Running CS3 on a Mac that has CS4 on it already

Due to a glitch in CS4 that scrambles data in a data merge, it's been suggested to do the merge in CS3, (at least till there's a fix for CS4). Can I install CS3 on my Mac that's already got CS4 on it?
Should I open a new user account on the Mac and put CS3 on it? I already installed CS4 and told it to make it available to all user accounts on the Mac. Will I need to de-install CS4, then re-install, but only for 1 user account?

Installing CS3 will glitch CS4 and require CS4 to be reinstalled. After that, I expect both to work. It's rare to see people wanting to install older versions when newer versions are installed, so there's less experience. Usually one has CS3, keeps it installed, then installs CS4. That's what I've got, and both work fine. Worst case scenario is you'll have to wipe CS4, install CS3, then install CS4.

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How do I get iCloud to work with my mac that has snow lepard and is pre intel?

Richard Kerns wrote:
And it kills me that a friend who has pc computers and just has an iphone and ipad can breeze through all this with no problem and he still has XP. So Apple goes back and helps old OS for pc but not for it's own kind!!!
Richard, I agree with you 1,000%. I wrote this in a forum a few weeks ago, when a user was complaining about Snow Leopard not supporting iCloud:
Why is it that if I bought a Mac before July of this year, I must pay to upgrade my operating system in order to take advantage of iCloud? Meanwhile, a Windows Vista SP2 user, who bought a new computer in May 2009, already has everything they need on their computer to use iCloud.
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If Apple gave Mac users the same amount of backwards compatibility that it gives to Windows users, people with OSX 10.5 (Leopard) would be able to use iCloud. That's something to think about the next time you go to purchase a new computer.
(P.S. Something else to think about: If you bought a Mac before October 2007 (when OSX 10.5 was introduced), your computer won't run iTunes 10.5 unless you buy an upgrade. But a PC user, who purchased their computer as long ago as Sept. 2004(!), can run iTunes without an OS upgrade.)
I got so angry thinking about this, that I ended up writing an angry note to Apple on their feedback page. After repeating what I just wrote here, I asked them to commit to providing at least the same level of support to Mac users that they do for PC users when it comes to their cross platform products (iPhone, iPad, iCloud, Apple TV, Safari, iTunes, etc.) And, really, is that so much to ask?
I wish I knew how to start a petition requesting that Mac users get comparable treatment as PC users. But then again, shouldn't that go without saying?
Please leave feedback about this revolting double standard on the Apple feedback page. They should be thinking long and hard about why their own customers are treated worse than the customers of their competition.

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salilsundresh wrote:
Also, if there is any other application, or plug-in for Final Cut Studio 2 that might be able to help me do auto-color correction I would appreciate any suggestions. (yes, I can keyframe the whole video in final cut's 3 way color corrector but that would take forever since the white balance changes ever 3 seconds.)
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