Oct 23, 2013 - CC & CS6 Compatibility with Windows 8.1 + Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks. For the older Adobe versions CS5, CS4, and CS3, only Photoshop® was. Does CS6 Design & Web Premium run well on Mac OSX 10.10 Yosemite?

Click to expand. We are getting off topic here!

However, since this is often a recurring debate, I'd like to elaborate: I am pro, and of course I payed for my CS6. There are many professional freelancers and creative departments still working with CS6 or older. Labeling most CS6 users as pirates is equally invalid.

Professionals also like to respect their expenses. I work daily with Illustrator/PS/InD and often use Premiere and AE. Flash is obviously dead, Fireworks was never my favorite, and has been discontinued anyway.

But I haven't seen any great value in newer CC versions since the infamous subscription-only switch. Grundig satellite 400 user manual. Mercury engine was already available for AE in CS6.

I don't know which improvements are there in CC you're so excited about. For my daily workflow, I haven't heard of any.

Well, Photoshop got art boards, maybe that is. However, I'm not willing to throw extra money for that singular feature on a monthly basis. The GUI hasn't changed much since CS3. The new 'features' are mostly gimmicks to me. Speaking of acceleration: e.g.

Premiere is still slower than FCPX. Like said, the (latest and greatest) tool doesn't make you a great artist automatically. The only benefit I see in switching to CC eventually is mobile apps. But Adobe hasn't demonstrated great innovation there yet. The best drawing tool on an iPad is procreate, and that's not from Adobe (yet?).

My personal impression is, that since CS has gone CC subscription-only, Adobe lost track of innovation due to lack of pressure from potentially upgrading customers. Can subscription-based business models slow down innovation progress and new 'killer features'?

I believe so. Affinity does interesting things nowadays. Who knows, maybe their software will be the 'gold standard' for creative departments in a near future. Time will tell.

Our media consume habits are on the verge of change; it is unclear whether Adobe can keep up with the innovation pace in the media creation realm. For now, CS6 is still a satisfying tool, for which we've already payed a lot, and would like to continue using it in macOS Sierra. We are getting off topic here! However, since this is often a recurring debate, I'd like to elaborate: I am pro, and of course I payed for my CS6. There are many professional freelancers and creative departments still working with CS6 or older. Labeling most CS6 users as pirates is equally invalid. Professionals also like to respect their expenses.

I work daily with Illustrator/PS/InD and often use Premiere and AE. Flash is obviously dead, Fireworks was never my favorite, and has been discontinued anyway. But I haven't seen any great value in newer CC versions since the infamous subscription-only switch. Mercury engine was already available for AE in CS6. I don't know which improvements are there in CC you're so excited about.

For my daily workflow, I haven't heard of any. Well, Photoshop got art boards, maybe that is. However, I'm not willing to throw extra money for that singular feature on a monthly basis. The GUI hasn't changed much since CS3. The new 'features' are mostly gimmicks to me.

Speaking of acceleration: e.g. Premiere is still slower than FCPX. Like said, the (latest and greatest) tool doesn't make you a great artist automatically. The only benefit I see in switching to CC eventually is mobile apps. But Adobe hasn't demonstrated great innovation there yet. The best drawing tool on an iPad is procreate, and that's not from Adobe (yet?). My personal impression is, that since CS has gone CC subscription-only, Adobe lost track of innovation due to lack of pressure from potentially upgrading customers.

Can subscription-based business models slow down innovation progress and new 'killer features'? I believe so. Affinity does interesting things nowadays. Who knows, maybe their software will be the 'gold standard' for creative departments in a near future. Time will tell.

Our media consume habits are on the verge of change; it is unclear whether Adobe can keep up with the innovation pace in the media creation realm. For now, CS6 is still a satisfying tool, for which we've already payed a lot, and would like to continue using it in macOS Sierra. Click to expand.If Apple could write a decent OS that isn't fundamentally flawed and forced the users to upgrade just to get a working OS then we wouldn't have an issue. I am so glad that you have a bucket of money and can splash it around to keep paying Adobe for the updates that will never get used. I have already paid the thousands for CS3, CS4, CS5 and finished with CS6 with no real need to go beyond that. The Photoshop works with my Camera and I have no need to upgrade that hardware.