Adobe and Apple have worked closely together to test Adobe Creative Cloud applications and Adobe Creative Suite 6 applications for reliability, performance, and user experience when installed on Intel-based systems running Mac OS X Mavericks (v10.9). All Adobe CC and CS6 products are compatible, but a few products require updates to the latest builds to work properly. Adobe Photoshop CS5, CS4, and CS3 were also tested with Mac OS X Mavericks, and currently there are no known major issues.
As with any new release of an operating system, there could be unexpected issues that arise that were not discovered during testing. If you encounter any issues, report them using the bug reporting form.
Desktop applications included with a Creative Cloud membership are available in both Mac OS and Windows versions. Adobe Spark included to make fast and easy to create graphics, web pages, and video stories anywhere. Adobe Portfolio comes free with any Adobe Creative Cloud plan to create beautifully simple creative portfolio websites. Adobe Creative Cloud on Mac OS X Yosemite. Now that Apple is making pre-release versions of OS X (10.10) available, code-named 'Yosemite' some Creative Cloud users are starting to install these pre-release versions of the operating system made available through Apple's Beta program for developers. The individual Adobe Creative Cloud applications, such as Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Muse, and Bridge rely heavily upon the operating system to function properly.
Creative Cloud
- In some instances, the Adobe Creative Cloud desktop application encounters an 'incompatible software error' and requires a workaround. For the latest information, see 'Incompatible Software' error | Mac OS X Mavericks (10.9).
Acrobat/Reader
Adobe Creative Cloud Mac Os X 10.8
- Acrobat or Reader crashes on using the Find command on Mac OS 10.9.2. See Mac OS X Mavericks (10.9) compatibility or Crash during a text search for additional details.
- Safari 7 can block the first attempt to view a PDF using Adobe Reader. Get the workaround at Safari 7 and 6.1 block PDFs.
Photoshop
- Photoshop CC keyboard shortcuts can stop working temporarily when you use a Wacom Tablet. See more details at Menus, shortcuts, Lasso tool, or Photoshop stop working when using a Wacom tablet.
- Photoshop lasso selection tools can close suddenly when you use a Wacom Tablet. See more details at Menus, shortcuts, Lasso tool, or Photoshop stop working when using a Wacom tablet.
- Photoshop menus, panels, and dialog boxes can turn white and become unresponsive when you use a Wacom Tablet. Get the workaround at Menus, shortcuts, Lasso tool, or Photoshop stop working when using a Wacom tablet.
Lightroom
- Lightroom 5 sliders look different from sliders in previous versions. See Sliders are white, blue, look different for additional details.
After Effects
- After Effects CC or CS6 doesn't launch. See Can't launch After Effects for additional details.
Dreamweaver
- Dreamweaver CC becomes unresponsive. See Known issues | Dreamweaver CC 2015 for additional details.
Flash Player
- Adobe Flash Player can require you to remove sandbox restrictions from your Apple Safari player. Learn more at Remove sandbox restrictions.
If updates for Mac OS X Mavericks (10.9) compatibility with Creative Cloud or Creative Suite products are required, they are made available in the following ways:
- Active Creative Cloud members receive updates. You are notified of any updates via the Creative Cloud desktop app or through the desktop application itself.
- For nonsubscription versions, updates are made through the Adobe Updater, a utility that is installed with Adobe products to manage downloading and installing updates for you. As long as the automated notification feature in Adobe Updater is turned on, you are alerted automatically when the updates become available. You can then follow the onscreen instructions to download and install the updates.
- Alternatively, if you own a CS6 product that requires an update, you can open the CS6 product, choose Help > Updates to open the Adobe Updater. Then, check all of the updates you want, and then click Download and Install Updates.
- Lastly, you can also visit the downloads page on Adobe.com to monitor when updates are posted. Then, you can download and install the updates for each relevant product.
If you don't see updates available in Adobe Updater but you believe that an update is available, visit the Product updates page.
Customers are encouraged to check plug-in compatibility by contacting the plug-in vendor before upgrading to Mac OS X Mavericks (10.9). For third-party products, contact the manufacturer for guidance.
Adobe offers support to Creative Cloud and Creative Suite customers running Mac OS X Mavericks (10.9) in accordance with Adobe's standard customer support policies. Visit the support page for additional information about complimentary and paid support programs.
Adobe recommends following your company's internal guidelines to manage updates. Contact the IT person who manages your Adobe licenses for information about your corporate policies on updating software. For volume licensing customers, information is available for IT managers on how to do a silent installof CC and CS6 updates, and Creative Cloud Packager.
Yes. If a full version of a CC or CS6 product is compatible with Mac OS X Mavericks (10.9), then the trial version is also compatible. If there are any known issues described in this document, they also apply to the trial versions.
Yes, Adobe Drive could cause the opening or saving of files to take longer. See Files open, save slowly for more information.
Adobe and Apple have worked closely together to test Adobe Creative Cloud applications for reliability, performance, and user experience when installed on Intel-based systems running Mac OS X Yosemite (version 10.10). The latest versions of all Adobe Creative Cloud products are compatible. In addition to the current Photoshop CC release (2014.2), the Photoshop team has also tested Photoshop CC 2014 (2014.2), Photoshop CC (14.2.1), and CS6 (13.0.6; 13.1.2) for compatibility.
As with any new release of an operating system, unexpected issues could arise that were not discovered during testing. If you encounter any issues, report them using the bug reporting form.
Apple has improved security by introducing their new 'V2 code signing' (it is a way to guarantee that the application came from the developer and has not been altered, infected with a virus, or damaged in any way). While Adobe is signing future updates with V2, some applications that are signed with the older V1 code signing may issue a warning: ' can't be opened because the identity of the developer cannot be confirmed.' Learn more.
When using Mac OS X 10.10 with Safari 8, PDFs do not open using the Adobe Acrobat or Reader PDF browser plug-in. When opening a PDF in a browser, Safari's PDF Preview is the default PDF viewer. Explicitly set the Adobe plug-in as the default PDF viewer. Learn more.
In our testing, we found no other significant issues with running Creative Cloud products with Mac OS X Yosemite.
When using Lightroom with Mac OS X 10.10, the Map module loads slowly or partially on some low-bandwidth Internet connections or the following error appears: 'Sorry, we have no imagery here.' Learn more.
When updates for Mac OS X Yosemite compatibility with Creative Cloud products are required, you are notified of any updates with the Creative Cloud desktop application or through the app itself.
Customers are encouraged to check plug-in compatibility by contacting the plug-in vendor before upgrading to Mac OS X Yosemite. For third-party products, contact the manufacturer for guidance.
Adobe offers support to customers running Mac OS X Yosemite in accordance with Adobe's standard customer support policies. Visit the support page for additional information about complimentary and paid support programs.
Adobe Creative Cloud Requirements Mac
Adobe recommends following your company's internal guidelines to manage updates. You may want to contact the IT person who manages your Adobe licenses for information about your corporate policies on updating software. For volume licensing customers, IT admins should visit Creative Cloud Packager to learn how to package updates for silent deployment of Creative Cloud and CS6.
Yes. If a full version of a product is compatible with Mac OS X Yosemite, then the trial version of that product is compatible as well. Any known issues described in this document also apply to the trial versions.
