Nebula1400

Q: El Capitan & Photoshop

I installed El Capitan in January 2016.  HUGE mistake, as I have not been able to use my Photoshop CS3 since, and I'm an artist.  I have lost business as a result of losing Photoshop.  El Capitan will not allow me to install the Legacy  Java 6, and I'll be damned if I am forced to pay a monthly fee for what I already have, and have Adobe hold my work hostage if I stop paying.

 

I am afraid to upgrade to Sierra, because this last nightmare with El Capitan.

 

What can I do to get Photoshop CS3 to work again?  If it's not possible, is there another program like Photoshop (and Adobe Illustrator, which also no longer functions) that doesn't charge a monthly fee, to replace it? (I have search for this answer for months, and nothing I have come across has been helpful.)

MacBook 1,1, Mac OS X (10.4.7), White

Posted on Sep 25, 2016 9:41 AM

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  • by Luis Sequeira1,

    Luis Sequeira1 Luis Sequeira1 Sep 25, 2016 2:41 PM in response to Nebula1400
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    Sep 25, 2016 2:41 PM in response to Nebula1400

    As a replacement for Photoshop, you may consider Pixelmator or Affinity Photo.

    They are both great and pretty inexpensive. No rental fees, just buy them at the App Store.

    I believe Pixelmator is $30 and Affinity Photo $50; I got Pixelmator at 50% off on a promotion, and it serves me very well; but I am not a photographer nor an artist. Unless there is some feature of Photoshop that you must have, any of these two is likely to do very nicely.

     

    As a possible replacement for Illustrator, consider Affinity Designer. It seems pretty good, but I haven't used it yet.

     

    All three of these programs offer a free trial, so there is nothing to lose.

    Try them out and decide for yourself.

  • by Eau Rouge,Solvedanswer

    Eau Rouge Eau Rouge Sep 25, 2016 11:05 AM in response to Nebula1400
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    Sep 25, 2016 11:05 AM in response to Nebula1400

    Well if CS3 won't open in El Capitan (it should though) it won't in Sierra.

    But try downloading this again, Download Java for OS X 2015-001

    double-click to install.

     

    See this from roaring apps.

     

    SS 2016-09-25 at 19.03.37.jpg

  • by Nebula1400,

    Nebula1400 Nebula1400 Sep 25, 2016 2:52 PM in response to Eau Rouge
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    Mac OS X
    Sep 25, 2016 2:52 PM in response to Eau Rouge

    After trying this for months with my MBP failing to recognize it, it finally worked!  Thank you!