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Sketcher
05-15-2006, 06:23 PM
I bought Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign all seperately so they're all on seperate discs. I'm looking to buy Tiger for my Mac so I've been saving all my files to discs. But I can't find my photoshop CD to intall it when I get the new OS. Is there anyway I can save the Photoshop program to a blank disc so I can install on the new operating system?
I have a feeling I can't but is there anything I can do?
I have OS X 10.2.8 if that helps.
urstwile
05-17-2006, 05:44 AM
Um, the short answer is no. But if you have a legitimate license, you might be able to get a replacement CD. Have you tried that route?
I bought Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign all seperately so they're all on seperate discs. I'm looking to buy Tiger for my Mac so I've been saving all my files to discs. But I can't find my photoshop CD to intall it when I get the new OS. Is there anyway I can save the Photoshop program to a blank disc so I can install on the new operating system?
I have a feeling I can't but is there anything I can do?
I have OS X 10.2.8 if that helps.
I have done it on a pc. Just save the executable file, the whole folder basically -- what matters is your license. You can grab that from your help menu or on the startup menu (on a PC at least you can). Or if you have it written down, even better. Hope that helps ya.
Silence04
05-17-2006, 05:52 AM
if you get a new hard drive and install Tiger on that you can use the Migration feature to transfer over all your installed apps, settings, and user info from your other drive.
urstwile
05-17-2006, 05:58 AM
Sorry, that was TOO short of an answer. If you're just installing Tiger on your existing computer, you can probably just do an archive and install. Unless you were planning to wipe your whole hard drive clean? In that case, Silence 04's suggestion is probably the best route.
I'd still see if you can get a replacement CD for your Photoshop, however. Can't hurt to try, anyway. You own it, after all.
Sketcher
05-18-2006, 05:39 AM
Thanks for the help. I'll try silence's suggestion and if that doesn't work, I'll look into getting a replacement CD.