A fix to successfully apply the Photoshop G5 Update

Oct 06, '03 09:50:00AM

Contributed by: speechpoet

I ran into the same problem a few other folks have reported: Adobe's Photoshop 7.0.1 G5 Update would quit after complaining that I needed to update Photoshop 7.0 to 7.0.1 ... even though I already had. Running the 7.0.1 updater again didn't resolve the problem. Here's what did the trick:

  1. Back up your copy of the Photoshop 7.0 file.
  2. Control-click on the file and choose "Show package contents" from the context-sensitive menu.
  3. In the Contents folder, open the file Info.plist in the Property List Editor application.
  4. Twirl down the "Root" triangle to reveal the various properties.
  5. Change the string for CFBundleShortVersionString and CFBundleVersion from 7.0 to 7.0.1, and save the file.
  6. Launch the G5 updater and either (a) revel in your success, or (b) curse me for getting your hopes up.
[robg adds: I don't have the full Photoshop, so I can't test this one ... though I hope Adobe releases an enabler for Elements (but I'm not holding my breath!].

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