10.5: Issues with Adobe CS4 apps and Spaces in 10.5.7

May 20, '09 07:30:00AM

Contributed by: yomatiase

It seems that the OS X 10.5.7 update causes issues with Adobe's CS4 applications and OS X's Spaces feature. As noted in this Apple Discussions thread, clicking an icon in the Dock for a CS4 app that's in a different Space won't cause that Space to become active.

Adobe's Photoshop CS4 Read Me clearly states that Spaces isn't a supported feature:

Spaces (Macintosh only)
We do not officially support the Apple OS X Leopard "Spaces" feature. If you are experiencing problems when using Photoshop CS4 and Spaces, please contact Apple Support.
The truth is that Adobe made some hacks to the window model on OS X to be able to put flash panels on its CS4 apps. This is really annoying, as it totally broke my workflow; I wish there is some way to fix it. I have a workaround for this -- it's annoying, but it works. After you press Command-Tab to activate Photoshop, press Control-Tab to switch to another Photoshop document, and it will take you to the correct space.

[robg adds: The above is an edited version of the author's reply in the Apple Discussions forum; English is not the author's native language. I've tried not to change the meaning or tone of the author's post while editing it. I don't use CS4 apps, so I can't confirm the issue. While searching for more on the problem, I did find this blog entry that states that a recent Flash update, combined with the OS X 10.5.7 update, solves the Spaces issue with Flash CS4, at least.]

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