Mojave causes Photoshop CS5 to crash. MacWorld fix doesn't work.

Ever since upgrading to Mojave, Photoshop CS5 crashes immediately after opening and generates the "Photoshop quit unexpectedly" error message.

The MacWorld fix (checking the Adobe Photoshop box in System Preferences under Security & Privacy and the Accessibility tab) did not solve the problem for me. Photoshop continues to crash a few seconds after starting. I don't even have a chance to open a file, it just crashes.

Any ideas on how to resolve?

iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017)
4.2 GHz Intel Core i7
16 GB 2400 MHz DDR4

iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Dec 16, 2018 10:22 PM

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Eau Rouge

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Posted on Dec 16, 2018 11:56 PM

Did you restart your Mac after applying the System Preferences> Security & Privacy> Accessibility 'fix'.

Have you ever installed the Legacy Java Runtime SE6, if not download it from here,

Download Java for OS X 2017-001

once downloaded, double-click to install, then Restart.

Also have a look to see if Photoshop CS5 is set to run in 64 bit mode. Open the Applications folder, click on the Photoshop CS5 folder from there highlight the Photoshop CS5.app, press Command- i to get the info panel up and make sure Open in 32bit mode is unchecked.

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Mar 9, 2019 6:26 AM in response to Brandon Wilcox

Your argument should be with Adobe and not Apple as it is Adobe that

has ceased its support and considers CS5 (or 5.5) obsolete and no longer

updating it to be compatible with newer OSes.

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Mojave causes Photoshop CS5 to crash. MacWorld fix doesn't work.