Leopard and Adobe programs

I've heard recently that Leopard is not good if you are heavily reliant on Adobe programs. I'm a Graphic Designer so I use Adobe's extensively. I want to upgrade from my tiger to Leopard, but if this rumour is true, I'd rather wait until the bugs are fixed. Does anyone have experience with this to clear it up?

Hi Cankman;
My suggestion would be to clone your current system disk. Test the clone to be sure you can boot from it. Then upgrade to Leopard and test Adobe for yourself. If it works for you, you finished. If not go back to the clone for the system you currently have. Hopefully by have a way back to your currently running system that should not take too much time.
Allan

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-Flash CS3 runs great. PS and DW seems to run well too, but havn't got to take PS and DW through all its paces
One Caveat: the pull down menus in CS# that have the "more" arrow, the flyouts don't activate as smoothly as they should, I have to click on the "more" arrow to see the flyouts. At least, that is the way it is in Flash CS3. The flyouts activated on "Mouse Over" previously in Tiger.
I would very much like to see this fixed...Adobe....

Right now Adobe is saying things won't be patched until January. Hang in there! (adobe.com)

Snow Leopard and Adobe CS4 print to PDF

Hi all,
I recently upgraded to Leopard and noticed that while using photoshop and illustrator i can no longer choose Print->Print to PDF... I have to use this option because i print files via a network at school and I cannot send big .psd and .ai files. Any suggestions? I did some reading and discovered that Snow Leopard blocks that functionality.. so is there a work around or another way that I can print my files without them being really large.
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The PDF drop down does not appear in Illustrator or Photoshop... I have access to it in Acrobat.
The guys in the computer lab at school told me to do the following..
1) From creative suite program. File-Save As-PDF
2) Open that File in Adobe Acrobat
3) Export file to Post Script File
4) Re-Open that Post Script File in Acrobat and save it over the intial PDF file.
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Problem with snow leopard and adobe reader

The United States Postal Service uses Adobe Reader to print labels with their "Click 'n Ship", a great service. I recently installed Snow Leopard on my Mac and I can no longer print labels with USPS Click 'n Ship. Applecare suggested I reinstall Reader (didn't work), or try with Firefox (haven't tried it yet). If this is a glitch, it will effect thousands of people who use USPS services. But maybe I just need a plug in, or need to make some change in the Adobe Reader Preferences. Any help out there in cyberland? ---Ken

Hi,
I have Firefox but mainly use Safari
I was also getting a blank page when I tried to open a PDF.
It seemsI that when I downloaded the update version of Adobe Reader, it switched off the "Read & Write" back to just "Read".
if you go and get information on a PDF or Adobe program (Command I), under "Open With" should say Adobe Reader App and at the left bottom where you'll see"Name" then below that,"everyone"-now just across you'll probably see "Read Only".(if you don't see this then go to step 5). This should be Read & Write so that Adobe Acrobat can create the Adobe Reader program to allow you to open and use a PDF.
If you have Adobe Reader 10.0 on your Apps, try going to step 5 below
1) Go to your user folder on your hard drive (ie: "lew").
2) Open Library/Application Support/ folder.
3) If there isn't an "Adobe" folder, create one now (go to File-->New Folder menu item) and name it "Adobe".
4) If there is an "Adobe" folder, right click on it and choose "Get Info".
5) Expand the "Sharing & Permissions" area at the bottom of the info window. (click the triangle) so that "system", "admin" and "everyone" appears.
6) Click the lock icon in the lower right of the window. Enter your password in the dialog that appears.
Now you'll see various choices you can make and "Read & Write" is open of them.
7) For your username (ie: "lew") entry under "Name", make sure it says "Read & Write" to the right of it. If your username isn't listed, make sure to the right of "everyone" it says "Read & Write".
Now Acrobat should launch properly when double clicked in the Finder as well as when viewing PDFs in Safari.
If this works please let me know

Leopard and Adobe Photoshop CS2 problems...

