Does Adobe CS6 work on High Sierra?

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Does Adobe CS6 work on High Sierra?

I can't seem to find a straight answer on this. Will upgrading my iMac to Mac OS 10.13 (High Sierra) make my Adobe Creative Suite 6 Master Collection incompatible or not?

I've seen that people have trouble installing CS6 after updating to High Sierra, or installing on a machine that already has High Sierra on it. But If I already have it installed, will there be any issues using any of the software?

Current system:

iMac 27" (mid 2010)

3.2 GHz Intel Core i3

8 GB ram

ATI Radeon HD 5670 512MB

iMac, macOS Sierra (10.12), 27inch iMac mid 2010

Posted on Jun 5, 2018 8:18 PM

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Answer 1

Kurt Lang

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Jun 10, 2018 3:27 PM in response to s.torrance84

Create a full, restorable backup. Then if you want to try High Sierra, you can install it.

A full install of the macOS removes Java 6, which many CS6 apps rely on to run. Once High Sierra is done installing, reinstall Java 6.

Download Java for OS X 2017-001

Another possible issue is that the CS6 apps sometimes need to be reinstalled before they'll work. In other words, be prepared for a lot of work before you'll know if things turn out the way you hope. If not, that's why you have the backup to restore.

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chris_g1

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Jun 8, 2018 1:28 PM in response to s.torrance84

Hey there, s.torrance84,

Thanks for visiting the Apple Support Communities. If I understand your question, you'd like to know whether the Adobe Creative Suite 6 Master Collection will work in macOS 10.13 High Sierra. I'm happy to help you get some information on that!

Adobe indicates in their support article Installing Creative Suite on macOS 10.12 (Sierra) that:

Creative Suite applications are not supported on macOS 10.12 (Sierra) and therefore, many of the Creative Suite installers may not function normally on macOS 10.12.

Since macOS 10.13 High Sierra was released after macOS 10.12 Sierra, it seems as though the same information would apply to High Sierra. However, to be certain I would recommend getting in touch with Adobe. You can check out the system requirements for their Master Collection here: System requirements | Adobe Creative Suite Master Collection , and reach out to them directly here: Contact Adobe Customer Care .

Have a lovely day.

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s.torrance84 Author

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Jun 8, 2018 1:30 PM in response to chris_g1

I currently have it on Sierra, but it was installed prior to me upgrading to Sierra (maybe mavericks? or possibly one of the cats?). i can confirm it works on Sierra, but just didn't want to lose the ability to use these applications if I upgrade to High-Sierra.

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JimmyCMPIT

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Jun 8, 2018 1:37 PM in response to s.torrance84

Photshop CS6 appears to be the least buggy in 10.13, depending on you workflow you may not run into issues. InDesign and Illustrator can be a different story and your issues or lack of them may again be based on workflow.

Adobe did not design CS6 to run in 10.13 and they don't support it; and it's not Apples job to write software to accommodate some other developers legacy software, so your milage will vary.

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Answer 5

Jun 8, 2018 1:37 PM in response to s.torrance84

You’re missing the point. Chris was trying to politely tell you that you need to talk to Adobe about this, not Apple. Based on the info Chris quoted from them, Adobe does not support Master Collection in Sierra or later (which includes High Sierra). Whether it works or not is not guaranteed as Adobe makes no claims that it will.

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Does Adobe CS6 work on High Sierra?

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