Yosemite and Adobe CS6 compatibility

Hi Jayah,

I understand what you are saying about performance drops and somethings are working against you. The first being that you are running adobe cs6, which is intense software, now with an OS that also is demanding performance. I know cs6 does work on Yosemite because I have it on here so I can work with Encore. Also, the Air models are known for not having the best processors due to their light nature (I assume you have a 1.8 GHz processor). My advise is to search online for the Maverick OS download (I'm sure there is one out there) and downgrade or wait a little longer to see if performance improves. I had to wait a few days for my computer to sort stuff out and now it runs fine. My problem was that in the beginning the kernel task took 3.5GB of RAM but eventually leveled out. I hope some of this sheds some light on why you might be having difficulties.

-crazy

Hi guys, I am having the same problem with Yosemite and I am so frustrated and disappointed with Apple. I have a Mac Pro Laptop fully loaded and it is lagging massively in Photoshop. I never had this problem before the upgrade. I work as a Concept artists and Full-time Instructor . I can't even use the lasso tool without waiting for a second or two for it to start. Then sometimes it doesn't even start and the selection is null and void. Really...we are talking about the lasso tool. I haven't even started painting at 300 dpi yet.

This upgrade was a horrible decision. I am looking how to down grade to get my machine to work the way it did before!!! So frustrated and disappointed with Apple. I even run a lab at a local Southern California College campus with 75 Apple machines in 3 rooms and I am debating if I should upgrade to Apple again or not. I love Apple but these kinds of problems are ridiculous and extremely un-professional! This is not amateur hour Apple!So disappointed with Apple....I don't know what to do.

-Phil

I'm running CS6 Design Standard on a 2011 27" iMac.

Had a few performance hiccups and Illustrator Crashes after upgrading from mavericks. I did not clean install.

First I reinstalled Yosemite using a bootable USB stick, then I uninstalled CS6 (including preferences) and reinstalled CS6 via DVD and updates via internet.

I also upgraded my Font manager, Suitcase to the latest version and dialed down the Autoactivate plugins to exclude fontsense and pick best match.

I then used ONYX (recently updated for 10.10) to clean all caches and all repairs/maintenance.

There was also a duplicate conflict between my Helvetica Neue postscript and System Helvetica Neue TT/OT version, which suitcase manages for me now.

Also had some 3rd party Illustrator plugins in need up available updates (Astute graphics).

After doing all this, and resetting my preferences and color profiles, all my CS 6 apps are working just as well as they were in Mavericks. PS, AI, ID and Acrobat are performing well together with large, complex files and lots of switching between them.

Try reinstalling 10.10 over your current and uninstall/reinstall CS6 like I did.

Good luck.

Yosemite and Adobe seem to have a conflict. I use Adobe Photoshop Elements and was having the same issues (I couldn't move things and certain tools would not work.). It seems 100's of others also had that problem. Most people complained to Adobe and not Apple but it appears to be a Yosemite problem most specifically with the trackpad. Enough people complained to Adobe that they thankfully came up with 2 workarounds. the first was if you use the trackpad, try using a mouse (a usb mouse is best) -- that solved the issue with most people. Some people said that they were having the issue with the mouse as well (on iMacs etc) - a few days later, the Adobe IT team came up with a temporary plugin - once installed, 99.95% of the people were again able to use their Adobe programs. The Adobe techs have communicated with Apple and apparently Apple is working on a solution. Anyhow, I'd suggest that you install that plugin and just see if it works for your Adobe products - several people on the Adobe forums said that it did. Here is the response from Adobe that was on their forum - I hope it works for you:

Jeffrey Tranberry(Chief Customer Advocate) 4 days ago We sincerely apologize for the problem customers are facing while using a trackpad with Photoshop Elements 11 & 12 on Mac OSX 10.10 (Yosemite).

As we mentioned previously, we have been working with Apple to resolve this problem as quickly as possible. We're hopeful this will get completely resolved in an upcoming update.