I've been reading the posts about Leopard and CS2 problems and have to say that I'm confused. A great many of you have had issues from the very beginning as soon as you upgraded to Leopard. I did not. I use a VERY basic set-up without third party plugins and suspect that to be why I had no problems. At least until now... I looked back through my documents to be sure, and my Photoshop was working beautifully through the first week of January. Somewhere between then and now there had to be an update from Apple that broke Photoshop. I haven't changed any settings since it last worked, and there certainly haven't been any updates from the greedy buggers over at Adobe because they don't support CS2 anymore apparently. What could Apple have updated that might have accidently corrupted my Photoshop?? I don't really feel it could be anything else, but who knows... Does anyone have any ideas? I would hate to have to downgrade to OS 10.4 just to use my Photoshop and I certainly can't afford to shell out the extra $$ for CS3.
I appreciate any light you guys can shed on the topic...
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Actually the 10.5.2 update does seem to have improved things for me with Photoshop CS1. I can now actually type entries into the little boxes for things like crop and brush sizes. The File Browser is still prone to crashing the application though, and there is still some weirdness with opening files by a drag and drop onto the app icon in the Dock. But nothing got worse, and several annoyances disappeared.
One thing to try is to create a brand new admin test user, with no additions (that includes not adding fonts), log into the new account and see if Photoshop will work there.
And speaking of fonts, do you have Linotype's Font Explorer installed? If so, did you get the new updater for it? Some people who use Font Explorer were having a lot of problems after the 10.5.2 update, including Photoshop failure to launch, that were fixed with the Font Explorer update.
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RAM... Leopard and Adobe CS3

hello
ive recently purchased a new 2.4 macbook pro...
maxed it out to 4GB ram with a 7200 rpm drive! running leopard and the adobe creative suite 3 master collection!
Question 1)
my computer tells me that i have 4GB of ram, but photoshop / after effects tell me that i can only make use of 3GB!
why..?
is it a software issue? or is it that 1GB is reserved for the operation of the OS? (10.5)
Question 2)
is there any way of finding out what speed my drive is?
as a friend of mine has a Macbook Pro 2.2 with a 160GB 5400rpm drive
when we look in> 'about this mac' then> 'more info' the details of both our hard drives are exactly the same!
mine should be a 160GB 7200rpm! how can i confirm this? other than looking at the invoice/order details, does te system not list or recognize this information?

1) This is an issue with Adobe Photoshop not letting anyone with more than 3GB. However, Photoshop can make use of Mac OS X memory caching which in effect allows it to utilise more than 3GB.
Be aware that mac OS X along with any other applications do also use RAM so realistically on a 4GB machine it's probably not a great idea to allocate more than 3GB anyway.
2) Do what Rajesh suggests.

Snow Leopard and Adobe Photoshop CS4

Hi!
I've recently switched from custom built PCs to a Mac workstation, mainly for professional photography and editing purposes. I use photoshop roughly 12 hours a day (if not more...sigh), so switching to Mac would, in my mind, streamline and enhance my work experience.
...and it has!
However, Photoshop CS4 will often crash when doing a "Save as", which is the whole reason behind my post. I've tried fixes found around the internet (rebooting in Safe mode, turning Open GL off, reducing the ram used to 50%....I'm at the one where they're telling me to turn off and on the network...we'll see how that works!).
The other very strange thing with this whole thing, are 3 small scrambled windows that open with photoshop. I'll post a link to a screenshot :
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/949/screenshot20100115at105.png
Obviously I'm posting this in this forum, because I haven't had any of those issues when I was on my PC.
Oh, and as for the crash, it's more like a constant spinning beach ball.
Any help would be appreciated.
Specs :
iMac i5
8GB o' ram
1 TB WD external USB2.0 drive attached, using Time Machine on it.
OSX 10.6.2

Have you talked to Adobe about this issue? I have used Photoshop CS4 on Snow Leopard, and havn't seen any issues. However, the scrambled windows look like what Top Sites in Safari looked like before they (supposedly—I still get it occasionally) fixed it in 10.6.2.
Speaking of which, try re-installing the 10.6.2 combo update.
Also, try using the uninstallers to remove Photoshop (don't forget to deactivate first), and then re-install it.

