Hi,
I often use PS CS5, usually when using photos in FCPX. I still have Yosemite and have heard El Capitan is problematic with CS5.
What have you heard/experienced?
Have there been updates to El Capitan that may have resolved those issues?
best
elmer
MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)
Some have gotten it to work or fail under the same conditions
Clean install, not leftover from an upgrade then install java 2015 from Apple.
secondly neither Apple or Adobe support CS5 so if it breaks no one is going to fix the code, ever. You will need to downgrade in that event.
Thanks for the reply, Jimmy!
I did something similar for Yosemite. A question: Sorry, this is stupid of me to ask but, does that java only work with legacy products and the more current java work with the others, or will all java apps have to work with that because the probably more current java is discarded?
Thanks again.
elmer
that Java is specifically for applications, and it should be current in the event you have some legacy app that requires Java for Mac.
If you are working with web apps that require Java you would use Oracle Java, which is another product entirely.
Thanks! Obviously, I'm not knowledgeable about java. So there's java for web apps and java for Mac. Didn't know that. But isn't java involved in normal use on internet?
There are java apps that run on the web, but some web apps and/or web games don't require it. There are alternatives, it really depends on the program or the programmer. There are non-web apps that run in java or require some form of Java as well. CS5 is not written in Java (AFAIK) but it does have some that appears to need it present to run. I don't have Java for apps running on my OS 10.11 build but I do have CC2015 and it hasn't asked for it.
Thanks, Jimmy, I appreciate your time and info.
your welcome and good luck. I too don't want to pay for a subscription but apparently it's the only way to keep software compatible unless you look at the alternatives out there.
https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/
If I cannot use CS 5.1 with el Capitan, what equivalent software is out there for Photoshop and Illustrator - needn't be as sophisticated?
CS 5.1 may run on your mac in 10.11, it may not, chances are if your needs are not to sophisticated you may not have a problem but if you do there are some steps here as to making your system a bit more responsive to having legacy Adobe products running on newer Mac OS's.
As for the two most popular Photoshop alternates (IMHO) they are Affinity and GIMP which you can find tutorials on you-tube for both. Gimp is free and well known in the 3D and game mod community as the go-to software for 2D needs when PS is not an option, it's also capable of some light "illustrator" featuring but I've only dabbled with it.
Affinity appears to be a bit smoother and now makes an "Illustrator" product as well for around $50.00 US. Neither one is "photoshop" (or Illustrator) but they have their similarities. I think they only make Mac software but they appear to be making a name for themselves and Windows users have been asking them for a Windows port
https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/
https://www.gimp.org/downloads/
Illustrator alternatives I'm not versed in but you can check this link for further reading
https://www.nyfa.edu/student-resources/six-free-alternatives-to-adobe-illustrato r/
if you have specific questions it's best to start a new thread to discuss further.
Thanks for the info!
Photoshop CS5 & El Capitan
