Is Snow Leopard (10.6) ready for Design Standard Cs4?

Hey all! I am a desktop publisher and I have had the snow leopard upgrade sitting right by my computer for over a year and still don't know if it would be safe to upgrade yet. Do those of you who use CS4 Adobe products especially those included in the package I have (Acrobat Pro, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign) have any problems still? If so, what are they? Should I wait a little longer to upgrade or should I do it now?
Thank you so much!

If you do decide to go for it I would strongly suggest backing everything up, deactivating your software and then doing a clean install.
In place operating system upgrades are a crapshoot.
And yes, CS4 will be fine on SL.
Bob

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You can jumpt directly to Lion by purchasing the Apple USB Lion flash drive installer - $69.00 at your local Apple retailer. Otherwise, do as Carolyn has recommended - $29.00 for Snow Leopard and $30.00 for Lion. You save $10.00 doing it that way. If you choose to use that method then you may want to make your own USB installer:
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1. After downloading Lion you must first save the Install Mac OS X Lion application. After Lion downloads DO NOT click on the Install button. Go to your Applications folder and make a copy of the Lion installer. Move the copy into your Downloads folder. Now you can click on the Install button. You must do this because the installer deletes itself automatically when it finishes installing Lion.
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After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
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Where can I downlaod Design Standard CS4 fore PC/Windows

where can I downlaod Design Standard CS4 fore PC/Windows

While we only include the option to download a trial of the current version of any of our links, the following link includes information for an alternate means of downloading trials, including older versions. Please read the instructions very carefully, you will be directed to another website to complete the download:
http://prodesigntools.com/download-adobe-cs4-and-cs3-free-trials-here.html

Can you help? Converting from PC to Mac for Design Standard CS6

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I have recently purchased a macbook pro and downloaded the files for Design Standard CS6, I install the application and then enter my product key which works however it says
"this product is valid but we could not find a qualifying product on this computer"
It then tells me that if I want to use the code I must have one of the following products and the serial code, then it gives me a list of products none of which I want such as Design Standard 5, Web Premium etc
I didn't need any of these on my PC I just downloaded the application and used my code
Can anyone offer any advice here?
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S

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I purchased design standard cs4 in college. I now need it for something. I dont need to purchase cs5 right now. I have my serial number. I just need a location.

If you received the physical media then there will not be a download option available under your account. I would recommend obtaining the discs. There is no copy protection on the discs themselves so if you wanted you could make a duplicate and have that mailed to you. Alternately you can upload the contents of the disc to an FTP server and then download them locally.

Is there a download available of Adobe Design Standard CS4?

Hi there,
I bought the Adobe Design Standard CS4 package a few years ago. Now I got a new MacBook Pro since a couple of days, but I can't find a downloadlink of de Design Standard CS Package on the website. Since I haven't got any DVD reader in my MacBook, I can't install the Adobe programs. Is there a downloadlink available for Adobe Design Standard CS4? I already tried to use my serial number in the Adobe Design Premium CS4 version, but that didn't work.
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Michael

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I bought the Adobe Design Standard CS4 package a few years ago.
I presume you bought the Mac version back then. If so your serial number will work OK on the new MacBook Pro.
If you got the Windows version then your serial number will not work on your Mac.

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Can I install Web Standard CS4 and Design Standard CS4 on the same machine? My company purchased me a copy of one, and I have a personal copy of the other. Wanted to make sure there wouldn't be any serial number problems in any case...thanks!

Yes, but do a custom install to choose the apps to install to avoid any possibility of conflicts.
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Can I upgrade from Design Standard CS4 to Design Premium CS5? I can't seem find this info on the web so I thought i would ask here.
I am not sure that changing suites is supported.

Make sure you buy the right package. Here's a link to Amazon: http://amzn.to/c3vKbt
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Preview would then scan all selected items in one go outputting a separate file for each one. No need to re-scan and select the next object. Preview would do the lot in one go! This was fantastic for saving time for me.
Preview really 'kicked the crap' out of my PC at work. The best the scanning software on the PC could was to auto-detect a single item.* So if I have a lot to do, I have to preview scan and then save/scan each item individually to achieve the same result.
All this changed when I updated from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion. The scanning is nothing like as effective and time saving as before. Preview just scans the whole glass plate straight to a file irrespective of what is on it, no preview scan and no object edge detection whatsoever; not even a single object like on my old PC at work. Absolute rubbish!
I really want to restore the functionality I had before. So I wonder, is it best to revert my iMac to Snow Leopard, or can I achieve this another way? I don't necessarily want to abandon Mountain Lion - but I will if I have to.
Is it possible to restore the Snow Leopard version of Preview whilst keeping Mountain Lion? Or maybe download the Lion version from somewhere instead - assuming that the Lion version still has same functionality as the Snow Leopard version?
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It's either that or finding other software for your scanning needs. For example, Image Capture comes with OS X, VueScan 9.2.09, ExactScan Pro 2.24.
Alternatively, partition your hard drive and install Snow Leopard on another volume.
To resize the drive do the following:
1. Open Disk Utility and select the drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list.
2. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window. You should see the graphical sizing window showing the existing partitions. A portion may appear as a blue rectangle representing the used space on a partition.
3. In the lower right corner of the sizing rectangle for each partition is a resizing gadget. Select it with the mouse and move the bottom of the rectangle upwards until you have reduced the existing partition enough to create the desired new volume's size. The space below the resized partition will appear gray. Click on the Apply button and wait until the process has completed. (Note: You can only make a partition smaller in order to create new free space.)
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Can I partition (or by any other means) a portion of my Mac for Tiger 10.4.8 and the rest for Snow Leopard?
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I have an iMac 20" Core 2 Duo with Leopard. RAM is maxed at 3GB. All my data is backed up on a external HDD using Time Machine.
I need upgrade to Snow Leopard in order to get Aperture 3 (which I need in order to read RAW photos from my new camera).
Anyway, ever since I upgraded to Leopard I haven't been thrilled with my iMac's performance (I did the quick upgrade instead of the complete rebuild). So I want to wipe it clean this time and start over with a fresh install of Snow Leopard. The iMac is 3 years old now, so I think it's time for a fresh start.
I'm not comfortable doing this myself. Will the Genius Bar do this for me? I'm happy to buy the Snow Leopard and Aperture upgrades. But will the Genius Bar charge me? Or will they do it for free since I paid them already for the software?
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I do not know if they would do that or not; I believe there is a maximum time limit for a Genius Bar appointment and these kinds of installs may take longer than that. And, it is truly easy to do; your performance problems may not have had anything to do with the OS, but possibly some incompatible third party software or some other corruption. So, I'm not trying to change your mind, but if you want to try it yourself, there are a lot of people here who'd be able to walk you through it.
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If you've bought Snow Leopard from an Apple Store (the white box with the Snow Leopard on the front), is it possible to take it to an Apple Store and swap it for a more recent version? For example, if you have 10.6.0 in a box, can you take it to the Apple Store and swap it for 10.6.1 or 10.6.2 (when it comes out)?
Sounds like a crazy idea, but I was just wondering if Apple allow this?

I don't believe there are (as yet) any retail Snow Leopard installer discs that install 10.6.1 directly. The Snow Leopard Apple Store (U.S.) page is still listing it as "Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard" (not 10.6.1), so if there are any discs that do this, they are almost certainly limited to the very latest system discs that ship with the most recent Mac models. These discs are model specific & not available at retail, so you could not swap a retail disc for one of them anyway.
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