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Indesign CS3 won't open in Leopard.

thatsmyaibo said:
I'm so screwed. I am also having this problem and I have both work and class work that needs to be done this weekend.
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SAME!! I had to reinstall Tiger again (archive and install) JUST to use InDesign... This better be fixed, I can't use Illustrator for page layout, I don't like the idea of it... I was enjoying Leopard, Untill This stupid thing happend! and my whole day's been realy hectic because of it.
After I'm finished with my work, I'm gona try and erase and install Leopard on, and Install the whole of CS3 from scratch, Hopefully that works!
 
Sorry to sound like an old grump, but if you've got work to do on a production machine, you don't upgrade its OS until you're 100% certain that your apps are compatible. It's just too soon at the moment.

I've installed Leopard on my old PowerBook, but I can't imagine installing it on my G5 until January at the earliest. There are just too many unknowns.

Lecture over ;)
 
Did an Archive and Install. InDesign CS3 works fine. I did install the latest update to InDesign (5.0.1) before installing Leopard.

Of course I'm using a MacBook as a test victim :D. I'm not moving my desktop up to Leopard until I'm sure my apps work. :apple:
 
Southernboy said:
Sorry to sound like an old grump, but if you've got work to do on a production machine, you don't upgrade its OS until you're 100% certain that your apps are compatible. It's just too soon at the moment.

I've installed Leopard on my old PowerBook, but I can't imagine installing it on my G5 until January at the earliest. There are just too many unknowns.

Lecture over ;)
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Yeh, umm I wasn't expecting anything like that, sometimes you learn things from mistakes :) I already fixed the problem of doing my work.
 
I have exactly the same problem as the person who started the thread. Upgraded a Macbook Pro to Leopard, InDesign CS3 crashes a few seconds into startup with the exact same message.

Don't think Adobe will be patching this, as they have said InDesign is compatible with Leopard. Anyone had anything back from their customer support?
 
Blue Velvet said:
Production 101: Desperate deadlines mean you do not upgrade with a .0 release or mess with a working setup at all.
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I agree however I was confident things would work since Adobe has been testing on Leopard for months now. I do have a laptop should things get tight but this is very inconvenient.
 
entire cs3 premium suite is fine here. if you have a TIGER clone of your drive try an erase and install then use migration tool to import network settings and apps back in, went through docs manually. worked great for me. much better than the archive and install i did first and was actually a bit faster. IMO upgrade option is the crap shoot...
 
ID3 works perfectly here. I suspect that something has gotten b0rked in the upgrade process. A simple re-install of CS3 should sort it.
 
No you are wrong.

please read the posts closely. People have done clean install of both CS3 AND Leopard.
 
i think SUGGESTIONS are being offered. if you did an upgrade and it's running screwy and you have a clone of the original HD give a clean install a whirl. if it helps great (in my case it DID). if not then, at least you've explored the options of installing leopard. if you did a clean install of leopard and it's still screwy then try a fresh install of CS3. if after both of these- you are still having issues- at least you know you've done pretty much all you can do for the time being.
 
same problem

just another person with the same exact problem. clearly this isn't an isolated issue. using a macbook, update to leopard InDesign won't open. other CS3 apps are fine. i fear a solution is along way off, as Adobe says it works. looks like Apple and Adobe might just blame each other for awhile. glad i tested it on my tv laptop and not my work machine—looks like no leopard for me for awhile.
 
Anybody have any success

Did anyone get a successfull outcome with the Indesign problem. I'm using a Macbook Pro and also have the same problem with Indesign only. :confused:
 
After clean install (wiped HD, of course) and I already installed CS3 esp. InDD and it worked great 2nd time. The first wasn't and I learned that you MUST not run Safari while installing. :rolleyes: There was no warning about that but it was odd.
 
supremedesigner said:
After clean install (wiped HD, of course) and I already installed CS3 esp. InDD and it worked great 2nd time. The first wasn't and I learned that you MUST not run Safari while installing. :rolleyes: There was no warning about that but it was odd.
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Lucky you! I did the same thing, I wiped my HD and installed leopard again, and installed CS3, everything works again except for InDesign, I got that stupid message again that it needs to shut down... Annoying. I guess i'm gona have to use Illustrator for a while untill hopefully something works out!...

Btw when I install CS3 it gives me a warning that the installation cannot continue unless safari is off, how come you didn't get that?. anyway. Have fun with Leopard and InDesign together! :)
 
Adobe developers?

As a general comment, we Macromedia users had to wait years (or seemed like it) for Universal apps from Adobe (From Studio8 to CS2 to CS3). I was ticked off. What do their developers do all day? I'm sure that they were 'seeded' or had the opportunity to be seeded with developer kits and Apple developer support, right?

Now Leopard comes out. It's been beta'ed for how long? Oh, Adobe apps have issues. Yet again, after spending thousands of dollars for their new rebranded Macromedia software, have to wait for months for updates.

I'm getting tired of this 'game' from Adobe. Either they take the Macinstoch market seriously and start acting like it or they just ought to get the heck out. I feel like I've paid 'worldclass money' for 'third world' product support. Come on Adobe... Did Leopard catch ya'll sleeping?

There are people trying to make a living off your ill prepared software!

I skipped CS2.5 because it offered no value. Parts of the suite still wouldn't run on Intel macs then I got slapped silly with the upgrade cost to CS3 which now has issues with Leopard.

On the comment on not upgrading production systems, I went from Windows 2000 Pro to Windows XP Pro and everything still ran fine. I have upgraded clients from Windows 98 to XP Pro and everything worked great. I looked for info on the Adobe site yestarday and only found one little note about 'video editing' software having issues with Leopard. Indesign does video? Since when?

We need support to go along with the huge prices of the software!
 
polomolo said:
Lucky you! I did the same thing, I wiped my HD and installed leopard again, and installed CS3, everything works again except for InDesign, I got that stupid message again that it needs to shut down... Annoying. I guess i'm gona have to use Illustrator for a while untill hopefully something works out!...

Btw when I install CS3 it gives me a warning that the installation cannot continue unless safari is off, how come you didn't get that?. anyway. Have fun with Leopard and InDesign together! :)
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When I was at installation screen, they didn't warned me about Safari (because I wasn't running at that time) and during installation, I went ahead and opened Safari. That's why the installation was incomplete at the end. It was odd though.
 
Got it to work

First attemps Indesign failed. Same problem as all the others.
Second attemp:
Fresh install, opened Photoshop, and other Adobe applications. But before I opened Indesign, I made all the updates necessary and then opened Indesign for the first time and it was a success. :cool:
 
i tried what you said. but it still wont work. also i have problems updating indesign. the updater wont find the indesign app.
 
also ive installed cs3 both times without safari open. no luck here,


darn you adobe. we hate your ignorance towards the macintosh.
 
InDesign Update to 3.0.1

Drag the updater into your InDesign foler and try it from there. I had the same problem at first.
 
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