Upgrading to Leopard and Existing Programs

Hi All,
I am currently running Mac OS X 10.4.11 and I was thinking about upgrading to Leopard. However, I want to know if some of the existing programs that I currently use would remain on my computer. In particular, I currently use VMWare Fusion to run Windows XP. Within Windows XP, I have Office 2007 which I use very heavily for school. Will these programs still remain in working order after installing Leopard.
Thanks in Advance
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these particular programs should work just fine in leopard.
in general, the following is the safest way to upgrade make a bootable clone of your current tiger system using CCCloner or Superduper. (You'll need an external drive for that). upgrade the clone to leopard and see if everything works ok. if it does, you can upgrade your main drive.

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Hi everyone,
I currently own a iMac G4 flat panel, 1.25GHz, 1GB ram. I'd like to upgrade my current OS (Panther) to Leopard.
My problem is I own retail copies of Adobe CS1 (I'm an illustrator) and currently can't afford to upgrade to CS3.
Will Adobe CS1 and Studio 8 run on Leopard? Are there any users here currently running these apps on a smiliar spec machine with Leopard?
How should install Leopard if I purchase it, should I do a clean install or just an upgrade?
Any help greatly appreciated!
Thanks.

hi p_d
CS1 is "working" under Leopard but is no longer support by Adobe. This application have not been optimized for Leopard and may be buggy. But I have been able to install and work with CS1 on Leopard as many others.
Beside, you should consider to add more RAM if you can afford. If you are doing graphic design, you will find you computer much much faster with even just 512Mo more or ideally 1Go more. I know that the old RAM required on G4 is a lot costly than actual RAM. But still, Leopard will use most of your RAM not leaving much for your applications.

FCP6 on Snow Leopard and Adobe CC on ML with GTX card in same machine?

Hello, I have a couple 5,1 Mac Pros in a post production environment running Snow Leopard and FCP6. We would like to upgrade to Adobe CC and take advantage of CUDA with GTX cards. However, we still need to be able to open/re-edit old FCP projects for a while.
FCP6 needs SL, while GTX cards need ML. My plan is to have each OS on separate HDDs and boot into the one we need at the time.
Problem with this: The 5,1s currently have 5770s which require one of the two 6-pin power connectors but the GTX cards need them both.
1. Is the best solution to open the case and switch which card is powered every time, depending on need?
2. Is it ok to leave the non-powered card in the PCI slot while doing this?
3. Is there a better solution to this problem?
Thanks for any help.

Separate machines if you can.
The whole "drivers" and how you can't use that GTX in SL... I can run Windows with any card because drivers are available.

Snow leopard and adobe flash problem

I can get the webcam from national geographic:
(http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/wildcamafrica/?source=emailwildcam20080908&email=wildcam)
on my old imac G5 running leopard and my new imac running snow leopard using FIREFOX but NOT SAFARI. There is just a blank area where the webcam should be. I loaded the latest adobe flash 10 download but it still DOES NOT WORK. I don't know if this is a new SAFARI problem or SNOW LEOPARD problem. Any answers would be appreciated. Thanks.
Stee

are you able to play any videos posted in youtube?if you do. Then its not an SL problem. I tried the link that you posted and indeed it does not play. but i have a lot of websites that requires flash:
youtube.com
mini-clip.com
facebook.com
if its a problem with Snow leopard then I wouldn't be able to browse these websites. Isolate it one by one. It may be a content issue. and NOT SL nor FlashPlayer
Tried it on firefox 3.5 and it works there but not safari. It maybe because the content is not compatible with Safari.
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Snow Leopard and old programs

I would like to know if anyone knows if there are any problems with these older programs and Snow Leopard.
Microsoft Office 2004
Adobe Photoshop Elements 3
Greeting Card Factory 1.0.2
Thanks
LHM

Have you trashed the prefs? Go to your username>library>preferences and delete:
com.adobe.Photoshop.Elements.plist
PSE 4 settings
PSE 4 paths
Opera preferences
Repair permissions and try again. If it still crashes go to applications>PSE 4>plug-ins>import/export and delete the Adobe TWAIN driver (if you have an epson scanner it may not work after doing this)

Leopard and Adobe CS3 Products. Design and Video Production a must read.

