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Q: Adobe Photoshop CS4 & El Capitan

What, if anything, is being done to fix the incompatibility  between Adobe Photoshop CS4 (Bridge) and El Capitan? I cannot download images from my Nikon camera to process them on my iMac and consequently had to regress back to Yosemite going through laborious backup disk procedures etc etc. As a loyal Apple customer who has invested significantly in iMac, iPad and iPhone I expect better than this when it comes to a upgrade of the operating system.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Oct 28, 2015 2:35 PM

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  • by VikingOSX,

    VikingOSX VikingOSX Oct 28, 2015 3:52 PM in response to Fradge
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    Oct 28, 2015 3:52 PM in response to Fradge

    Did you install the latest July 2015 Apple Java SE6 update that is compatible with El Capitan? CS4 Bridge requires it.

  • by Fradge,

    Fradge Fradge Oct 29, 2015 5:05 AM in response to VikingOSX
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    Oct 29, 2015 5:05 AM in response to VikingOSX

    Followed your advice. Downloaded the Java SE6. I then downloaded El Capitan (for the second time as I regressed back to Yosemite because Adobe CS4 would not work) and I back to square one! The photo downloader will not 'see' my Nikon camera when it is connected to download raw images. Please advise.

  • by VikingOSX,

    VikingOSX VikingOSX Oct 29, 2015 6:28 AM in response to Fradge
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    Oct 29, 2015 6:28 AM in response to Fradge

    The only Adobe applications that I use are Reader. I don't know if the older Bridge CS4 supports your Nikon model in a raw connection mode. If the camera is newer than Bridge, that might be a partial explanation. I also don't know if Bridge gets help from Apple's Digital Camera Raw support, and if your Nikon model is supported.

     

    You could have used that Summer 2015 Java update on the Yosemite install that you had, and not bothered with updating again to El Capitan.

  • by Fradge,

    Fradge Fradge Oct 29, 2015 6:35 AM in response to VikingOSX
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    Oct 29, 2015 6:35 AM in response to VikingOSX

    Thanks for your reply. I did not download the Java before because in Yosemite Bridge and all the camera raw stuff works, as it has since I had it. After downloading El Capitan it packed up 'seeing' the camera to download pictures. Once I regressed back to Yosemite it worked fine again. Now I have downloaded El Capitan again after downloading Java Bridge and camera download does not function

  • by Keith Barkley,

    Keith Barkley Keith Barkley Oct 29, 2015 7:25 AM in response to Fradge
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    Oct 29, 2015 7:25 AM in response to Fradge

    What does Adobe say? They will probably say to upgrade and buy the subscription.

  • by woodmeister50,

    woodmeister50 woodmeister50 Nov 1, 2015 2:58 AM in response to Fradge
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    Nov 1, 2015 2:58 AM in response to Fradge

    CS4 is very old (last version available for purchase was CS6, now only Creative Cloud

    subscription service available).

     

    1.  Apple is not responsible for the compatibility of 3rd party software.  They had provided

         alpha and beta versions of El Capitan to developers for nearly year.  If the developers

         choose not to verify compatibility of their products with the new OS, it is their fault.

    2.  Don't expect Adobe to do anything about a fix for a version that is 3 behind their current

         as they want to pull you into their "ball and chain" subscription model.

  • by courtox,

    courtox courtox Dec 16, 2015 5:23 AM in response to woodmeister50
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    Dec 16, 2015 5:23 AM in response to woodmeister50

    Please stop this war between Apple and Adobe. You must work together for endusers!!!

     

    New problem for me, I must use firefox instead of Safari to be able to add a comment in your forum.

    Is it Apple or Adobe or Java (Oracle) Falt???

     

    This is the last time I'll make any update to this operating system. Step by step you are moving to Windows problems.

    If you need end users for beta tests before making new release available for classical end-users, please ask me. I have time and knowloedge for functional and performance testing.

     

    To summaries with LE  CAPITAINE (In French) I have many bugs with

    Safari: slow , going down, refuse to display pages ...

    Photoshop CS5 not working, even after downloading the Java code specified.

  • by courtox,

    courtox courtox Dec 16, 2015 6:02 AM in response to courtox
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    Dec 16, 2015 6:02 AM in response to courtox

    Java1.png

     

    Then reboot,

    start photoshop CS5

    PhotoshopCS5.png

  • by courtox,

    courtox courtox Dec 16, 2015 6:15 AM in response to courtox
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    Dec 16, 2015 6:15 AM in response to courtox

    I've made a try with last JAva update available:

    -Download

    java3.png

     

    -Installation

    Java5.png

    -Verify

    Java4.png

     

    Test with photoshop CS5 after a full reboot

    PhotoshopCS5.png

     

    Doesn't work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • by rob3837,

    rob3837 rob3837 Dec 16, 2015 6:26 AM in response to courtox
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    Dec 16, 2015 6:26 AM in response to courtox

    Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling your CS5 apps?

  • by courtox,

    courtox courtox Dec 16, 2015 8:21 AM in response to rob3837
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    Dec 16, 2015 8:21 AM in response to rob3837

    Not yet for Phostoshop CS5.

    CS5 Adobe products can be found here

    https://helpx.adobe.com/fr/creative-suite/kb/cs5-product-downloads.html

    I've got my licence Photoshop CS5 extended 12.0 MAC 1330 ....

     

     

    Is it the same action for Safari not working with your Apple Forum??? Uninstall and re-install Safari??

     

    Thank you for your answer

  • by cperez2,

    cperez2 cperez2 Dec 16, 2015 8:21 AM in response to Fradge
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    Dec 16, 2015 8:21 AM in response to Fradge

    I am having the same problem. I think I might contact Adobe and see if I can get a response from them. I don't understand why apple and adobe have such a hard time working together.

  • by rob3837,

    rob3837 rob3837 Dec 16, 2015 8:37 AM in response to cperez2
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    Dec 16, 2015 8:37 AM in response to cperez2

    Adobe doesn't support CS5 anymore, it's an old release, Adobe has done 4 new releases since. (CS6, CC, CC2014 and CC2015)

  • by JimmyCMPIT,

    JimmyCMPIT JimmyCMPIT Dec 16, 2015 8:47 AM in response to courtox
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    Dec 16, 2015 8:47 AM in response to courtox

    1) CS4 is 7 years old, it's not supported by Adobe or Apple.

     

    2) Apple does not fix other peoples software, it will never happen.

     

    3) That is the wrong Java for applications, that Java is for Web Pages

    If you have any plans to try and get CS to work you will need this

    Download Java for OS X 2015-001

    and it does not guarantee that it will, but it won't work without this Java, not the one you installed.

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