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Jonah82

Q: Will Dreamweaver 8 run on Mavericks?

Quandary:-  I have Studio 8 which includes Dreamweaver 8 and Fireworks 8, both working fine on Snow Leopard 10.6.8.

 

I must be able to run Dreamweaver as I cannot afford Adobe pricing for new software.

 

AND

 

I must be able to run Parallels Desktop. (I have version 7 at the moment.)  although I have Parallels Desktop for Mac Version 10 BUT currently, its not installed as it will not to run on Snow Leopard.

 

Can anyone help give me a sensible solution?

 

Thanks in anticipation.

 

Jonah

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Dec 12, 2014 8:56 AM

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  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Dec 12, 2014 10:18 AM in response to Jonah82
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    Dec 12, 2014 10:18 AM in response to Jonah82

    Mavericks is no longer available to the App Store unless you have previously downloaded it. Choices are 10.7 (Lion), 10.8 (Mountain Lion) or 10.10 (Yosemite).

     

    Lion

     

    Mountain Lion

     

    Application Compatibility

     

    Applications Compatibility (2)

     

    Do a backup before installing.

    One option is to create a new partition (~30- 50 GB), install the new OS, and ‘test drive’ it. If you like/don’t like it it, you can then remove the partition. Do a backup before you do anything. By doing this, if you don’t like it you won't have to go though the revert process.
  • by MlchaelLAX,

    MlchaelLAX MlchaelLAX Dec 16, 2014 7:37 PM in response to Jonah82
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    Dec 16, 2014 7:37 PM in response to Jonah82

    Legacy Macromedia products that will run in Snow Leopard, can be used in Mavericks by installing Snow Leopard Server in Parallels 10.

     

    Here is a screenshot of Freehand MX:

     

    Red Flag in Freehand.jpg

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    More information here:

     

    http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1365439

  • by kahjot,

    kahjot kahjot Dec 16, 2014 7:52 PM in response to Eric Root
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    Dec 16, 2014 7:52 PM in response to Eric Root

    Eric Root wrote:

     

    One option is to create a new partition (~30- 50 GB), install the new OS, and ‘test drive’ it. If you like/don’t like it it, you can then remove the partition. Do a backup before you do anything. By doing this, if you don’t like it you won't have to go though the revert process.

     

    This is your safest option. If you don't want to partition your internal drive, you can install Yosemite (or Mountain Lion, if you want to spend $20 on it) on an external hard drive and test it thoroughly. You can try installing Parallels 10 in Yosemite; Snow Leopard Server will cost you $20, and you will have to call Apple to order it.

     

    If this all sounds more complicated than you want to deal with, just keep using Snow Leopard for the Macromedia apps. Note that if you do install Yosemite, switching startup drives will have an extra wrinkle, because Snow Leopard's Startup Disk preference can't see Yosemite drives. You have to reboot holding the option key.