Apple fanbois were all a-quiver this morning as macOS Catalina made its presence felt by breaking chunks of Adobe's software.
Adobe Creative Suite 2 (CS2) compatibility. There is no way to run Adobe CS2 software on macOS 10.15 Catalina. The only option is to use a newer version of the software. The question of CS2 compatibility comes up during every recent Mac system upgrade. No, mcDart, legacy Creative Suite will never be compatible with Catalina. CS6 came out in 2012 and is no longer supported or updated. It is End of Life software. Creative Cloud 2020 is approximately 8 versions beyond what you have. If you want compatibility with Catalina, you need to use CC 2020 or higher. Oct 12, 2019 Apple’s latest Mac update, macOS Catalina, was released earlier this week, and with it came a flurry of complications both minor and major. For one, this update is the first for Apple to drop 32.
The GM (or Golden Master) dropped last week, and the final release turned up last night in the form of macOS Catalina 10.15.
We noted that Apple's new OS was chock-full of security fixes but warned that things might be a bit 'bumpy' since this was the first release of a major macOS update.
For some Adobe users, it has turned out to be a heck of a big bump.
Part of the problem has been the axing of 32-bit apps in Apple's latest and greatest. As Adobe itself admits: 'Most older, unsupported versions of Adobe apps are not available using 64-bit architecture,' so you're going to have to update to the wonderful subscription world of Creative Cloud 2019.
Even Creative Cloud 2018 isn't immune to the borkage as the company observed: 'Since CC 2018 or prior, apps contain 32-bit components, these apps will fail to launch on machines running 10.15.'
Of course, it has been long known that Catalina would be dropping 32-bit app support and far be it from us to suggest that Adobe, which announced a record quarterly revenue (PDF) of $2.83bn for the third quarter of fiscal 2019, 24 per cent up on last year, likes wringing those pennies out of impoverished creatives.
Adobe CC Collection macOS. Creative Cloud gives you the entire collection of Adobe desktop and mobile apps, from essentials like Photoshop CC to next-generation tools like Adobe XD CC. You also get built-in templates to jump-start your designs and step-by-step tutorials. Adobe indicates in their support article Installing Creative Suite on macOS 10.12 (Sierra) that: Creative Suite applications are not supported on macOS 10.12 (Sierra) and therefore, many of the Creative Suite installers may not function normally on macOS 10.12.
Oct 10, 2019 Apple released macOS Catalina earlier in the week, and Adobe users were quick to point out that Photoshop and Lightroom Classic CC weren't quite operating as expected. On the support pages for each piece of software, Adobe acknowledged that the most recent versions of both apps 'work with macOS 10.15 (Catalina) but have these known.
However, getting more customers to abandon their old, paid-for, software in favour of something more.. subscribery.. would certainly appeal to the company's shareholders.
And, of course, subscribers should never have a problem because they will always be kept up to date, right?
Perhaps not.
Even big beasts like the latest PhotoShop have problems, with such rarely used functions as the file-naming options in the Save As dialog being a bit poorly. Lightroom is also not at all well thanks to some 32-bit components still lurking within Adobe's latest and greatest.
And then there are the offline installers containing 32-bit code that are causing problems for users that do not or cannot use the Adobe Creative Cloud installer, with users taking to Reddit to complain. There are also issues with Creative Cloud packages to add to the headaches of administrators thanks to quarantine bits.
Add into the mix the requirement that software distributed within or outside the App store must now be signed or notarised by Apple 'in order to run by default' and developers and customers alike are in for a bump or two.
And it wasn't just that whole 32-bit-must-die thing causing grief.
'Apple released a version of the OS last night that differs from their GM,' one expert told us, 'making Adobe 2019 incompatible to install.'
A number of other commentators have pointed to a change in build from the last GM (19A582a) to the current release (19A583) as an indicator that something might have been tweaked, although the release notes appear unchanged.
We've naturally contacted Apple to check if there were indeed differences between what Mac admins were given to test and what got released, but are not holding our breath for a response. We've also asked Adobe what options exist for those of its customers reluctant to join its world of subscriptions and will update if the company gets back to us.
Things could be worse. In order to comply with Executive order 13884 (PDF), Adobe is yanking all services, paid and free, from Venezuela. Customers have until 28 October to download any content before the axe comes down. And if you've already ponied up some cash, tough. The company is ceasing all activity, so no refunds.
In the meantime, for those not threatened by the todger-twirling of the US administration, we'd suggest taking a good, long look at the compatibility list. Then balance the inconvenience of something breaking against the security improvements in Catalina.
And if you're a Adobe holdout, it may finally be time to bite that bullet. ®
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We've released Adobe Captivate (2019 release) Update 4. Adobe Captivate (2019 release) Update 4 includes platform support for macOS Catalina 10.15.
For more information, see the release notes.
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Adobe Captivate (2019 release) is not supported on macOS Catalina 10.15, which Apple released on October 7th, 2019.
Adobe will soon be releasing the free update for Adobe Captivate (2019 release) users that will support macOS Catalina 10.15.
We recommend that you continue to run Adobe Captivate on macOS 10.14 until Adobe releases an update for the 2019 release of Captivate that supports macOS Catalina 10.15.
All users on older versions of Adobe Captivate must upgrade to Adobe Captivate (2019 release). For more information, contact Adobe support.
| Track | Timeline of macOS 10.15 Catalina compatibility |
| Captivate (2019 release) | End of Fall 2019 |
For questions on Captivate, contact Adobe Customer Care.