is CS3 compatible with Mac OS Yosemite?

[cs3_compatible_yosemite]

CS3 compatible with Mac OS Yosemite?

[kglad]

it wasn't designed to be compatible (obviously) and apple generally does not design its os'es to be compatible with older software, but you can check other users experience - http://roaringapps.com/apps:table

[allycs]

Photoshop and Indesign worked directly after the upgrade. I had some trouble getting Illustrator to work:

I had problems with Adobe Illustrator CS3 and Yosemite. After the upgrade I installed Java for OS X 2014-001, as suggested by others. This seemed to work (sometimes) but when I opened Illustrator for the 2nd time it failed to open. Illustrator opened without crashing, but it did not show any menus, if I opened an .ai file the file did load and show on the screen, but I could not click on the window (unresponsive). Essentially this made Illustrator useless. I tried the following:

• Re-installation
• Install Java for OS X 2014-001
• Cleaning font cache
• Checking permissions
• Installing other versions of Java (both JRE and JDK)

Nothing seemed to help. Until finally 15 minutes ago I found the solution by accident:

1. Open System Preferences > Java
2. Wait for the Java Control Panel to load
3. Open Adobe Illustrator (while keeping the Java Control Panel window open)

Hope this will also help others!