OS 14.5 dropped update - hold on to your Adobe Hat

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#1

I’m guessing updating to 14.5 will render Adobe software useless.

Now I have to put up with a Software Update reminder on the OS for eternity, cos I’m not moving off 14.4.1 until I see how folks are getting on with 14.5 and what Updates Adobe have to issue to correct things.
Maybe won’t be fixed until 14.5.1

Anyway - I would advise people not to update to the latest OS if all is working well.

14.4.1 is the latest stable version of the OS working with Adobe - afaik.

Just a quick FYI.

I will keep an eye on the Adobe forums and see how it’s going.

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#2

I updated to Sonoma 14.5 yesterday, and I’ve run into no problems (yet).

#3

I’ll let you know how my coworker makes out. She uses auto update.
I havent even updated to Sonoma.

#4

Yeh I’m terrified of updating when things are ‘working’

I do see some issues people are having with ID 19.4 and Sonoma 14.4.1
They’re cropping up more recently.

#5

If you are annoyed by the red circle on system preferences in the dock, you can use an alias.

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#6

I don’t have it in the Dock
But every day it will come up in the notifiaction area (right top) even though I have notifications about updates turned off in the preferences.

I have no idea why it shows up every day - or just randomly.

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#7

I usually leap frog the OS updates. I dont have time to be mucking around with things every 4-6 months. Adobe, I keep up to date. I have to. Too many bleeding-edge clients force me to do that.
That nagging reminder is weird. It shows up as a notification bar on my home computer all the time, but not on my work unit, and they are running the same OS.

#8

I skip all the updates - until somoene else tests them.
I’m on CC 2022 with InDesign Illustrator and Photoshop 2022
And on 14.4.1 Sonoma now - cos we had to update something across everyone.
So if person goes up a version we all go up.

And take it from there.
It’s like Squid Game

Then deal with the casualities as they pop up

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#9

Affinity 2.4 is OK with macOS 14.5.
Affinity 2.5 is available as of today.

#10

This is good news that will finally make it worthwhile for me to upgrade.

However, I wonder why they haven’t offered support for right-to-left written languages, such as Hebrew, Arabic, and Persian.

#11

A lot of people ask themselves that.

Is there a lot of top-down writing in layouts in China?

Probably a question of resources and assessment of the markets.

The origin of affinity, headquarters location and degree of diversity probably also play a role.

#12

For this reason I can’t use affinity.

Need to typeset in arabic, Hebrew, Chinese and other non Latin languages regularly.