Apple now blocks users from running Adobe Flash Player if their version is out of date or has known security vulnerabilities. While most Mac users will do well to heed Apple’s warning, those who need to run older versions of Flash and are willing to accept the risks of doing so can manually circumvent Apple’s Flash block in OS X. Here’s how to do it.
Adobe Creative Cloud gives users immediate access to the latest versions of apps like Photoshop, InDesign, and Premiere Pro. But what if you want or need to run a previous version of these apps? Here’s how to install previous versions of apps with Adobe Creative Cloud.
Adobe on Tuesday issued a critical update to its Flash Player software to address a zero-day vulnerability that reportedly allowed hackers to completely take over a compromised system. All versions of Flash prior to the latest update are vulnerable, and Adobe urges all users to install the latest version as soon as possible.
News about Adobe’s security breach continues to get worse. With the hacked data now available online, security researchers estimate that the number of included customer records is a staggering 150 million, a huge increase from Adobe’s original estimate of 3 million.
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Apple and Adobe have taken a big step in the name of online security by introducing a sandboxed implementation of Flash for Safari. Available for Safari users in OS X Mavericks, the change promises to bring better security and parity with Windows-based browsers.
Adobe late Thursday reported a significant security breach in the company’s servers. Hackers reportedly gained access to the user IDs and encrypted financial information of 2.9 million customers, and stole the company’s source code for several applications.
After previewing them in May, Adobe on Monday released the latest versions of its Creative line of applications. Now dubbed “Creative Cloud,” the update brings several major new features to key apps such as Photoshop and Premiere but, for the first time, they are only available as part of a Creative Cloud subscription. While a more detailed debate over Adobe’s shift to a completely subscription-based lineup has been held over the past few months, the reality is that customers who…
After two months of public betas, Adobe announced late Sunday the release of Photoshop Lightroom 5. The photographer-targeted image management and processing application touts six major new features along with hundreds of tweaks and improvements. From Adobe’s VP of Creative Media Solutions products, Winston Hendrickson: Lightroom was originally conceived through the requests of Adobe customers, and this feedback continues to drive each new iteration. As the digital photography landscape advances and evolves, Lightroom is the best solution for photographers and…
Microsoft announced Wednesday that its consumer-targeted Office 365 Home Premium subscription service has reached a user base of 1 million just 3.5 months after its launch. Microsoft lauded the number as proof that its grand vision of subscription-based software is taking hold. Although first launched in June 2011, Office 365 was initially targeted to business customers who sought a way to license up-to-date versions of Office alongside syncing and Exchange capabilities. Late last year, the company announced its plans to…
Following Monday’s news that Adobe will move exclusively to cloud-based subscriptions for future Creative products, Microsoft responded publicly Tuesday by mildly criticizing Adobe for eliminating customer choice and promised to continue to offer retail copies of Microsoft Office. Like Adobe, Microsoft also offers its flagship productivity software, Microsoft Office, via a yearly or monthly subscription package called Office 365 (currently $100 per year/$10 per month for home users). Unlike Adobe, however, the company still maintains retail copies of the software…