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    Mojave to Ventura - a leap too far?

    Hi community, I have decided to buy Adobe Creative Cloud and I’m running a 2017 iMac 27” pretty much top spec as far as power/memory etc. currently running on Mojave 10.14.6 Adobe CC doesn’t list Mojave as a compatible OS system. Question is do I bite the bullet and upgrade the OS straight to...
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    Hiding Apps on Launchpad BigSur, is there a way?

    Is there a way to hide Apps via Terminal or any other method on BigSur, I'm quite fed up of the bloatware that Adobe CC installs such as helper apps and third party apps like Cinema 4D? J
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    Surface Studio for Graphic Design?

    Does anyone have experience of Graphic Design using a Surface Studio? Specifically Adobe CC (InDesign / Photoshop / Illustrator). I was looking to buy a 2nd hand iMac and this has popped up as an option. With a quad core i7, 32GB RAM and a 2TB hard drive alongside its touch screen and pen...
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    MacOS mojave can't install adobe creative cloud

    Hi. So i can' install creative cloud anymore. i have been using adobe cc before and regular use of photoshop and lightroom classic. and today i wanted to install the new lightroom. The hole thing started with cc app was stuck in a update loop so i could not run any programs. when i downloaded a...
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    equivalent to Adobe CC apps

    Purchasing the Adobe CC, just seems very expensive for me. So i guess i need to find equivalent applications to Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign in order to work on. Are there equivalent apps that provide the same results as the CCapps but do not have yearly expenses (i prefer the good old days...
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    Adobe CC users, I need your help.

    Hey, how are you guys doing? (I didn't know which subforum is appopriate for this question but since I got an iMac I figured it can go here.) I updated my Adobe Creative Cloud apps a while ago to CC 2018. So far so good. During the updating process it said that it will uninstall CC 2017...
  7. sibby

    early 2009 iMac upgrade advice?

    Hi folks, I'm new to this forum, and have very limited experience with upgrading computers, with the exception of RAM and battery replacements. I own an early 2009 20-inch iMac, 2.66 GHz Intel Core Duo, running OS X 10.9.5. I upgraded the RAM two years ago to 4 GB (1067 MHz DDR3). As one might...
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    cMacPro for Video Editing (FCPX or Premiere, no matter)

    Dear friends, I'm in very need of your advice. I'm having Mac Pro 3.1 2008 (1 x 4-core Xeon 2.6Ghz, 6GB RAM, NV GTX 285 1GB). And it is very slow even in web-browsing on clean install SSD! What are your ideas what to upgrade? I'm sure that I need to upgrade it to at least 12-24 or better...
  9. Jenn97444

    Traveling freelance designer

    i am going to start doing more travel. My main computer is a newer iMac with 5k display. I will be traveling to destinations with 4K and 5k iMac displays. I am using Adobe CC so I can only have 2 IPs for apps. My question is, would I be better off with a MacBook Pro, or Mac Mini to travel with?
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    Adobe CC engaging Discrete GPU when not running.

    I get 4hrs battery life. with my 15" MBP with touch bar. 2.6 with 460. Even with the 10.12.2 update and with me killing most CPU processes. But I noticed that on a fresh boot my Discrete GPU is being used by Adobe CC. I have the Photoshop/ Lightroom CC package. I quit the creative cloud app that...
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    Need help deciding which computer to choose

    I currently have a 2011 MBP and am looking to upgrade. A salesperson at BestBuy told me the other day that an 8gb ram MBP is essentially the same in terms of a 16gb PC laptop because of OS and program sizes. And i'm not sure how accurate that statement is. I am considering going away from a...
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    What 2016 MacBookPro for Adobe Indesign

    Hello all, I publish and edit a digital magazine and for the last 2 years have been using a colossal Alienware 18" screen gaming laptop to do this - mostly because I had one already and it was the only computer in the house with the graphic capability of running Adobe InDesign and the rest of...
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    How does the MacBook handles Adobe CC?

    Right now I have a 2010 13-inch MacBook Pro and Creative Cloud apps (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and Acrobat) are so painfully slow I want to throw my computer out of a window (not to mention the dozens of background processes that merely having CC installed on my computer seems to create)...
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    Adobe CC - The big Cuda / OpenCL topic

    With the debate of which setup is the best for Adobe, i would like to seek an answer to go for an ATI card or an Nvidia card. Its not for an fight between the cards. Its about "what is the best gpu choice at this moment if you work in Adobe all day long". I think i am leaning towards an Nvidia...
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    What's more important processor power or RAM?

    I'm looking into replacing my MBP after 6 years. It works fine for non Adobe CC apps, looks great - no marks at all, I take good care of belongings, but I find that using Adobe CC - Muse, Illustrator, Photoshop and occasionally InDesign makes it very slow. Currently have Muse open and none of...
  16. jeffreyd63

    Looking to purchase classic Mac Pro. I just sold my Mac Pro Late 2013

    Hey guys, I just sold my Mac Pro Late 2013 (3Ghz 8-Core/64GB/512GB SSD/Dual D700) and I’m looking to replace it with a classic Mac Pro tower so I can upgrade and change out stuff as needed. I’d like to get your opinions/advice on purchasing and upgrading a classic Mac Pro 2009-2012 era. I am...
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    Anyone have experience with NAS devices and Adobe CC Products

    Hello All, Anyone out there have experience with NAS products (prefer QNAP or Synology) and Adobe Creative Cloud products? My question is that I use Premier Pro, After Effects and Audition. Frequently, I generate dynamic links between Premier Pro and either After Effect and Audition. How...