In the meanwhile, you have two options to work around this problem:

1. Use a mouse instead of the trackpad
2. Install a plug-in which should workaround the problem

Plug-in installation instructions:

1. Close Photoshop Elements
2. Download this zip file to a location you can easily find (e.g. your desktop)
3. Unzip the file, WhiteWindowWorkaround.plugin, and move it to the Plug-In folder:

• For Elements 12 – //Applications/Adobe Photoshop Elements 12/Support Files/Plug-Ins/
• For Elements 11 - //Applications/Adobe Photoshop Elements 11/Support Files/Plug-Ins/

You can verify the plug-in is installed by launching the Photoshop Elements Editor and choosing Help > System Info... Scroll to the bottom of the text in the dialog and look for the plug-in name "WhiteWindowWorkaround.plugin".



Note: This plugin is a temporary workaround and should be used until this issue is addressed in Mac OSX 10.10 (Yosemite). Be prepared to remove this plugin once the issue is officially resolved by Apple.

If you are using a stylus in conjunction with a trackpad, you might see issues with your trackpad. Workaround in this particular case is to use mouse instead of the trackpad.

I totally agree. This is unprofessional... I have paid outrageously inflated prices [living in Australia] for the privilege of using Adobe products and what happens ? There is a german word for this verschlimmbessern meaning an improvement but not for the better. I cannot open illustrator CS6 in Yosemite and I need to for the job I am currently working on. I have uninstalled all my Adobe programs and reinstalled them. Seems to work for some but not all. Any ideas ?

photoshop crashes every time, no luck, cannot open.

inDesign does work however...

did you try rolling back to java 6.0 ? seems i'm still in progress, it seems cs6 works best with older java version.

and as for cs6, some programs work, some do not (i.e. photoshop), what about yours?

hey everyone.

this has solved the issue so far. you need to:

- make a dual boot on you HDD (Yosemite + Mavericks or any previous os that CS worked with) ***read footnote below

- have your CS products installed on Mavericks/Lion

- run them either directly from Mavericks/Lion or from Yosemite. Yes, the apps are accessible from Yosemite.

= enjoy Yosemite and CS6 program functionality.

***to have dual OS boot drive you need to

- partition HDD through disk utility

- press CMD+R during boot

- install (from scratch or from Time machine) older OS X. please note that if your Time machine has been affected by backup from Yosemite, you will have hard time.

p.s. here is an article abt making dual boots http://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac-software/dual-boot-yosemite-mavericks-on-ma c-3533305/

p.s. fully deleted java (see oracle's articles), re-installed CS6 pack and installed java 6.0, everything works fine now. (the solution)

I haven't had any problem running CS6 Design Web Premium on Yosemite. No clean installs - just ran the installer on two computers.

I'll be willing to wager that corrupt/wrong preferences are likely to be a factor.

It's always worth testing a new user account, to see whether the problem relates to user prefs.

There's no point emptying caches -- caches are all rebuilt when you install a new OS anyway.

I took the dive into Yosemite last night and everything has worked ok until trying to make certain edits and saving files in Photoshop CS6.

I have no performance or crashing issues. However, some basic functionality within CS6 seems to have died. Examples are the patch tool and certain action-initiated adjustments such as hue/saturation. Topaz plug-ins are working fine, but CS6 itself is the issue. It's plain weird.

Worst of all is that I cannot seem to save either PSD or JPEG files of any progress made.

I held off 'upgrading' to 10.10 on the back of so many negative experiences registered at the App Store, but feedback had improved lately.

I suffered with Mavericks too in that I had Finder playing up on me and taking forever to discover my filing system. I wish I'd never upgraded from 10.7 from what seems like an eternity ago.

Before I head to my Time Machine I'll try an un-/re-install and see where that leaves me.

FYI - iMac 27" i5 mid-2011, 20GB RAM

Apologies for the blast from the past, but just wanted to confirm…

So if I have multiple drives on my MacPro, I can keep the CS6 applications installed on the HDD running an earlier (OS X 10.7+) and then have a later OS X on a seperate boot HDD?

Would I then still be able to use and access the CS6 applications from the new OS X HDD? Any idea what newer version this works with, or is it just up to to OS X 10.10?

I've been using Creative Suite 6 on Yosemite, El Capitan and Sierra, with no bother whatsoever.

Yes, if you have multiple drives/partitions, you can boot to different OS versions and run CS6 there. If you launch it from another OS, then it might complain about not being installed properly, because the Application Support files and other components won't be on the system volume.