Installed CS4, Computer died, Now what?

I just installed CS4 Extended on my computer and this morning the hard drive died. I need to buy a new computer (6 yrs. old ... I know, I should have retired it way sooner), but now am wondering about being able to put the CS4 software on it, since I already installed it one computer. Can I install it a second time?

Now that you know that hard drives die, you need to buy and USE software to make a full backup of your hard drive to DVD or USB hard drive... so you may restore everything to a new drive
I use http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/image-for-linux.htm which has a reasonable cost, creates a boot CD to run, and copies everything to the backup image for easy restore

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My computer Died now what

My desktop died and I want to transfer my Itunes to my labtop. Im more worried about the songs I bought from Itunes then the CDs I have convertedI transfer teh data from my Ipod to wy laptop?

The transfer of purchased content from the iPod to authorised computers was introduced with iTunes 7. A paragraph on it has been added to this article: Transfer iTunes Store purchases using iPod
The transfer of non iTMS content such as songs imported from CD is designed by default to be one way from iTunes to iPod. However there are a number of third party utilities that you can use to retrieve the music files and playlists from your iPod. You'll find that they have varying degrees of functionality and some will transfer movies, videos, photos, podcasts and games as well. Have a look at the web pages and documentation, this is just a small selection of what's available, they are generally quite straightforward. You can also read reviews of some of them here: Wired News - Rescue Your Stranded Tunes
TuneJack Windows Only
iPod2PC Windows Only
iGadget Windows Only
iDump Windows Only
iRepo Windows Only
iPodRip Mac & Windows
YamiPod Mac and Windows Versions
Music Rescue Mac & Windows
iPodCopy Mac and Windows Versions
There is also a manual method of accessing the iPod's hard drive and copying songs back to iTunes on Windows or a Mac. The procedure is a bit involved and won't recover playlists but if you're interested it's available at this link: Two-way Street: Moving Music Off the iPod
I would also advise that you get yourself an external hard drive and back your stuff up, relying on an iPod as your sole backup is not a good idea and external drives are comparatively inexpensive these days, you can get loads of storage for a reasonable outlay.

I just bought a new computer and want to load in photoshop from the old one. I have CS5. Since CS5 was an upgrade I installed CS4 first, but now I can't figure out how to install the CS5 upgrade. Any advice?

How do I transfer photoshop from one computer to another? I have CS5. Since CS5 was an upgrade I installed CS4 first, but now I cannot figure out how to install the CS5 upgrade. Any advice?

karen2179 wrote:
If you are able to use adobe products on two computer do I really need to deactivate or uninstall CS4?
No, but it may help the chances of a successful installation.
karen2179 wrote:
Just as an aside - I have been getting messages on here from Adobe Admin saying that CS5 cannot be reinstalled because everything is now in the cloud and that for $350 I can buy CS6 to install on my new computer. What? Am I getting spammed on Adobe's site here?
Where did you see that?

I have a new computer and I want to make it my home device for I tunes. I have home sharing, and all of the music and files are on the new computer. Now what do I do to make the new computer the home computer for Itunes?

I have a new computer and I want to make it my home device for I tunes. I have home sharing, and all of the music and files are on the new computer. Now what do I do to make the new computer the home computer for Itunes?

The computer (windows platform) where I initially began using Itunes has four other computers/devices that are shared with it. All four of the other computers show up in my account, and can be managed. Or I can remove them. But on the new computer that I want to be my base computer (home if you will). The computer I want it to replace, when ITunes is open, has a tool bar, with various functions. All of the other devices are linked to that computer in ITunes, under Home SHaring. The new computer, shows the downloads via Home Sharing, but it does not show/have any tool bar.
I want to activate the new computer to be the computer via ITunes where all of the devices are linked to it as the base for ITunes. And, I don't know how to make that happen.
I hope that makes sense.

I formatted my computer ! Now what?

I have an ipod mini that i have 900 songs on. I formated my computer and now what do i do. My library has 6,000 songs and my ipod has 900. How do I keep the 900 on the ipod.
Please help!

