How do I deactivate PS CS3 under Leopard?

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How do I deactivate PS CS3 under Leopard?

We bought a Mac Pro but are keeping the old iMac around for light work. I need to deactivate Photoshop CS3 on the iMac so I can activate my license on the Mac Pro. Unfortunately, under Leopard the Photoshop help menu has been replaced with Leopard's help menu so the deactivate option is not where Adobe says it should be. How do I go about deactivating my Photoshop license?

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.1)

Posted on Dec 19, 2007 3:27 PM

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Answer 1

Dec 19, 2007 4:37 PM in response to Mark Warren (Guartho)

My PS CS3 has the Deactivate option in the drop down for Help. Make sure that Photoshop is the active window and click on Help it's about half way down the list.

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Answer 2

Dec 19, 2007 5:06 PM in response to Mark Warren (Guartho)

Mark, unless you need to install a copy on a laptop, you are allowed activation on two computers.

This is from adobe's site:
"The activation process supports installation on two machines. The Adobe product license agreement allows the primary user to install the product on a primary computer and also on a home or laptop computer for his or her use, provided that the two copies are not used simultaneously. While the activation process supports installing and activating Adobe software on two machines, the usage of the product on the second computer is restricted to the user who licensed the software. Allowing others to use a second copy of the software violates the product license agreement."
http://www.adobe.com/products/activation/

I keep a copy on a second computer, a laptop, in case I need to work on a project whilst backing up or updating software.

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Answer 3

Dec 20, 2007 8:32 AM in response to mscheidell

Well... I KNOW that PS was the active window last time I tried. Today though, just to make sure before responding, I checked again and low and behold the rest of the help menu was there. I still had to use the phone system to get the Mac Pro activated, but it got done. Thanks all.

We already have it on a laptop as a backup (and mobile of course) solution so I'd already used both activations.

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