It all depends on which applications you need to run, but if you only ever need to run 64-bit ones, then - in theory - you could use an OS newer than Mojave.īear in mind though that CS6 hails from 2012, around the time of OS X 10.8 / Mountain Lion, and hasn't had any updates for years, let alone any official support from Adobe. So you're just going to have to take my word for it! I can't give a reference or link to where I found this information, simply because I worked it out for myself, running each & every component (on Mojave) and checking Activity Monitor. Around half of the CS6 'Master Collection' components are 32-bit, and around half are 64-bit. So as long as you stick with Mojave or earlier, your 32-bit software should run fine, CS6 included.įYI the individual components of CS6 aren't all 32-bit. I also run Mojave on my Mac at home.Īlthough 5 of the work Macs now run Adobe CC as opposed to CS6, almost all of them originally ran CS6, and a couple of the older Macs still do.īoth High Sierra & Mojave can & do run 32-bit software. I'll be upgrading those that are able to, to Monterey in the New Year, as part of a department-wide upgrade plan (which involves all sorts of software & some new servers). I oversee 10 or so Macs at work which mostly run Mojave but a few still run High Sierra as they're too old to go beyond it.

To the OP - whether you're looking to run CS6 on Mojave - as per your thread title - or on High Sierra - as you mention in your initial post - then, assuming that the Mac in question can happily run one of those OSs natively, there's absolutely no need to run any virtual machines. I rarely chime in on forum threads since they can sometimes descend into petty bickering, and they're often filled with poor calibre comments which can be infuriating to read, but this is a topic I have some expertise in.

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