Will Adobe Photoshop CS3 work with El Capitan? I am considering getting a new Imac (my current Imac's OS is 10.6.8) and do not want to get involved with a life-time monthly fee to use Photoshop.
No, it won't.
That's what I thought. Guess I'll postpone purchasing that next Imac until the current one is no more. :-( Thanks for getting back to me so fast.
Actually, it will. I'm using PS CS3 at the moment with 10.11.3.
You will, however, have to download and install Apple's legacy runtime Java, Download Java for OS X 2015-001, after you've upgraded to El Capitan and after every major upgrade to the system.
Really???? That would be fabulous. I lost my job and the idea of having to pay a big chunk of money every darn month for the software I already own just makes me ill. Your news made my day.
Just FYI, while CS3 will run under El Capitan, it doesn't mean that it will run bug-free. I run CS4 and it has some issues with plugins and occasionally the mouse doesn't behave, but I've learned to work around the issues. I too, see no point in paying to use software on the go, but alas, those days will soon be ending as the machine OS is going to kill the software before long (i.e. support for legacy stuff such as the older Java).
You guys bring me down, bring me up, bring me down....Well, all your information is helpful in how to proceed and I thank you for that. My favorite Photoshop was 5.5 but every upgrade thereafter required more clicks to do the same thing. Annoying. I had CS5 at work...not anxious to see what they removed/changed with CC. Also bugs me that I will have to pay for all of Adobe's products monthly for the rest of my life when I only need Photoshop. I know I'm being an old **** but "progress" happens so darn fast and continues to get more and more expensive and all I want is what I had before everything got upgraded. Thanks for your help and for listening to my rant if anyone made it this far.
Why not take a look at Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo application trial downloads. They are in the OS X App Store, and both are 2015 Apple Award winners). See how much of Photoshop and Illustrator that you can replace with contemporary, non-subscription applications that are exceptionally well written. Affinitiy Designer has Photoshop plug-in compatibility.
I have both applications, but otherwise derive no benefit from suggesting them.
I will DEFINITELY be checking that application out since although I love Photoshop, it keeps moving away from the way I want to work....besides the constant expense of it. Thanks for the suggestion!
Yes, I too am struggling to keep my old CS3 working. Since Adobe went to subscription there is no way I will ever purchase anything from them again, unless pressed to the wall. There are many alternatives, and I am just beginning to explore them. Search for "Photoshop alternatives".
If you are getting a new Mac, consider buying a used Mac that can run an OS other than El Capitan. A 2009 Mac Pro would be affordable and expandable, and could run both Snow Leopard and El Cap, or the OSes in between, if you can get them. You can buy Mountain Lion still, but not Mavericks or Yosemite. Mavericks is preferred by a lot of folks, but good luck getting your hands on it.
I think Affinity stands the best chance of providing viable alternatives to Adobe hostage-ware. Those of us in the market for alternatives are still waiting for the third piece, though — their page layout app, Affinity Publisher. Quark is still around but they haven't had the sense to offer really competitive upgrade prices, and they have shot themselves in the foot so often since the launching of OS X that virtually nothing would tempt me to try Quark again.
Hi kahjot,
kahjot wrote:
Quark is still around but they haven't had the sense to offer really competitive upgrade prices, and they have shot themselves in the foot so often since the launching of OS X that virtually nothing would tempt me to try Quark again.
Maybe have a look at QuarkXPress 2016? It offers many things that other layout apps do not have and the license is still perpetual.
And what would you see as a competitive price please?
Thanks
Matthias
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Hi all,
Side note: Apple insists on this being an ad and therefore added: <I may received some form of compensation, financial or otherwise, from my recommendation or link.>
To clarify, and as you can clearly see from my account name and profile: I WORK FOR QUARK. So "I may receive…" is clearly wrong, it should read "I will receive…"! 😉
However when you read my other posts here you'll see, that my participation here is not directly intended on selling you something via posts in Apple's forums. It is to help and inform people about what Quark is doing officially.
Thanks
Matthias
Yes, it will work just fine.
Will Adobe Photoshop CS3 work with El Capitan?
