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1. Re: CS3 Mac quits while trying to activate after successful installation
Buko. Jul 30, 2009 2:03 PM (in response to John_Levine_IOPHFI_INH)Will the apps start up from a new user?
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2. Re: CS3 Mac quits while trying to activate after successful installation
Buko. Jul 30, 2009 2:04 PM (in response to John_Levine_IOPHFI_INH)you don't say what computer or what OS?
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3. Re: CS3 Mac quits while trying to activate after successful installation
John_Levine_IOPHFI_INH Jul 30, 2009 7:53 PM (in response to Buko.)I'll try New User, but I'm pretty sure I should just start over: Mac OSX Tiger (4.4.11) with all updates (Java Runtime Environment, Quicktime, etc.), iMac 17"Flat Panel, 1GHz, 2GB RAM (Yes, I know it's old and minimal, but I've had it installed on this machine before.) Did a proper deactivate and uninstall. I am rebuilding the HD. It's gotta be a bad install, is all I can figure...
(Not installing Soundbooth, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Encore or Version Cue)
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5. Re: CS3 Mac quits while trying to activate after successful installation
Buko. Jul 31, 2009 6:27 AM (in response to John_Levine_IOPHFI_INH)Yeah It should run just fine on that setup I'd backup and reinstall everything from scratch.
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6. Re: CS3 Mac quits while trying to activate after successful installation
Eric @ MCA Jul 31, 2009 5:06 PM (in response to John_Levine_IOPHFI_INH)Might also have tried doing an Onyx Automation run for maintenance scripts, clearing system/library/user caches, and clearing all temp folders. I had several machines in here refuse to launch correctly during my recent CS3 install adventures and that was the winning fix. (InDesign would launch, then quit silently. Photoshop would launch then say it couldn't find the scratch disk.)
Very weird issue, related to permissions issues writing to some temp folder I suspect.
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7. Re: CS3 Mac quits while trying to activate after successful installation
John_Levine_IOPHFI_INH Aug 2, 2009 7:51 AM (in response to Eric @ MCA)Thanks Buko and Eric. I already uninstalled CS3 before I read your post, Eric. I haven't tried to reinstall yet, but I will certainly give your suggestion a go if I have the same issue. Thanks again.
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8. Re: CS3 Mac quits while trying to activate after successful installation
Buko. Aug 2, 2009 8:45 AM (in response to John_Levine_IOPHFI_INH)When I say reinstall everything from scratch I'm including the system. After installing the system and CS3 you can migrate your old user over to get email and account settings back.
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9. Re: CS3 Mac quits while trying to activate after successful installation
John_Levine_IOPHFI_INH Aug 5, 2009 11:11 AM (in response to Buko.)Well, this is a total rebuild of the machine anyway, Buko, so it's not a big deal to wipe it again and start over. The only things that were installed before I tried CS3 were maintenance apps like Applejack and OnyX, and MS Office. Email wasn't set up yet, so no need to BU or migrate the old user account. I'm going to try just a fresh install of CS3 tonight. If I still have problems, I'll do a complete wipe.
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10. Re: CS3 Mac quits while trying to activate after successful installation
Buko. Aug 5, 2009 1:23 PM (in response to John_Levine_IOPHFI_INH)I would wipe and install if the setup is that fresh. I would not install any other before the adobe software. Just install a fresh system then update to 10.4.11 don't even run any of the other updates. Maybe the Quicktime if you need it, but I don't think you do.
Now install CS3 you should be good to go. when everything is installed and activated now update the Adobe software then run the system updates. then install whatever else. This install order has always served me well when things got a bit goofy.
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11. Re: CS3 Mac quits while trying to activate after successful installation
John_Levine_IOPHFI_INH Aug 6, 2009 6:00 PM (in response to Buko.)Duly noted, sir! :-) Thanks!
I haven't done anything yet, but I'm about to start...
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12. Re: CS3 Mac quits while trying to activate after successful installation
Buko. Aug 7, 2009 7:18 AM (in response to John_Levine_IOPHFI_INH)Good Luck!!