Unfortunately, Senuti only works on the Mac OS. Guy has a windows PC.
These links will give you
i several
methods of recovering whatever songs remain on your iPod; some free, some third-party software, some more comprehensive for restoring playlists, ratings, counts, etc. Read them and their associated links before deciding on a strategy that works for you. There are various third-party software programs that will offer a more robust process, or an easier GUI. Do a Google search if the links below leave you wanting
Don King Resurrected, "Deleted files from hard drive" #1, 01:49am May 30, 2005 CDT
MacMuse, "Computer Crashed" #3, 11:48pm Feb 7, 2005 CDT
Copying music from iPod to computer
Copying Songs from Your iPod to a Mac or PC
iPodRip Software
After recovering your song files, consider developing a backup strategy for just this type of situation. Music files on just the iPod and the computer is
i not
considered having any backup. Backup both the music files
i and
the Library database file (iTunes Library.itl). Below are some very good threads to read on the subject:
Buegie, "iTunes/iPod Back Up --- everything, not just library! " #1, 10:27pm Aug 4, 2005 CDT
Buegie, "Can I backup my library?" #2, 05:21pm Aug 7, 2005 CDT

HT204306 This last update forced my 83 year old mother to enter a passcode. She doesnt have one. This is her only computer. Now what Apple? The

This last update forced my 83 year old mother to enter a passcode. She doesnt have one. This is her only computer. Now what Apple? The

I'm still not fully convinced that the system is asking for a previously entered passcode, rather than to set it up. If the passcode was set up before, your mother might not remember what the passcode was, but wouldn't she remember that she did set up something? What happens if she clicks on the Cancel button/word?
After each iOS upgrade you do have to re-enter the passcode. That's why you had to enter it.
My sympathies are with you. I know from personal experience how difficult it is to troubleshoot problems remotely, especially with someone who's not familiar with the proper terminology. Is it possible and reasonable for your mother to go to the Apple Genius alone?
IF she did indeed set up a password and can't remember it, there's a procedure that will reset the iPhone, but it's not pretty in terms of preserving data on the iPhone if it hadn't been backed up to iTunes or iCloud. These links might be of assistance:
If you can't update or restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
Forgot passcode for your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, or your device is disabled - Apple Support

Couldn't install CS4 Master Trial now can't get rid of it.

I was not successful at installing CS4 Master Collection Trial. I received installation errors for all of the applications on Disk2. Some form of 1620 error code. I called support. Was told that perhaps I had a corrupt disk, so they said they would send a replacement. They didn't. So rather than go through the queue again, I felt it was easier to just pony up another $16 and try again. Same result.
So I gave up and tried to reinstall Acrobat CS3 because Adobe in it's infinite wisdom, chooses to upgrade your Acrobat whenever a new version is introduced to the system. Problem being that since I couldn't successfully install CS4, I now had a non-working Acrobat.
So I called support again. (sorry, live-chat). After fully describing the issue, providing numerous proofs, serial numbers, customer ID's etc. The response came back. You need to uninstall the full CS3 suite and reinstall. Fine, I had nothing to do on my weekend. I could kill 8 hours working on this, so I uninstalled the CS3. This is of course AFTER I had uninstalled what did install of the CS4. And you know what? CS3 install wanted the CS4 disk 1 dozens of times. Guess the uninstall wasn't so complete after all.
So I got completely frustrated, went out and bought Win7 (Professional 64-bit). Figured I would do a complete wipe of my system. Install from "Gold" OS code. Stupidly I chose to try the CS4 trial. Figuring on a lark that perhaps now, on virgin territory, that it would in fact install. No such luck.
So I uninstalled again. I reinstalled CS3 Web Premium and was successful!! yeah! But hold on. I had bought InDesign CS3 separately as it didn't come with Web Premium. And you know what, InDesign installer wanted the CS4 Disk 1 again.
So I did a web search for a cleanup script for CS4, because I have been through this before with CS3. I found the cleanup script, and installed it. I found that there were 4 entries in the install log:
List of products installed on this machine
1   Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection
2   Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium
3   Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit 2
4   Adobe InDesign CS3
So I chose to uninstall InD first. No problem:
List of products installed on this machine
1   Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection
2   Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium
3   Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit 2
I then tried to un-install CS4. Below are the results:
Please select a number corresponding to the product that needs to be removed els
e press Ctrl + C to Quit :> 1
The following Product has been selected for removal : Adobe Creative Suite 4 Mas
ter Collection
Please confirm that you want to remove the selected product from Installer Datab
ase .
Please enter (y) for Yes or (n) for No. :> y
Removing entries from the installer database
going for updating installState
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "CS4InstallerDatabaseUtility.py", line 1519, in <module>
File "CS4InstallerDatabaseUtility.py", line 1123, in removalofCapsBackupEntrie
s
File "CS4InstallerDatabaseUtility.py", line 1263, in RemoveSessionFromCaps
UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xe0' in position 163
: ordinal not in range(128)
C:\Users\Bob\Downloads\Adobe\WinCS4Cleanupscript\dist>
I've rebooted several times. I've run this script several times now. I really don't want to wipe the HD again.
Suggestions???

