How do I get old apps like Photoshop CS5 to work on macOS Mojave
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29-04-2021 - |
문제
On the weekend I upgraded my MacBook Pro to macOS Mojave. Things are mostly ok but I have some apps that no longer work. The one I’m most stressed about is Adobe Photoshop CS5. When I try to run it it refuses to open.
I've tried resetting NVRAM and running Disk Utility, but this didn’t resolve the issue.
Before I take the plunge to revert back to macOS High Sierra I thought I’d try my luck here.
Do any of you folks have any other suggestions for me to try first?
해결책
The first thing I would try is changing the security and privacy settings in System Preferences. You can do this as follows:
- Go to Apple > System Preferences…
- Click on Security & Privacy
- Select the Privacy tab at top right
- In the lefthand pane select the Accessibility option
- At bottom left of the window make sure the padlock is unlocked (if not, select it and enter your password)
- In the list of apps on the right-hand side, make sure Photoshop and any of the other apps you’re having problems with are ticked
- OPTIONAL: If any apps you’re having problems with are not listed, click on the + button under the list and navigate to the apps to select and add them to your list. Once done, then repeat Step 6
- Make sure you lock the padlock again that you unlocked at Step 5
- Quit and restart any apps you’ve just allowed to control your Mac (i.e. if they were already open)
Now try running Photoshop etc again to see if they work.
다른 팁
Our go-to for preserving valuable but obsolete software is to put it inside a virtual machine using Oracle Virtualbox or VMWare, that way you can use it on any system forever without worrying about it being broken by OS upgrades / hardware failure etc.
Finally a solution is on the horizon...
I went through a crazy voyage with my CS5 Creative Suite PS Version, You have to consider serveral things that could be an issue
-> update to 12.0.4 or even 12.0.5 here you find a way to run "old" incompatible updater... be sure to run them with sudo https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2552114
-> Font Setting in PS, set preview to small, if this isn´t set, PS will crash on using font tool, by rendering the font preview box
-> This https://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac-software/open-apps-wont-work-mojave-photoshop-3684425/ was my second issue... and i ran into another version of it, from one day to the other, PS crashed when i tried to use for e.g. tools or move the image. I tried a lot of stuff. But i forgot to maybe consider to reimplement the security thing mentioned in linked article...
-> Another issue could be messed up fonts, use FontBook to scan your fonts, remove all which are marked RED
-> Sometimes Old Plugins could also crash PS... try to disable them with the Adobe Extension Manager, depending on your installation, you have to maybe run the Manager wih root, terminal: sudo (drag here the .dmg -> show package content -> Contents -> MacOS -> AdobePatchInstaller to insert the path in the terminal)
The only thing i could´nt get rid of is the crash message when i close PS
So i hope this helps