CS4 compatibility with Snow Leopard
Apple has announced that they will be shipping Snow Leopard, a.k.a. Mac OS X 10.6 beginning today, and we're getting a lot of questions about whether Adobe products will be compatible. We've prepared a FAQ document on this subject, but the short answer for Fireworks CS4 and the other CS4 products is that they're compatible with Snow Leopard.
For the CS3, CS2, etc users out there that are considering upgrading to Snow Leopard, I advise you to wait a while and see whether other more adventurous folks can confirm compatibility. Adobe's official stance is that we have not tested older versions of our software on Snow Leopard, and since those older products were not designed for newer operating systems, there may be some significant incompatibilities. We are not planning to create any patches for Fireworks CS3 or earlier versions if incompatibilities with Snow Leopard arise.
Please don't confuse this stance with support for CS3 in general. Adobe still supports CS3 in the configurations recommended in our CS3 System Requirements.
If you're a Fireworks CS3 user, and have Snow Leopard, please share your experiences here in the Comments.
Comments
Fireworks crashes when shutting down
Posted by: Joe Aleman | August 28, 2009 8:57 PM
Hi there,
from a *really* quick test, FW CS3 installs, launches and seems to behave correctly with basic operations.
Adobe Updater, on the other hand, errors when trying to upgrade Fireworks with the latest patches, so you'll have to download the Fireworks CS3 1.0 Updater from adobe.com.
I'll test it a little bit more during the weekend, but I'll advise anyone that uses CS3 for daily work to install SL on a new external hard drive. The cost of the new disk are nothing compared with the peace of mind you'll get going back to a working system just by unplugging a USB cable : )
Posted by: Ale Muñoz | August 29, 2009 5:21 AM
Fireworks CS4 consistently crashes in Snow Leopard whenever i select the type tool. I've been able to recreate the issue on two different Macs when I create a new file and select the type tool. Fireworks hangs indefinitely.
Posted by: Dax | August 29, 2009 2:16 PM
I am having trouble with Fireworks CS4 on Snow Leopard.
1) The Firework's window in not included in Expose previews. In-fact you can see Fireworks running full screen behind expose.
2) Fireworks crashes when you try and quit. It doesn't matter if I have files open or not, each time I quit it just crashes.
Posted by: Tim Wilson | August 30, 2009 2:32 AM
Photoshop CS4 is NOT compatible with Snow Leopard. My photoshop crashes every 5 minutes since installing Snow Leopard. Apple has ZERO answers as to what the problem is.
Posted by: Larry Spencer | August 30, 2009 10:42 AM
Having a minor issue with Fireworks CS4 and Snow Leopard.
Most of the time when I quit Fireworks it crashes with the error 'Fireworks quit unexpectedly.'
Most often occurs when quitting from the dock but it can occur from quitting from the menu as well.
Posted by: Jordan de Laune | August 30, 2009 2:24 PM
CS2 and Snow Leopard are not compatible.
Posted by: Jane | September 1, 2009 4:57 PM
Not true, Fireworks is buggy.
Fireworks doesn't recognize files when launching them from the desktop or external firewire HD. I also had to change the preferences to open PNGs in FW.
Let's get a patch going soon, Adobe and not as long as it took to fix the type issue!
Posted by: Joseph | September 3, 2009 8:03 AM
Fireworks among other CS4 applications all experience crashing issues. Hard to be specific regarding the steps to recreate since it seems to crash at random.
Posted by: Michael Sigouin | September 5, 2009 6:10 AM
Fireworks CS4 won't launch the fonts after installing Snow Leopard..
Posted by: martin Bollmann | September 12, 2009 11:22 AM
Fireworks CS3 doesn't even work correctly in Snow Leopard. Not even Apple + C for copy or Apple + A works. How do you make an application not work *that* much!
Posted by: Stephen Mount | September 13, 2009 3:08 PM
I've just installed Snow Leopard and my CS4 Fireworks is now crashing--never had this problem before. I'm updated with the latest, but still it hangs every time I try to use the type tool. Ironically, I've gone back to CS3 Fireworks to get the job done.
Is any one having the same problem?
Posted by: Tom Chung | September 21, 2009 7:20 AM
CS4 crashes on Snow Leopard. Don't believe the hype.
CS3 is much more stable.
Posted by: David R | September 28, 2009 10:10 AM
Fireworks CS4 is absolutely not compatible with Snow Leopard. I am not alone in getting the 'Fireworks can not run. An internal error has occurred' error message when trying to launch FW.
Posted by: Warren Blayney | September 28, 2009 1:18 PM
Is there any news about fireworks cs4 with snow leopard. It is crashing on me with increasing regularity, which is very annoying. Even just a "yes we know and we are working on it" would be helpful.
Posted by: Brandon | October 11, 2009 10:12 AM
teher seem to be a bunch of serious issues: http://blogs.adobe.com/sarthak/2009/09/fireworks_and_snow_leopard.html and http://getsatisfaction.com/adobe/topics/fireworks_cs4_wont_launch_after_installing_snow_leopard could you please officially confirm and address any of these?
Posted by: kosmar | October 18, 2009 4:06 AM
I too am getting the error message, "Fireworks can not run. An internal error has occurred." I was having the problem before I ran the latest update, but worked fine after I installed it. As soon as I upgraded my computer to Snow Leopard it stopped working completely. It wont open at all. This is very frustrating...
Posted by: Dan M | November 2, 2009 5:43 AM
I am running Fireworks 8 on Snow Leopard. I am continually battling unexpected shutdowns of Fireworks. Any know fixes?
Posted by: Stephen | November 9, 2009 8:06 AM
Two issues with Fireworks CS4: 1) Crash upon close/quit. 2) I can't save or export ANYTHING. When I try, I receive a message that says "Cannot complete your request. An internal error occurred." ?!?!??!
Posted by: Brad Kamradt | November 10, 2009 10:59 PM