How to activate Adobe photoshop CS6 on high Sierra Mac Pro

So i just purchased an older mac pro running High Sierra in order to install the adobe photoshop cs6. Anything i should do/know about installing, running and activating the software? Sorry, I know, Im probably beating a dead horse; thanks in advance!


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Posted on Mar 3, 2024 12:47 PM

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Posted on Mar 3, 2024 12:57 PM

Adobe shut down the activation servers for CS6 at least two years ago.


What will happen when you try to activate the install is you will get an error message about not being able to complete the activation (paraphrasing all of this as I can't remember the exact error dialogue).


You do the auto activation something like three times and you'll eventually get an oops! message that includes a web link to do a manual activation.


Once you complete that, then it's likely any updates available to apply will also fail. If they do finish, then lucky you. 🙂 Otherwise, you'll need to call Adobe and have them help you through applying the updates.

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