Adobe Photoshop CS2 in Macbook Pro

I think Adobe has traced this to QuickTime 7.1. Install everything except the QuickTime 7.1 update and then try it.

This happened to me also, as the installer almost completed and then just disappeared. First of all make sure you are using 10.4.6 without Security Update 2006-003. This update is not compatible with Acrobat, and acrobat will freeze the entire system if that security update is not involved.

Adobe has issued no notices on Quicktime, Edwin, that I can find, and you do not have a similar system as does this person needing help, so why proffer speculations.

With my similar problem, I called Adobe tech support. They had me check Library/Preferences/Adobe Systems/Product licenses_120/
There I had some .dat files. That was all. The techie had me go to an Adobe Server and download four .FF files and put in the named folder above. That cleared the problem for me, and all of CS 2 works on my machine.

There is a technical document discussing a freeze during CS2 installation at the url below. Multiple operating systems are discussed and another link is provided.

http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/329595.html

You should never assume.

Just because I don't fill my signature with every piece of Apple hardware I've ever touched doesn't mean I don't have a similar system. For testing purposes I have at least one of almost every major platform revision Apple has produced since they switched to the PowerPC. I have one of the very first 15" MacBook Pro machines off the assembly line sitting upstairs. Back when you had to pay extra to get 2.16 GHz. This Dual 2.7 is just the machine on my office desk. For the record, I had CS2 installed before these updates were released and have no problems with it on the MacBook Pro.

I read and watch news for a large percentage of my waking hours and was simply passing on what I remembered reading. It was not speculation. Here is the original source:

http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/05/24/cs2quicktime/index.php

It's clearly not some fly-by-night blog writer that doesn't know "your" from "you're". MacWorld is a highly respected Mac publication. I don't believe them to be making something like this up.

The poster said they tested it with and without the Security Update. Based on that MacWorld article I thought they'd like to try and test it without QuickTime 7.1.

There's really no need to get your panties in a knot. We're all here for the same purpose.

Edwin, thanks for the input, and I do apologize. You are right. I should be easier with which to live. There are two major problems out there right now. That is also part of the problem. We are not used to two problems in our domain.

I own 20 Mac's in my office, and I only did these updates on my MacBook Pro 17 inch and my G5 Dual 2.3 Ghz machine that has two 30-inch Cinema Displays. I had both problems on my MacBook Pro, and the G5 had the reboot glitch. I won't update the other machines untill these problems are resolved by the OEMs.

Of the two major hiccups out there, this link indicates Quicktime's update is the source of the inability to restart machines, fixed by deleting startup items, I believe. I had this reboot problem also.

http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/05/24/cs2quicktime/index.php

Accrobat's freezing the system, the question at hand, is a result of the Security Update, fixed by rolling back to a pre-Security Update state using Archive & Install re-installation of the OS. Archive & Install does not erase your files or network settings.

Apple has released two products that fouled these systems. Bad Quality Assurance I think. I am not sure if the Security Update problem is an Apple or an Adobe software problem, i.e., Adobe may have not followed some software guidance. I am certain both companies are aware of the problem, but I am uncertain of the fix for Acrobat. We probably do need to update for security, but I can't live without Acrobat. So I will wait it out without the Security Update.