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Adobe software and Mac Catalina - is it safe to upgrade yet?
« on: December 10, 2019, 05:16:01 pm »

With Mac Catalina 10.15.2 out now is it safe to update to it and not have something from Adobe fall apart?

At one point Adobe advised staying away from Catalina because they had a bunch of 32 bit code still out there.  All my Adobe products (Lr, PS, etc that are part of the photo monthly package) are up to date.
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Re: Adobe software and Mac Catalina - is it safe to upgrade yet?
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2019, 05:22:20 pm »

There hasn't been 32 bit code in a real long time AFAIK.
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Re: Adobe software and Mac Catalina - is it safe to upgrade yet?
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2019, 05:55:58 pm »

Andrew, thanks for responding.  When I checked initially there was a lot of 32 bit Adobe code on my Mac at the first release of Catalina.  Most of it inconsequential but it was there.  I just checked again and the only 32 bit code that I unearthed was a bit of ECAMM code for Skype.  It appears Adobe cleaned things up.  I have kept all my Adobe software up to date.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208436
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Re: Adobe software and Mac Catalina - is it safe to upgrade yet?
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2019, 07:57:24 pm »

Here's an example of some Adobe 32 bit software


UpdaterStartupUtility:

  Reason:   32-bit
  Signer:   Adobe Systems, Inc.
  Last Used:   2019-02-09 02:00:04
  Path:   /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Application Manager/UWA/UpdaterStartupUtility
  Team ID:   JQ525L2MZD
  Signing ID:   com.adobe.AAM.AdobeUpdaterStartupUtility
  Signing Hash:   62fb5c2b49cfcc95155b75b6df2ebdf17b2e3f01
  Parent Process:   /Library/Application Support/Adobe/OOBE/PDApp/UWA/UpdaterStartupUtility

AAM Updates Notifier.app:

AAM Updates Notifier:

  Reason:   32-bit
  Signer:   Adobe Systems, Inc.
  Last Used:   2019-02-09 02:00:05
  Path:   /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Application Manager/UWA/AAM Updates Notifier.app/Contents/MacOS/AAM Updates Notifier
  Team ID:   JQ525L2MZD
  Signing ID:   com.adobe.PDApp.AAMUpdatesNotifier
  Signing Hash:   691947ef31060c524e1e40eb582e61d68e837984
  Parent Process:   /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Application Manager/UWA/AAM Updates Notifier.app/Contents/MacOS/AAM Updates Notifier

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Re: Adobe software and Mac Catalina - is it safe to upgrade yet?
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2019, 08:14:02 pm »

UpdaterStartupUtility is 64-bit on this system.
AAM Updates Notifier is old, I don't even have it on my system.

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Re: Adobe software and Mac Catalina - is it safe to upgrade yet?
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2019, 09:36:16 pm »

I've got a bunch of 32 bit software on my Mohave machines.  Some of it goes back to 2011.  I'm sure its just never been cleaned up.

Andrew the only one that disturbs me is the one you called out as being 64 bit on your machine.  (UpdaterStartupUtility).  Perhaps that's for an Adobe product I don't use anymore.

I'm going to update my MBP to 10.15.2 tomorrow and see what happens.  If that goes well and looks good then I'll update my iMac.
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