I have the exact same problem, same version of CS, and exact same error details.
In my case, I had CS4 installed and running fine for a couple of months, under Vista Ultimate 64 on a Gateway P-173XL FX laptop. Then my hard drive crashed and I rebuilt it from scratch, reformatting and reinstalling the OS.
CS4 was one of the first apps I tried to reinstall. I had some trouble with it, as the installation kept running into errors:
     Adobe Color JA Extra Settings CS4
     Error 1603. Internal error 2203.
     C:\Windows\Installer\33f6ffc.msi   -2147287035
Per advice from this forum, I downloaded and ran the CS4InstallerDatabaseUtility to make sure all vestiges of the failed installation were removed. Tried the installation again, and got:
     Adobe WinSoft Logistics Plugin
     Error 1603. Internal error 2203.
     C:\Windows\Installer\3833d9c.msi    -2147287035
Same error, different place. Tried again:
     Adobe Color NA Recommended Settings CS4
     Error 1603. Internal error 2203.
     C:\Windows\Installer\3cb0bc.msi    -2147287035
Lather, rinse, repeat. A little different this time:
     Adobe Bridge CS4
     Fatal error during installation.
This time, when I tried to run the CS4InstallerDatabaseUtility prior to another attempt, it failed with the same error that rdhinman reported:
     File "CS4InstallerDatabaseUtility.py", line 1263, in RemoveSessionFromCaps
     UnicodeEncodeError: 'ascii' codec can't encode character u'\xe0' in position 163: ordinal not in range(128)
     C:\Users>
Needless to say this is highly frustrating, especially since the installation and operation of CS4 pre-crash was flawless. Any suggestions would be most welcome.

Installed Cs4 - can I now uninstall cs2?

I recently installed CS4 upgrade on my laptop and would now like to uninstall the version of CS2 that I have been using.
Will removing CS2 remove any shared files that are necessary for CS4 to work properly?
The reason for removing CS2 is that I am quickly running out of available disk space on drive C.
As a side question, is it possible to delete CS4 from my laptop and re-install it on my D drive (how wil that affect my activation?)?
Thanks in advance for any and all help

It is not advisable to install Photoshop anywhere but C:\Program files. Some have done it, but many have had problems.
If you want more space on C:\ move stuff off it and clear out all temp files and other accumulated junk (there is normally a lot!)
Get an external drive for your image files.

Computer to computer network: now what?

I have just upgraded from a G5 iMac to an intel iMac, and i am still trying to migrate some files over. Rather than reboot into target disk mode every time, I figured I might as well try this computer-to-computer network thing via airport express. So I created a network on the old computer, and joined it from the new computer. Didn't get any error messages, and both computers show that I'm connected.
But now what? How do I "find" one computer from the other? It's not in the sidebar in finder windows. It's not on the desktop. In the finder if I click the imac icon, inside there is my HD, my idisk, and a folder called network- but that folder is empty.
I'm guessing this is something simple and I'm being dumb, but i'm not sure what to do next. I guess I could just transfer it on a jump drive, but now I want to know how this works...

ok thanks, I'll try that. I guess I should have thought of that.
I turned on sharing on the old computer, and it said "other macs can access your computer by afp:xx or browse for "my computer" by choosing Network from the Go menu in the finder."
I tried the network: browse options first since it's easier than typing a bunch of numbers. I choose Network from the Go menu, and there is nothing there. Doesn't matter if I'm on my regular airport network, or this computer-to-computer one- nothing comes up either way.
But, if I do 'connect to server' instead and type in the afp:etcetc stuff it works.
I guess I just don't understand the point of this computer to computer network. I thought i was connecting the two computers directly- so why do I need to go through enabling sharing, connecting to servers, etc. In target disk mode, the old computer's HD just shows up in the finder- I was hoping for something simple like that. Right now, I have both computer on my airport network. How is that different?

