This was somewhat galling to say the least given that 11 months ago, on 31st March 2019, I purchased Adobe Photoshop 19 from Amazon and installed via my Adobe Account - and in less than a year it is now UNUSABLE as it will not download to my new computer without problems. Upgrading to macOS Catalina with an older version already installed on your computer may allow the application to function in some capacity however, you will not be able to reinstall or activate the application after the macOS upgrade.įrom the Adobe website - Photoshop and macOS Catalina (10.15) known compatibility issues Therefore, they cannot be installed and activated after upgrading to macOS Catalina. Older versions use 32-bit licensing components and installers. Incompatible versions (version 19.x and earlier) will not display in the ‘Older Versions’ list within the Creative Cloud desktop app.
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I could not believe it when I read the following.Īdobe does not recommend that customers using old versions of Photoshop upgrade to macOS Catalina.
Which is when I found out that Adobe is obviously not equipped or staffed to cope with a very well signalled Apple upgrade to 64bit apps - and six months after Catalina was released has still not resolved the problems.īottom line Photoshop Elements - which I have been using since version 3 some 15+ years ago - is INCOMPATIBLE with Catalina!