As soon as I upgraded my iMax to Catalina my Adobe programs such as Audition and Photoshop were no longer available to me. Is this a glitch?? Is there any news of a fix?? A new battle field for Apple & Adobe?? Any information or assistance will be gratefully received.
iMac 27", macOS 10.15
Adobe has an answer to their customers. Do not upgrade the operating system beyond the particular Adobe application version's System Requirements. They have also offered a subscription program for several years now — one that currently provides full 64-bit applications for Catalina.
The alternatives are retreat to Mojave which still supports compatible, 32/64-bit applications, or look for 64-bit, Adobe replacement applications for Catalina, based on your workflow requirements.
Adobe has an answer to their customers. Do not upgrade the operating system beyond the particular Adobe application version's System Requirements. They have also offered a subscription program for several years now — one that currently provides full 64-bit applications for Catalina.
The alternatives are retreat to Mojave which still supports compatible, 32/64-bit applications, or look for 64-bit, Adobe replacement applications for Catalina, based on your workflow requirements.
rjp49 wrote:
This I understand, but when it involves a company heavily invested in HighTech with huge numbers of customers invested in those products it makes me wonder why they would walk away from all that goodwill?
Well there is more to it than goodwill and walking away.
The technology is always evolving at a rapid pace. In the long run it benefits everyone, this includes all the HighTech companies and end users. From the HT linked above "Apple has been working with developers to transition their apps, and in 2018 Apple informed them that macOS Mojave would be the last version of macOS to run 32-bit apps"
It never pays to get too far behind in the hardware or software—it only makes the transition more difficult and cumbersome.
I will give you one example of this current transition—
64-bit programs typically run a little faster, more importantly If your application is memory hungry like "your" Photoshop, 3D rendering, etc. having a 64-bit version will give the app access to all the computer's memory. 32-bit apps on the other hand are restricted and limited to somewhere around 2GB/ application. Full stop.
Do you remember when Apple phased out the PowerPC processors to transition to Intel x86 processors.
The PowerPC based applications were on the chopping block, and there was an uproar from end users.
Apple released Mac OS X v10.6 "Snow Leopard" in 2009 as Intel-only, removing all support for the PowerPC architecture. It was the last Mac OS X version that supports PowerPC based applications, by running the emulator "Rosetta."
Remember Rosetta(?)
Mac OS X v10.7 "Lion" dropped support for Rosetta, and the complaints came pouring in from end user very similar to the perspective you are making above.
We all survived, adapted and swallowed the change— and it was for the better. It is one complex industry to say the least.
You are welcome to send Apple Feedback http://www.apple.com/feedback
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The following from Adobe support may help: https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/fix-macos-64-bit-compatibility-errors.html
To add to FoxFifth reference:
With the release of macOS 10.15 Catalina, applications will have to be 64-bit. App developers will issue updated apps if they want their apps to work on this newest macOS upgrade. This may reequire you update third party apps/
32-bit app compatibility with macOS... - Apple Support
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208436
This I understand, but when it involves a company heavily invested in HighTech with huge numbers of customers invested in those products it makes me wonder why they would walk away from all that goodwill?
Does Catalina block Adobe Products??