Computer Stolen - Now what?

My iMac was stolen only a couple of months after I bought it. I had created my website though iWeb and hosted it with GoDaddy. Now I have replaced my iMac, but I don't know how to import (?) my existing website into iWeb so that I can continue updating it.
Does anyone have the answer? I have already downloaded all the web files from GoDaddy's Remote System, so I do have them locally. Now what?
Thanks!

Your Mac stores most things that would be important to you in a personal way, in your Home Folder. Things like your iPhoto Library, your iTunes Library, Downloads, and last but certainly not least, your iWeb Domain.sites file (which contains everything you create in the iWeb application--including multiple sites). All of your iLife apps will, by default, store their files and everything you create in these programs in your Home folder.
Make it a habit to back up this Home folder on a regular basis to an external drive. If you can, invest in an external drive and then make use of Leopard's new Time Machine application.
Your Home Folder will also become bloated over time. Having clones of it on an external drive will enable you to trim some fat and create more space on your hard disk when you need it.
The good part is you only have to learn this lesson once, usually.
-Mark

Iphone charging block died, now what?

my charging block (the little one) for the iphone 4 just suddently stopped working, ive tried a couple of cables and outlets and its simply done. now what im wondering is if i can just go to the apple store and get a replacement? would i have to make an appointment to simply exchange the charger or would a walk in be fine?
thanks

I would suggest making an appointment with the Genius Bar. If you don't need one it wouldn't hurt. If an appointment is required, they will usually set you up with an appointment if you just walk in, but you may have to wait a while for the appointment.

For example, when I click on the craig's list book mark, I get a pop that says to up date Firefox. I don't have Firefos on this computer. Now what is going on here, anybody?

I am getting unwanted popup ads about software update for software that I don't have installed. I have an iMac 20", 2009, running 10.10.2 Yosemite. This just started this week. I read that Adobe Flash Player was causing problems with mac's and Windows pc's. I did the Adobe Flash Player update for windows 7, on my pc's. Is this my problem here on the iMac? I also get popup ads when viewing and crags list ads. they appear in the midle of the screen, and in the lower right hand corner. Any advice, suggestions will be highly appreciated. Thanks

There is no need to download anything to solve this problem.
You may have installed one or more of the common types of ad-injection malware. Follow the instructions on this Apple Support page to remove it. It's been reported that some variants of the "VSearch" malware block access to the page. If that happens, start in safe mode by holding down the shift key at the startup chime, then try again.
Back up all data before making any changes.
One of the steps in the article is to remove malicious Safari extensions. Do the equivalent in the Chrome and Firefox browsers, if you use either of those. If Safari crashes on launch, skip that step and come back to it after you've done everything else.
If you don't find any of the files or extensions listed, or if removing them doesn't stop the ad injection, ask for further instructions.
Make sure you don't repeat the mistake that led you to install the malware. It may have come from an Internet cesspit such as "Softonic" or "CNET Download." Never visit either of those sites again. You might also have downloaded it from an ad in a page on some other site. The ad would probably have included a large green button labeled "Download" or "Download Now" in white letters. The button is designed to confuse people who intend to download something else on the same page. If you ever download a file that isn't obviously what you expected, delete it immediately.
Malware is also found on websites that traffic in pirated content such as video. If you, or anyone else who uses the computer, visit such sites and follow prompts to install software, you can expect more of the same, and worse, to follow. Never install any software that you downloaded from a bittorrent, or that was downloaded by someone else from an unknown source.
In the Security & Privacy pane of System Preferences, select the General tab. The radio button marked Anywhere should not be selected. If it is, click the lock icon to unlock the settings, then select one of the other buttons. After that, don't ignore a warning that you are about to run or install an application from an unknown developer.
Still in System Preferences, open the App Store or Software Update pane and check the box marked
Install system data files and security updates (OS X 10.10 or later)
or
Download updates automatically (OS X 10.9 or earlier)
if it's not already checked.

