I have older versions of Photoshop/Illustrator/Indesign, but I can't install them on my new iMac with Big Sur 11.2.3. It tells me I need to update these apps. That would mean I have to get a Creative Cloud which puts me down for €60,- a month.
Is there a way to instal these older versions? Because they work fine for me.
iMac 27″, macOS 11.2
To be specific, you very likely have older 32 bit Adobe apps and Big Sur requires that only 64 bit apps be installed. This is what the industry is moving to. So, as Jack said, you will have to upgrade to the new Adobe products and pay their fees If you continue to use them. One alternative to Adobe Indesign is Swift Publisher. It is a reasonably priced desktop publishing app. Whatever you do, please understand that other apps are likely to be unable to open your old Adobe apps, though.
To be specific, you very likely have older 32 bit Adobe apps and Big Sur requires that only 64 bit apps be installed. This is what the industry is moving to. So, as Jack said, you will have to upgrade to the new Adobe products and pay their fees If you continue to use them. One alternative to Adobe Indesign is Swift Publisher. It is a reasonably priced desktop publishing app. Whatever you do, please understand that other apps are likely to be unable to open your old Adobe apps, though.
Give the Afinity suite of apps a try, Designer, Publisher and Photo. They are immensely more reasonable in price than Adobe and, from what we've heard here, excellent alternatives for the Adobe apps. I believe most of them have demo versions available and can open/convert Adobe files.
Hi there,
If it says it can’t install, it can’t install. You can either look at new Adobe Plans, or look at the Affinity apps in the Mac App Store as an Adobe alternative.
Cheers,
Jack
How can I install older versions of Photoshop/Illustrator/Indesign on my iMac with Big Sur 11.2.3
