[Hidden-tech] Mac OS question

[Jonathan Mirin]

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On Sat, Nov 9, 2019 at 10:12 AM Cheryl Handsaker via Hidden-discuss <
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> Hi Jon,
>
> 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.
>
> Best,
> Cheryl
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> On 11/8/19 7:47 PM, Erik Jonsberg via Hidden-discuss wrote:
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> 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> 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.
> thanks, Jon
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