Adobe posted this pdf. http://www.adobe.com/support/products/pdfs/leopardsupport.pdf
Should answer any questions on compatibility.
Web designers are safe if you use CS3. Studio 8, your out of luck.
InDesign CS3, Photoshop CS3, Illustrator CS3 is safe. CS2 your out of luck.
After Effects CS3 must use update.....slated for December.
Acrobat Pro 8, and any of Adobe video and sound production apps the same as After Effects.
Regards,
Ed

Hello,
Thank you very much for the answers, but for me it is already to late. I tried to install Tiger again, to be able to install Adobe Photoshop CS3 and then upgrade, but my iMac won't boot from the Tiger DVD even though it starts from the Leopard DVD. I have no glue what I am doing wrong. I pressed the "D" key during the boot - as stated in my manual and nothing happens. The machine just start Leopard from hard drive again.
I also tried to insert the Tiger DVD while Leopard is running and then choose the Tiger installer, but it tells me, that it can not install on my machine. I do not understand anything.
As far as I understand from Adobe, there should not be any problem to install Adobe Photoshop CS3. Nevertheless it definitely does not install on my machine (only the "shared components").
Kind regards,
Cornelia
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O/S X 10.5 leopards and Adobe CS2

Hello,
References : Go To : Adobe.com/ Upgrading to Leopard? Find out Adobe software compatibility
Page 3
I have a new Mac Pro came with Tiger installed and a Leopard disk, and a G4 powerBook.
About using CS2 Illustrator and or Photoshop with Leopard.
I went for both computer to 10.5 update and CS2 was working fine on both. Still working fine on the Laptop.
But I had to erase my Mac Pro twice, Once because migration assistant put a mess, and a second the computer freeze at each startup.
So after erasing the disk I install directly 10.5, and here the problem start, when opening Illustrator I get the message Font missing and after that the pointer go back and forth to the colored ball time so you work at the speed of a snail or a turtle.I don't have this problem with my laptop.
If you have a problem reinstall Tiger, then update for Leopards.
I think is better to FireWire old and new Mac and copy/paste(drag) manually, and instal the application with the original disk (if you keep your old Mac as a target disk if you install an upgrade of CS 2 the Adobe installer will read your license key for the CS2 software, don't have to install all the original software specially if you started with Classic, mean Mac O/S 7 or 8 or 9)
Why this Post?
When you buy a new computer a lot of money gone, Look at the questions in the discussion forum, about how memory I have to buy, so some people, like me, has to wait for the pricey CS3 upgrade.
Hope this one help someone.
Bye

Choose About this Mac from the Apple menu and check the processor.
If it's a Core Duo Mac, click here, install the DVD, and run Software Update.
If it's a Core 2 Duo or better Mac, follow the Core Duo instructions, and if desired, open the Mac App Store, and try downloading 10.9. If you get told it's incompatible, go to the online Apple Store and order a download code for Lion 10.7.
Mac OS X 10.7 and newer don't support PowerPC software such as Microsoft Office 2004. If you upgrade the OS, back up the computer first.
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Snow leopard and adobe acrobat

i had adobe acrobat 7.0 before upgrading to snow leopard. it seems that now my software does not work and i cannot afford the upgrade on adobe. does anyone know how to fix this problem or where i can find an open source software on the internet that would allow me to create pdfs and modify pdfs?

Apparently, I was mistaken. You can't create one from scratch in Preview. However, create your document in a text editor, such as TextEdit, CMD+P, click on the PDF button, and select save as PDF. That will open in Preview. Use the select tool, copy the selection, and that activates the "new from clipboard" allowing you to create a new pdf doc with that selection. However, AFAICT, you can't edit it.

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