In 2007, Adobe CS3 released its largest product rollout in history - finally offering native support for Intel Macs and homogenizing products available though its acquisition of Macromedia. The creative industry has been awaiting word from Adobe on compatibility with the new Mac OS X 10.5 (code name "Leopard") released worldwide on October 26, 2007.
A 6-page PDF presents good and bad news for people relying upon Adobe software. Most products are compatible. However, some key applications require waiting until January 2008 for an update. The following applications are not recommended for use in Leopard until then.
- Adobe Acrobat 8.1.1 Professional
- Adobe Reader 8.1.1
- Encore CS3
- Photoshop Lightroom
- Adobe Premiere Pro CS3
- Soundbooth CS3
The critical piece of software in the list is Adobe Acrobat. Since Reactive Imaging outputs printing based on a PDF workflow, the Leopard OS will not be installed on computers until after January 2008.
Older Adobe products are merely listed as "not designed for Mac OS X Leopard" with no updates planned and "likely to encounter issues for which there is no resolution." Any available updates to currently shipping CS3 products will be offered though the Adobe Updater installed with Adobe products.