Photoshop 21.0 & Photoshop 20.0.7 work with macOS 10.15 (Catalina) but have these known compatibility issues. That's because the installer works with a 32 bit system!!!!!Īdobe needs to get to grips with the fact that not everybody has the scope to wait around for ages while they work out to make their software work properly!Īt first I thought I was going to have to shell out for PS Elements 2020 - but then I read the problems that version of the software has with Catalina. 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. 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. Here is the link that shows the minimum and recommended OSes for various versions of Photoshop and short answer is yet Catalina version 10.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!

I also hang back a version from the most recent release as new releases usually have their own set of bug issues for a while. I always recommend matching the computer, OS, and version of Photoshop that has been tested and verified by Adobe. Yes, yet in the process all sorts of warnings and messages about damaging your computer comes up etc etc (so I am not going to post the link of one way someone opened CS6 on Catalina)Įven if you got it to open up, there are so many reported issues and compatibility issues that have been reported I believe one is setting themselves up for a lot of frustration and wasted time vs doing creative work. Now have some people found a sneaky way to open CS6 on Catalina. Hi answer is no to CS6 running on Catalina and there is the link giving the details: Photoshop versions are compatible,Photoshop 21.0 & Photoshop 20.0.

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