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Photoshop CS6 UNWORKABLE on Mavericks!

Hello fellow "apples" 🙂

I've a late 2012 Macbook Pro (non retina) with 2,6 GHz i7 8GB Ram and 750HDD

Since i've updated the OS to mavericks yesterday I've been struggling with photoshop CS6, it can work just fine for a minute to completely freeze for a few or even 10 or so seconds ( sometimes even more ) until it will respond. This issue had not existed in Mountain Lion. I've also noticed that the sound voulume bar can be laggy, it jumps a few dots instead of steady increments .

Now i'm an artist not a tech guy, but my guess will be it has something to do with the new memory allocation thing, anyhow it made my life really difficult as i cannot work in PS anymore, and that's a serious stab... Someone should fix that really fast as being a freelance artist and illustrator I've lost a tool that gets the food on my table, if we won't get a fix asap some heads should roll.... :/

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Oct 24, 2013 5:14 AM

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Z33GHOST

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Posted on Oct 24, 2013 5:32 AM

Icecoldart, you're not alone. I have Photoshop CS6 on my iMac 24-inch, Early 2009 running Mavericks (OSX 10.9). It seems that it happens after a few 10-20 mins and freezes up the whole computer for 10+ second. It's gotta have something to do with the memory for sure. Hopefully Adobe will send out a update soon.

Processor: 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

Memory: 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 256 MB

Software: OS X 10.9 (13A603)

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Philly_Phan

Level 7

20,707 points

Dec 17, 2013 1:25 PM in response to vincmo

This is really weird. My CS6 has worked with all rev levels of Mavericks. Nary a hiccup.

FWIW, my system is pretty much plain vanilla.

pik80

Level 1

21 points

Dec 17, 2013 2:49 PM in response to Philly_Phan

That's good to hear Philly_Phan! I might move up to Mavericks after the next maintence update or two.

vincmo

Level 1

4 points

Dec 17, 2013 2:52 PM in response to icecoldart

You might not notice the keyboard freeze if you don't paint with a Wacom tablet... But trust me, it's there! And it's all over the web! Hopefully this update fixes it... Would be nice to hear from someday who experienced that problem and updated to 10.9.1...

Philly_Phan

Level 7

20,707 points

Dec 17, 2013 3:34 PM in response to vincmo

vincmo wrote:

You might not notice the keyboard freeze if you don't paint with a Wacom tablet... But trust me, it's there! And it's all over the web! Hopefully this update fixes it... Would be nice to hear from someday who experienced that problem and updated to 10.9.1...

Hmmm...

The ball just might be in Wacom's court. Have you contacted them?

Dec 23, 2013 1:27 AM in response to icecoldart

I have tryed many things already and nothing seems to solve this problem.

I use Mavericks + Photoshop + Wacom (latest drives and updates) I have no idea who's going to fix the problen and when. I have a new Retina which apparently won't allow going back to Mountain Lion, which worked seamlessly. Please post if you find a real solution or at least a workaround because I'm becoming less productive due to the lack of functionality of the software. I have to click on the interface panels whenever I need to use a keybord shortcut, which amounts to longer work time

: (

vincmo

Level 1

4 points

Dec 23, 2013 2:31 AM in response to icecoldart

@Charlie

Same here. Updated ton 10.9.1... doesn't solved it. Obviously the ball is in Apple's camp because this program was working perfectly fine under Mountain Lion... Very dissapointed at Apple to ship us a BETA laptop and OS...

petermac87

Level 5

7,447 points

Dec 23, 2013 2:43 AM in response to vincmo

Apple do not update Adobe software. The ball is in Adobes court. Although in saying that I have no issues with Mavericks running CS4 or CS6.

Cheers

Pete

Dec 23, 2013 2:50 AM in response to vincmo

vincmo wrote:

@Charlie

Same here. Updated ton 10.9.1... doesn't solved it. Obviously the ball is in Apple's camp because this program was working perfectly fine under Mountain Lion...

Apple is not to blame for Adobe's short comings and FWIW

Photoshop CS6 works very well on both my Macs with 10.9.1.

No issues at all!

Dec 23, 2013 12:21 PM in response to pik80

10.9.1 did not fix the problem for me.

Dec 25, 2013 2:35 AM in response to _Charlie_

update didn't fix for me iether but this is not about Balls in courts is it - really -it should beabout these guys WORKING TGETHER

First they jut all need to be informed of the problems then they can decide what they do or don't need to do either togheher or individually

But they need lots of info

(ps never ha these bizarre text formatting issues rpondig to message sbefore Mavericks either!

LOL)

Dec 25, 2013 4:38 AM in response to Digital Finger

It does not matter whether it is Apple, Microsoft, or Google,

it is up to the application developer to insure that their product

is compatible with the operating system it is running on.

Apple for one, makes all their OS updates/upgrades available

to developers well in advance of actual release to the public.

It is up to any developer to verify that their product works

with the update and if not, provide solutions. If a vendor

choses not to or has a system that is so bloated that it

can not respond to changes in a timely manner, that is their

fault.

Dec 28, 2013 8:25 AM in response to icecoldart

Just wondering if anyone here has adobe drive 4.0 installed on their computers. It was installed with cs4, and is completely incompatible with mavericks. If you still have it installed, uninstall it - this completely fixed my problems with mavericks and cs6 😉

Philly_Phan

Level 7

20,707 points

Dec 28, 2013 8:28 AM in response to greycubed2

greycubed2 wrote:

Just wondering if anyone here has adobe drive 4.0 installed on their computers. It was installed with cs4, and is completely incompatible with mavericks. If you still have it installed, uninstall it - this completely fixed my problems with mavericks and cs6 😉

I can't confirm your solution but I can add some weight to it. I never had CS4 and I never had Adobe Drive. I had CS5 and now CS6. My CS6 has been functioning flawlessly with Mavericks.

vincmo

Level 1

4 points

Dec 28, 2013 8:32 AM in response to Philly_Phan

Don't have Adobe Drive installed and experiencing problems with CS6 and CC. I'm suspecting the problem might involve all 3 players (Apple, Adobe and Wacom). Pen tilt doesn't work in Mavericks so obviously the Wacom driver also needs an update.

Philly_Phan

Level 7

20,707 points

Dec 28, 2013 8:47 AM in response to vincmo

That's consistent with my experience. I do not have a Wacom.

Photoshop CS6 UNWORKABLE on Mavericks!