it has been purchased or is it looking at some kind of purchase history within the app store?
    Is there anyway to wipe my hard drive clean of aperture files or wipe clean my app store purchase history so that i can start over?
    If none of this is possible, does anyone have a possible solution?
    If i were to redownload aperture (currently for free since it won't let me pay) when a subsequent update comes out (say it goes from version 3.2.2 to 3.2.3) can i then elect to buy aperture, pay the fee and will it appear as a purchased app and allow me to get upgrades going forward?  Would any data be compromised with this?
    1. Do you have a backup connected to your Mac that contains the app? If so, yes the MAS can detect that and believes that the app is installed.
    2. If the app no longer appears in the purchase history on the Purchased pane in the MAS, then it would seem that Apple has taken care of that.
    4. Updates, such as you describe are free. Upgrades are not. An upgrade is a new paid version of the app, such as v 3.0 to v 4.0.

Maybe you are looking for

  • My iMac freezes when it restarts

    I have tried the disk utility, not really sure what I am supposed to do with it. I have rebooted several time, holding the Option Key and choosing my start up disk. I actually got it to restart once, but then I turned my computer off again (because a

  • ME21N - in which table saved the release status for specific release code ?

    and for the specific po number.

  • Songs gone from library, how do i get back?

    ok i wanted to add 22 new songs to the library so i could then add them to my ipod. i wanted to copy my current library and then delete it and add the 22 songs to it so i could easy add them to my ipod without searchin for them song by song, and then

  • Integration of Infor/ Lawson M3 and SAP HANA

    Hi Experts, We are planning to develop a POC: Integration of Infor/ Lawson M3 with SAP HANA. What we are wanting to achieve is to migrate Infor/ Lawson M3 database to SAP HANA and then connect this HANA database(which now has migrated Infor/ Lawson M

  • Problem with Dreamweaver 8

    I'm having a problem with Dreamweaver 8. I installed it earlier and worked just fine, but then since I've shut down and restarted my computer dreamweaver will not open. It will come up with the loading screen, and then automatically closed. I can't g