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Install Adobe Creative Suite from the desktop (1.0-2.x on Mac OS X)

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Install Adobe Creative Suite 2.3

Install Adobe Creative Suite 2.0

Install Adobe Creative Suite 1.x

Some system components--for example, device drivers and virus protection utilities--can conflict with the Adobe Creative Suite installer and result in an incomplete or failed installation. To prevent these conflicts, install Adobe Creative Suite from the desktop.

Install Adobe Creative Suite 2.3

Note: Adobe Creative Suite 2.3 Premium contains four installation CDs for Creative Suite components and separate installation disks with stand-alone installers for Dreamweaver and Acrobat 8.

To install Adobe Creative Suite 2.3 from the desktop:

1. Insert Adobe Creative Suite 2.0 Disk 1 in your CD-ROM drive.

2. Go to Applications/Utilities and start Disk Utility.

3. Select the Adobe Creative Suite icon from the left hand pane.

4. Choose File > New > Disk Image from Adobe Creative Suite Disk 1.

5. In the Convert Image dialog box, name your disk image Adobe Creative Suite Disk 1 and save it to the desktop with default settings (that is, read-only format).

Note: Disk Image files have an extension of DMG.

6. Repeat steps 1-5 for Adobe Creative Suite Disks 2-4, naming each disk with the appropriate number, for example, Adobe Creative Suite Disk 2, Adobe Creative Suite Disk 3, and so on.

Note: Dreamweaver 8 will be installed later in the install process. It is not necessary to install both GoLive and Dreamweaver. If you don't want to install GoLive on your machine, then you do not need to repeat steps 1-5 for the fourth Creative Suite CD as it will not be required for the installation process.

7. Double-click on each of the disk images on the desktop file to mount them. You will see an Opening dialog box.

8. Double-click the Adobe Installer file inside the Adobe Creative Suite Disk 1 window and begin the installation process.

9. Follow the on-screen instructions until you reach the Installation Options screen.

10. In the Installation Options dialog box, choose "Selected Components" from the Install drop-down menu.

11. De-select Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional and optionally GoLive (see note after Step 6) and click "Continue."

12. Follow the on-screen instructions to finish installing the Adobe Creative Suite 2.0 components (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and optionally GoLive) of Creative Suite 2.3.

13. Insert the Acrobat 8.0 DVD into the DVD drive. Double-click on the DVD icon to open the Acrobat 8 professional window. Drag the Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional icon to the Applications folder alias.

Note: Acrobat 8 completes its installation the first time it is launched. Use the Acrobat serial number provided with the DVD to complete the installation when you launch Acrobat 8 for the first time.

14. Create a new folder on the desktop named DW Install.

15. Insert the Dreamweaver 8 CD into the CD-ROM drive.

16. Drag all the files and folders on the CD to the DW Install folder you created in Step 14.

17. Open the DW Install folder on the desktop, double-click on the Install Dreamweaver 8 icon and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

Note: You will be prompoted to use your Dreamweaver serial number and activate Dreamweaver when you first launch it. When prompted, enter the Dreamweaver serial number provided with the Dreamweaver 8 CD.

Install Adobe Creative Suite 2.0

Note: Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium contains four installation CDs and Adobe Creative Suite Standard contains three installation CDs. In our steps below, we refer to the Adobe Creative Suite Premium edition. If you have the Standard edition, please ignore all steps that refer to CD 4. CD 4 contains the installers for Adobe GoLive CS2 and Adobe Acrobat 7.0, which are not included in the Standard edition.

To install Adobe Creative Suite 2.0 from the desktop in Mac OS X v10.3 and later:

1. Insert Adobe Creative Suite 2.0 Disk 1 in your CD-ROM drive.

2. Go to Applications/Utilities and start Disk Utility.

3. Select the Adobe Creative Suite icon from the left hand pane.

4. Choose File > New > Disk Image from Adobe Creative Suite Disk 1 (v10.4 or later) or Images > New > Image from Adobe Creative Suite Disk 1 (v10.3.x)

5. In the Convert Image dialog box, name your disk image Adobe Creative Suite Disk 1 and save it to the desktop with default settings (that is, read-only format).

Note: Disk Image files have an extension of DMG.

6. Repeat steps 1-5 for Adobe Creative Suite Disks 2-4, naming each disk with the appropriate number, e.g., Adobe Creative Suite Disk 2, Adobe Creative Suite Disk 3, and so on.

7. Double-click on each of the disk images on the desktop file to mount them. You will see an Opening dialog box.

8. Double-click the Adobe Installer file inside the Adobe Creative Suite Disk 1 window and begin the installation process.

9. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

To install Adobe Creative Suite 2.0 from the desktop in Mac OS X v10.2.8:

1. Insert Adobe Creative Suite 2.0 Disk 1 in your CD-ROM drive.

2. Go to Applications/Utilities and start Disk Copy.

3. Drag the Adobe Creative Suite Disk 1 icon to the Disk Copy windows to create a disk image of the CD.

4. In the Image Volume dialog box, select Save As "Adobe Creative Suite Disk 1," and select Desktop under Location.

Note: Select Ignore if you receive the warning, "You have inserted a disk containing no volumes that Mac OS X can read. To use the unreadable volumes click initialize. To continue with the disk inserted, click ignore."

5. In the Convert Image dialog box, name your disk image Adobe Creative Suite Disk 1 and save it to the desktop with default settings (that is, read-only format).

Note: Disk Image files have an extension of DMG.

6. Repeat steps 1-5 for Adobe Creative Suite Disks 2-4, naming each disk with the appropriate number: for example, Adobe Creative Suite Disk 2, Adobe Creative Suite Disk 3, and so on.

7. Double-click on each of the disk images on the desktop file to mount them. You will see an Opening dialog box.

8. Double-click the Adobe Installer file inside the Adobe Creative Suite Disk 1 window and begin the installation process.

9. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

Install Adobe Creative Suite 1.x

To install Adobe Creative Suite 1.0 from the desktop in Mac OS X:

1. Create two new folders on the desktop named Adobe Creative Suite and Adobe Creative Suite Disk 2.

2. Insert the Adobe Creative Suite CD into the CD-ROM drive.

3. Drag the contents of the Adobe Creative Suite CD to the Adobe Creative Suite folder on the desktop.

4. Insert the Adobe Creative Suite Disk 2 CD into the CD-ROM drive.

5. Drag the contents of the Adobe Creative Suite Disk 2 CD to the Adobe Creative Suite Disk 2 folder on the desktop.

6. Open the Adobe Creative Suite folder on the desktop, double-click Install Adobe Creative Suite, and then follow the on-screen instructions to install Adobe Creative Suite.

Note:Adobe Creative Suite 1.3 requires that you install Adobe Acrobat separately.

To install Acrobat for Adobe Creative Suite 1.3:

1. Insert the Adobe Creative Suite Disk 3 CD into the CD-ROM drive.

2. Drag the Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional folder from the CD to the Applications folder on the hard drive.

3. Open the Applications/Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional folder on the hard drive, double-click the Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional installation file, and then follow the on-screen instructions to install Acrobat.

4. When prompted, type the same serial number for Acrobat that you used to install the Adobe Creative Suite.