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Leopard and CS3. So what's it really like?
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I don't know what they are like on the customer service front... anyone? Help him! (Then at some stage later in the year I might feel brave enough to upgrade.)Just thought I'd jump in here with my recent experience. I was using CS2/CS3 on a G4 with Tiger: no problems whatsoever, been that way for a couple of years.
Just upgraded to a new MacPro, together with Leopard. Great machine, flies like a dream, and Leopard has many good points, BUT the ONLY problems I've had so far is with the CS3 suite (design premium). Firstly, Photoshop wouldn't start, crashing on opening. Finally found out that it was some non-Adobe plugins that weren't Universal that were causing the problem. Removed them, and Photoshop worked fine. Checked for updates, reinstalled the plugins, only a couple work, the rest started crashing Photoshop again. Damn shame, as they were plugins I was quite fond of too. All I can do is wait and hope an update fixes the problem sometime soon.
My scanning software (TWAIN, from within Photoshop) stopped working, I've had to replace that with something else. That's livable with though. A Postscript font or two went a bit funny, bitmapping. Again, annoying as one was a font I use a lot, haven't got a replacement yet. MyFonts told me their version was playing up in Leopard too.
The biggest single problem I've had is colour management. Across all the CS3 apps, what I see on my screen is not what comes out of my printer. I've tried everything, i'm properly calibrated, the works. All the print dialogue boxes have changed in Leopard, and while previously I was fairly confident I knew what I was doing with colour management, in Photoshop 6 onwards, on MacOS 7 onwards, suddenly i feel I'm on unfamiliar territory again.
I could use a decent manual....
My recomendation would be not to upgrade to Leopard yet, not until Apple and Adobe are truly working in harmony, which, despite their press releases, they really aren't quite doing just yet.
Just upgraded to a new MacPro, together with Leopard. Great machine, flies like a dream, and Leopard has many good points, BUT the ONLY problems I've had so far is with the CS3 suite (design premium). Firstly, Photoshop wouldn't start, crashing on opening. Finally found out that it was some non-Adobe plugins that weren't Universal that were causing the problem. Removed them, and Photoshop worked fine. Checked for updates, reinstalled the plugins, only a couple work, the rest started crashing Photoshop again. Damn shame, as they were plugins I was quite fond of too. All I can do is wait and hope an update fixes the problem sometime soon.
My scanning software (TWAIN, from within Photoshop) stopped working, I've had to replace that with something else. That's livable with though. A Postscript font or two went a bit funny, bitmapping. Again, annoying as one was a font I use a lot, haven't got a replacement yet. MyFonts told me their version was playing up in Leopard too.
The biggest single problem I've had is colour management. Across all the CS3 apps, what I see on my screen is not what comes out of my printer. I've tried everything, i'm properly calibrated, the works. All the print dialogue boxes have changed in Leopard, and while previously I was fairly confident I knew what I was doing with colour management, in Photoshop 6 onwards, on MacOS 7 onwards, suddenly i feel I'm on unfamiliar territory again.
I could use a decent manual....
My recomendation would be not to upgrade to Leopard yet, not until Apple and Adobe are truly working in harmony, which, despite their press releases, they really aren't quite doing just yet.
I'm confused. I plan on buying a Mac Book Pro soon but I heard so many different opinions on the OS and the CS3 compatibility. Will it run or not (use PS, Illustrator, Indesign)?
thx for helping
thx for helping
Yes, it will run.
There are still a couple minor bugs that pop up now and then, but quitting the app and restarting usually fixes it. Logging off is sometimes required, but I have only had to do it a few times since Leopard.
Now that I think of it, I believe I have had less if not nearly the same amount of CS3 bugging out on me in Leopard as I did in Tiger over the same amount of time.