This explanation seems more than a little dubious. So, Adobe is claiming the change was made with the end user in mind. There are a few exceptions including (thankfully) Premiere, which goes back 6 versions to 12.1.2 - released in July of 2018.Īdobe posted a terse blog post outlining the reasons for the change:įocusing our efforts on the latest two major releases of Creative Cloud applications, which the vast majority of Adobe customers are already using, will further enable us to develop the features and functionality most requested by customers and ensure peak performance and benefits across Windows and Mac operating systems. For most programs, only the latest two versions are available to download and use. Now the versions available to install and use through the CC app are significantly limited.

Until this notice, subscribers to CC were able to install and use versions going as far back as CS 6 - released in 2012.

Adobe Customer support informed them that they were no longer licensed to use any versions of the software (not available for download) in the Creative Cloud desktop application. Starting around May 10th, 2019, users of all but the most recent versions of Adobe’s Creative Cloud software began to receive alarming emails. Last week, users of older versions of Adobe Creative Cloud products began receiving emails indicating that they were no longer licensed to use anything but the most recent versions of the software. So, what are the changes, how will it affect you, and what is the cause behind these changes? Adobe is changing what software you can and can’t use.

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