Just archived & installed to fix OSX, now what's the best way to restore?

So recently my OSX stopped working for reasons unknown to me, but an archive and install saved my life, thank god.
However, now I have this folder with all my previous files and applications, I'm wondering if there's an easy way to restore my computer with the Previous Files folder, or if I have to just go through it and find what I need, and paste into applications folder/etc.
I'm also curious if it's safe to do that, since the reason of OSX not working is unknown.
Thanks!

[Mac OS X: About the Archive and Install feature|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1710?viewlocale=en_US]
[X-Lab Archive and install|http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/archiveinstall.html]
[How to get files from a previous home directory after Archive and Install|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107297]

Computer crashed. Saved songs on D drive and put in new computer. Now what?

My computer went down for the count. C drive went bad. I was lucky in that my iTunes music folder was on my second internal hard drive, the D drive. Got a new computer, installed the D drive into the new machine, and the folder is still there. When I open up the files, most of the songs are now M4A files which I never heard of and the computer doesn't know what to do with them either. I haven't downloaded and installed iTunes yet. I am nervous. All I read about is people plugging their iPod into a new computer and all of the music on the iPod is gone. What is the proper sequence for me to download iTunes, tell it where the music files are and then show iPod that all is well and it doesn't have to have a lobotomy? Also, will I be able to retain the information, such as album covers, equilizer settings, genres, etc? Where is this info kept? And what are M4A files? Shouldn't they be MPEG files? I think that is what they used to be. Enough questions? As you can see I am still recovering from computer ****. Can anyone help?
Thanks, Dave Schwartz

M4A files are aac music files, either those you bought from apple or those you ripped with itunes if you had aac selected as the format to use.
To restore your library, install itunes 7, then hold down the shift key when starting it up. When it asks you to create a new library or select an existing library, click on "Choose Library" and navigate to the library file on your D drive, it should be called "iTunes Library.itl".
If you can't find a library there, return to your My music folder and create it there. Once itunes starts with an empty library, select "add folder to library" on the file menu and then select the folder containing all your music. Itunes will add it all to the new library.
Once you get the library up in itunes, attempt to play one of your purchased songs and log in when itunes asks you to. This will authorize your new computer to play your purchased tunes.
Once you have your full library back in itunes you can safely plug in your ipod. itunes will probably reload it completely, but all should be well once it's done.

Windows 7 partition has died. now what?

so ive been running windows 7 in bootcamp with no real issues for a month or so. great.
today i try to boot into windows and i get an error report screen saying that some new software or hardware may be causing startup to fail (of course, not specifying which software or hardware that might be). it then lists the different startup options i have: safe mode, safe mode with networking, safemode with command propt, as it last worked, or start windows normally. ive tried just about all of the options listed and what happens is, if using a safe mode option, a bunch of file names scroll up the screen making it seem as though windows is about to startup and then it immediately restarts my computer again. repeating the whole process. when i select the "start windows normally" option it does the same thing without the files scrolling up.
on that note, i have set my startup disc to default boot into windows because i figured it would help solve my issue. hasnt made a difference at all.
another suggestion on this error screen is to use the windows cd and boot from that, select "repair computeR" and i should be good to go.
when i boot from the CD and select the "repair computer" option windows is telling me that im running vista, not 7, and that my windows 7 recovery disc wont work...find another one.
so thats about it. im stuck on this screen and cant figure out how to solve this problem.
my theory is windows updated a driver or something and has no idea whats going on and wants me to fix it. but without being able to get into windows at all i dont see how i am meant to do that.
as a last resort i guess my only real solution is to just wipe the partition and start over again...loosing everything i have on it right now. not something i really want to be doing.
can you guys help me out? im stuck on this one.
thanks

You may want SL 10.6.3+ for the drivers.
The Assistant use to/should/could have created an NTFS for Vista; given minimum recommendations. That is all. Offering NTFS was removed.
And while MS says 16GB for 32-bit Windows 7 Home Premium, that is small and may not work. Same for x64 and its 20GB (32-40 should be minimum).
Boot Camp 2.x was clobbered together back in Sept 2007, and Apple jumped the gun on trying to support Windows 7 in Aug 2009 before it was released.
So, might want to show what OS you are running.

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