I have Photoshop 7.0 beta. Can I upgrade to the latest version of Photoshop by just buying the upgrade box at my local Apple store? Or is that not possible with the beta version? I have a new Macpro and 7.0 doesn’t work with the latest OS. Thanks.
Adobe’s upgrades are always full installers, they either find a legitimate 24-digit serial number in a previously qualified legitimate copy, or they prompt you to enter that serial number.
Which most probably identifies it as beta version and, therefore, illegal. Even if you were able to install it, activation and registration will fail when the newly installed version calls the Adobe mother ship over the Internet asking for Adobe’s permission to activate itself.
What you are trying to do is illegal, it’s software piracy, theft of intellectual property criminally punishable by federal law.
Interestingly, now that you posted here on the Adobe site, the Adobe legal department has your IP address and can easily locate you and your computer. :/
Thank you Ramon, for your snide assumptions. I apologize for being so outrageously over the line as to inquire about existing software left on a computer that was given to me. Calm down.
existing software left on a computer that was given to me>
Unless the previous owner of that software has transferred the Photoshop Licence to you (and that is a legal document which has to be done via Adobe) you are NOT licensed to use it.
What is more: the previous wner of that computer is in breach of an NDA agreement that he must have had with Adobe to have received a beta version of the software in the first place.
And even worse: he must have "reversed-engineered it in some fashion (which is strictly illegal) or it would not still be usable at this date.
What you are doing is actually a Criminal Offence under Federal Law and if you have any sense you will remove that illegal software from your computer immediately and purchase your own legal copy of Photoshop.
What we all trying to point out to you is that your ISP is now known to Adobe’s Legal Department; and both you and your computer can be traced.
That has happened to others who have done what you are doing and they have been successfully prosecuted Β and some have received long sentences.
My mistake. It’s not a beta. I was completely wrong. In fact, it’s not even my computer we’re talking about, but a stranger’s. My memory isn’t what it used to be. My other mistake? Innocently seeking friendly advice on a user forum without expecting to be accused of knowingly committing a crime. Thank you, however, for permanently steering me away from this forum and ever purchasing Adobe software again. Job well done guys. American civility wins once more!
Dearest Ann. You implications were, and are, clear. Perhaps if you weren’t so eager to jump to conclusions, you wouldn’t come off so rude. And as for, "have you ever actually PURCHASED any of it previously? " Well, if that’s not an accusation (and a contradiction of your second paragraph) I guess I’m guilty of jumping to the conclusion that you’re just a petty bully, and that you prefer wasting the time of sincere individuals by conducting hostile and condescending diatribes. You work for John McCain?
My mistake. It’s not a beta. I was completely wrong. In fact, it’s not even my computer we’re talking about, but a stranger’s.
This is what you posted first.
I have Photoshop 7.0 beta. Can I upgrade to the latest version of Photoshop by just buying the upgrade box at my local Apple store? Or is that not possible with the beta version? I have a new Macpro and 7.0 doesn’t work with the latest OS. Thanks.
I think you are a liar. And you were trying to get something for nothing.
