What OS can I upgrade to that will allow me to download Keynote Version 6.5.3 and still use my older versions of Illustrator CS3 and Photoshop CS3?

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What OS can I upgrade to that will allow me to download Keynote Version 6.5.3 and still use my older versions of Illustrator CS3 and Photoshop CS3?

Hi. I have been using Adobe Illustrator professionally since 1990. I have been retired for the past 11 years. I only use illustrator for volunteer club work so I have not upgraded Illustrator or Photoshop in many years. I have recently taken over duties as Newsletter Editor of one of my clubs. I would like to use Apple Keynote for this work. The problem is it only runs on OS X 10.10 or later. I currently have OS X 10.6.8.

So my question is what OS can I upgrade to that will allow me to download Keynote Version 6.5.3 and still use my older versions of Illustrator CS3 and Photoshop CS3?

Thanks

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Jun 14, 2015 4:15 PM

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Kappy

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Jun 14, 2015 4:19 PM in response to gekgraphics

There isn't really anything you can upgrade to that supports CS3. You can partition your hard drive an install something new on that partition, thus, leaving your old system alone. As far as upgrading is concerned:

Upgrading to Yosemite

You can upgrade to Yosemite from Lion or directly from Snow Leopard. Yosemite can be downloaded from the Mac App Store for FREE.

Upgrading to Yosemite

To upgrade to Yosemite you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or Lion installed. Download Yosemite from the App Store. Sign in using your Apple ID. Yosemite is free. The file is quite large, over 5 GBs, so allow some time to download. It would be preferable to use Ethernet because it is nearly four times faster than wireless.

OS X Mavericks/Yosemite- System Requirements

Macs that can be upgraded to OS X Yosemite

1. iMac (Mid 2007 or newer) - Model Identifier 7,1 or later

2. MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer) - Model Identifier 5,1 or later

3. MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later

4. MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer) - Model Identifier 2,1 or later

5. Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later

6. Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later

7. Xserve (Early 2009) - Model Identifier 3,1 or later

To find the model identifier open System Profiler in the Utilities folder. It's displayed in the panel on the right.

Are my applications compatible?

See App Compatibility Table - RoaringApps.

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Jun 14, 2015 4:34 PM in response to gekgraphics

Illustrator and Photoshop CS3 run in Yosemite, but perhaps a little sluggish, we have 10 systems using CS3 sucsessfuly here.

Check carefully if Yosemite will run on your Mac before doing anything: Mac Hardware Spec for Yosemite

You really need a minimum of 4GB RAM installed to run Yosemite

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gekgraphics Author

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Jun 14, 2015 4:40 PM in response to Gary Scotland

Will this work?

Hardware Overview:

Model Name: iMac

Model Identifier: iMac11,2

Processor Name: Intel Core i3

Processor Speed: 3.06 GHz

Number Of Processors: 1

Total Number Of Cores: 2

L2 Cache (per core): 256 KB

L3 Cache: 4 MB

Memory: 4 GB

Processor Interconnect Speed: 5.86 GT/s

Boot ROM Version: IM112.0057.B00

SMC Version (system): 1.64f5

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Kappy

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Jun 14, 2015 4:50 PM in response to gekgraphics

It's compatible with Yosemite. Of some importance is the GPU which on that model is the one integral with the CPU. Don't expect fast graphics processing. Upgrade RAM to at least 8 GBs or 16 GBs. The latter helps improve greatly the amount of shared RAM for VRAM.

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