[Hidden-tech] Mac OS question

[Rebeca Schiller]

Hi, 

I’m new here and this is my first post/reply. I considered rolling back to Mojave but as a member mentioned it is a major PITA. I used to have Adobe CS4 as well, but I found that Affinity Photo and Publisher to be quite as good as PhotoShop and InDesign. For the two apps the cost is $100. Cheaper than an Adobe subscription. And for PDFs, I use PDF expert—purchased on sale from Mariner Software Deals. 

Best, 

Rebeca Schiller
Founder 
Plain Speaking Communications
www.plainspeakingcommunications.com <http://www.plainspeakingcommunications.com/>



> On Nov 9, 2019, at 9:24 AM, Cheryl Handsaker via Hidden-discuss <hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> wrote:
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> Hi Jon, 
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> As Erik mentioned, the latest Mac OS (Catalina) is out and this will no longer support any 32 bit applications. You may buy yourself some time by rolling back the OS but within a year or so you will need to upgrade anyway if the Adobe Suite is still your thing moving forward. 
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> Best, 
> Cheryl
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> On 11/8/19 7:47 PM, Erik Jonsberg via Hidden-discuss wrote:
>> Hi John,
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>> Apple is phasing out support for 32 bit applications. Adobe has dropped support for all CS4 apps. MacOS is now at version 10.15 (Catalina). CS4 apps were designed to run on versions 10.5.8 or 10.6. 
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>> You could try rolling back your OS. Hopefully you made a full backup on Time Machine before you did the upgrade. If not, you might be out of luck. As of High Sierra, MacOS uses a new case sensitive file system called APFS. So you can’t just reinstall an older OS because your hard drive has been reformatted to APFS.
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>>> On Nov 8, 2019, at 4:42 PM, Jonathan Mirin via Hidden-discuss <hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net <mailto:hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net>> wrote:
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>>> Dear Hidden-Techers,
>>> After updating to the mojave OS, I have been unable to use certain software (notably indesign and final cut pro). I am considering "downgrading" to a previous operating system so that I can continue to use these programs without re-buying them or starting a monthly subscription. Does anyone have experience with this or have a recommendation for which OS to revert back to? Other workarounds? Our version of indesign is CS4 (2009) and works fine for our needs.
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