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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: sierra?
Date: 7 Oct 2016 16:47:56 GMT
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nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> In article <DpqdncZY05-6X2rKnZ2dnUU7-dWdnZ2d@giganews.com>, Alan Browne
> <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
> 
>>>> 
>>>> For what it is worth, I upgraded to Sierra and am happy with it. A
>>>> forewarning would be that if you use older Photoshop or other CSS
>>>> products you will have to use the 2015 Package of Legacy Java.
>>> 
>>> photoshop doesn't use java
>> 
>> CS5 requires Java runtime SE 6 or it won't run.
> 
> nope.
> 
> <https://forums.adobe.com/message/5644234>
>   No, Apple made that mistake on more than a few applications. 
>   Probably because Photoshop's installers used to use Java (back around
>   CS1, CS2 or so).  But running the application has never required Java.
>  
>   And we can't do anything about Apple's demand for software that our
>   software don't use or need. (if we could, we would have already
>   patched the OS).   And Apple says they fixed it in later OS versions.
> 
> <https://forums.adobe.com/message/4461129>
>   Photoshop CS6 does not use or require Java in any way. Nor do the CS6
>   installers.
>  
>   But Apple "helpfully" marked the Adobe CS6 installers as using Java,
>   even though they don't.  So MacOS warns you about Java, tries to
>   download and install Java, for nothing.  Apple has promised to update
>   their code, one of these days.

Is there a way to install CS on a Mac that does not have Java installed? I
skimmed through those forum posts and didn't see a way.

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