Adobe says CS3 not fully tested with Apple's Leopard

Adobe said Tuesday that its flagship Photoshop, Illustrator and other Creative Suite 3 programs have not been fully tested with the next version of Apple's operating system due out next month, which could lead to incompatibility issues.

A substantial proportion of Adobe users are also Apple Mac users, notes Reuters, with many eagerly awaiting the new Mac OS X operating system, code-named "Leopard."

Speaking to the media outlet, Adobe chief executive Bruce Chizen said his firm has not received a final copy of Leopard with which to test its software titles, including the recently released Creative Suite 3.0.

"CS3 hasn't fully been tested under Leopard," he said. "If it doesn't work, we will make the necessary adjustments."

Chizen's comments on Leopard compatibility appear to have been extracted from a more general interview with Reuters covering the firm's recently released financial report.

The San Jose, Calif.-based software developer said Monday that third-quarter profit more than doubled to $205.2 million, or 34 cents a share, from $94.4 million, or 16 cents a share, in the same quarter last year.

Apple has said it plans to unleash Leopard sometime in October.

28 Comments

mrrish 3 comments · 17 Years

About 17 years ago

I definitely have to wait for an upgrade now. What a pain!

nagromme 2831 comments · 22 Years

What a non-story

How COULD Adobe have received a final copy of Leopard if, Leopard isn't final yet?

How COULD CS3 be "fully" tested right now?

How COULD Adobe be certain right now that there will be no issues?

All they could ever say is exactly what they said: if anything needs to be fixed, they will fix it. What answer could be better than that?

There's no bad news here. Bad news may come later.

backtomac 4522 comments · 18 Years

Adobe and Apple is starting to resemble Paris and Nicole.

bdkennedy1 1458 comments · 20 Years

So basically this non-story is...

Apple won't let Adobe have a copy of the finished Leopard when it's not finished yet but will fix whatever problems crop up anyway.

jbravo556 11 comments · 18 Years

Quote:

Originally Posted by nagromme

What a non-story

How COULD Adobe be certain right now that there will be no issues?

There's no bad news here. Bad news may come later.

Actually, it's not a non-story. If you forget the simple fact that Adobe gets free publicity, if you read between the lines, Adobe has just announced that CS3 is definitely broken on Leopard and they're trying to head any complaints from their users by preassigning the blame to Apple.