Adobe CC Updates re: "Older Operating Systems"

[xpatUSA]

'As we prepare for our next major release of Creative Cloud, we wanted to share some information on updated operating system requirements,' says Adobe. 'To take advantage of the latest operating system features and technologies, the next major release of Creative Cloud will not support Windows 8.1, Windows 10 v1511 and v1607, and Mac OS 10.11 (El Capitan).'

Including Win 10 and Mac 10 (well, certain versions)

https://www.dpreview.com/news/680393...e-cloud-update

It won't bother me much but many of us here might be interested ...

[victor]

Ted,

Many thanks. Must cancel my subscription in October. Light room 6, C6And Affinity Photo now rule. My old 17 inch Mac Book still works ..

Regards

David

[DanK]

This shouldn't affect people started with older versions of Windows 10, if they have allowed the OS to update itself, right?

[xpatUSA]

This shouldn't affect people started with older versions of Windows 10, if they have allowed the OS to update itself, right?

Well, I don't do that. So I'm still on Win 7. I do allow the stream of KBxxxxxxxx updates but they don't change my OS version, as far as I know ...

I've read here that allowing Microsoft to change the OS automatically can be fraught with peril ...

[Tronhard]

Apparently Adobe will still support Win 7 SP1 64bit. see this release from Adobe:
https://blogs.adobe.com/crawlspace/2...and-macos.html

[xpatUSA]

Apparently Adobe will still support Win 7 SP1 64bit. see this release from Adobe:
https://blogs.adobe.com/crawlspace/2...and-macos.html

Thanks Trev - it says "The Creative Cloud Desktop, which manages application installation and activation, will continue to be supported on Windows 7 or later and macOS X v10.9 or later."

I don't use Adobe, not even Acrobat, so I don't what the 'Creative Cloud Desktop' is

[Tronhard]

Thanks Trev - it says "The Creative Cloud Desktop, which manages application installation and activation, will continue to be supported on Windows 7 or later and macOS X v10.9 or later."

For anyone who wants clarification:

The Creative Cloud Desktop is the portal that allows access to the suite of Adobe Software As A Service applications. Basically, instead of buying the software and installing it from their optical disc, users get a download from Adobe on subscription basis.

Abode Creative Cloud supports a whole bunch of stuff, but the ones of interest in the photographic community will be mostly Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom CC, and Adobe Lightroom Classic CC.

The link I enclosed shows that despite Adobe abandoning support for a raft of OS versions, they will continue to support Windows 7 SP1 64bit - frankly still in use on a huge number of Windows machines, especially on Enterprise networks.

On the link I supplied ( https://blogs.adobe.com/crawlspace/2...and-macos.html ) they clearly indicate that they will support that Windows version for the Creative Cloud Desktop (to give access to the subscription service) and the apps Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom Classic CC - but not Lightroom Classic - see the specific links for application requirements.

There was a lot of angst expressed when Adobe announced this measure but the hubbub has calmed down a bit with their assurance of support for Win 7 SP1 /64.

[Cantab]

Trev, I was very pleased to read the information you provided. I'd noted that Windows 7 Sp1/64 was not included in the list of unsupported operating systems but hoped against hope this omission was not an error. For the time being it's a non-issue for me since I still don't use the cloud subscription but one day I may need to head in that direction.

[pschlute]

Adobe are just going to no longer support any OS which Microsoft or Apple no longer support themselves. As Win7 is still very popular and support will continue from MS until 2020 I believe, so too will Adobe.

[Manfred M]

I don’t have any issue with where Adobe is going here and this is definitely not a new direction for the company. I remember having to upgrade my operating system in the past when Adobe released a new version of Premiere Pro and it would not run under the old OS.

[davidedric]

Limiting the range of Operating Systems supported will inevitably aggravate some, but I think benefit the many.

It leads to reduced complexity and cost of support and, hopefully, more robust products.

IMHO, Adobe have done pretty with backward compatibility in general.

Dave

[Tronhard]

Limiting the range of Operating Systems supported will inevitably aggravate some, but I think benefit the many.

It leads to reduced complexity and cost of support and, hopefully, more robust products.

IMHO, Adobe have done pretty with backward compatibility in general.

Dave

I must admit I'm not holding my breath for a price reduction in Adobe products!

[davidedric]

I must admit I'm not holding my breath for a price reduction in Adobe products!

Me neither

But still, in principle, the same resources produce better results if less thinly spread.

Let me dream on

Dave