Q. Should I run current Adobe applications, such as Adobe Creative Suite or Studio 8, on Intel- based Mac computers? A. Apple has built Rosetta into Mac OS X to dynamically translate existing applications to work on Intel- based Macs until the manufacturers of these applications can make compatible versions available. Adobe Creative Suite 2, Studio 8, the components of these suites, and After Effects 7.0 should run under Rosetta with the exception of one component (see next question). However, please note the following about running our creative professional applications under Rosetta: • Performance In general, applications that are not designed to run on Intel-based Mac computers, including current versions of Adobe’s creative professional applications, may be noticeably slower than they are run- ning on PowerPC-based Macs. Instead of experiencing much-anticipated speed enhancements, customers are likely to see some degradation of performance. Customers may mitigate some of these performance issues, particularly when running multiple applications at once under Rosettta, by having at least one giga- byte of RAM installed. However, Mac-based customers looking for optimal performance may prefer to run Adobe Creative Suite 2, Studio 8, and their components on PowerPC systems until we release future ver- sions of our software as Universal applications. • Compatibility and other issues Adobe’s creative professional applications have not been extensively tested under Rosetta, so customers may run into compatibility and other issues running these applications under Rosetta. We will track and communicate any known issues through our Technical Support Knowledgebase at www.adobe.com/support/main.html. • Plug-in support Customers that use third-party plug-ins with Adobe’s creative professional applications will need to check with the developers of those plug-ins to find out whether they will run under Rosetta. For more information about Rosetta, please visit Apple’s website at www.apple.com/rosetta.
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Date: 2006-05-28 12:21 am (UTC)based Mac computers?
A. Apple has built Rosetta into Mac OS X to dynamically translate existing applications to work on Intel-
based Macs until the manufacturers of these applications can make compatible versions available. Adobe
Creative Suite 2, Studio 8, the components of these suites, and After Effects 7.0 should run under Rosetta
with the exception of one component (see next question). However, please note the following about running
our creative professional applications under Rosetta:
• Performance In general, applications that are not designed to run on Intel-based Mac computers, including
current versions of Adobe’s creative professional applications, may be noticeably slower than they are run-
ning on PowerPC-based Macs. Instead of experiencing much-anticipated speed enhancements, customers
are likely to see some degradation of performance. Customers may mitigate some of these performance
issues, particularly when running multiple applications at once under Rosettta, by having at least one giga-
byte of RAM installed. However, Mac-based customers looking for optimal performance may prefer to run
Adobe Creative Suite 2, Studio 8, and their components on PowerPC systems until we release future ver-
sions of our software as Universal applications.
• Compatibility and other issues Adobe’s creative professional applications have not been extensively tested
under Rosetta, so customers may run into compatibility and other issues running these applications under
Rosetta. We will track and communicate any known issues through our Technical Support Knowledgebase
at www.adobe.com/support/main.html.
• Plug-in support Customers that use third-party plug-ins with Adobe’s creative professional applications will
need to check with the developers of those plug-ins to find out whether they will run under Rosetta.
For more information about Rosetta, please visit Apple’s website at www.apple.com/rosetta.
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